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Nigerian Banks Winning Mobius With Asia-Like Growth in Africa

By Renee Bonorchis and Nasreen Seria, Bloomberg, Twenty-four miles northwest of Accra in Ghana, Anthony Botchway rips a pineapple plant […]

Bin Laden Peace Dividend for Middle East?

The killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden could mean enhanced leverage for the United States in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, […]

The Libyan War, American Power and the Decline of the Petrodollar System

By Prof. Peter Dale Scott, From globalresearch.ca site, The present NATO campaign against Gaddafi in Libya has given rise to […]

A Quick Tour Of The World’s Booming Farmland Markets

Farmland prices in the UK increased 13% in 2010 alone, according to the Knight Frank Farmland Index. High quality land […]

20 Signs That We’re Approaching A Global Food Crisis

Image: sshb via Flickr In case you haven’t noticed, the world is on the verge of a horrific global food […]

Commodities and the global economy after QE2 – Simon Hunt

By Simon Hunt, Simon Hunt says, 2012 will see a new round of money printing by the Fed resulting in […]

BRICS Make Move to Shove Dollar Aside

by David Marsh, Market Watch, China and four other leading high-growth economies have taken landmark steps toward lowering the importance […]

The 20 Most Powerful People In African Business

By Mfonobong Nsehe, Forbes Blog, Africa means business. The past decade has seen an enormous number of mega-corporations emerge on […]

What to Watch For When Investing in International ETFs

By Patricia Oey, Morningstar, For investing internationally, single-country and regional ETFs are practical tools for achieving very specific exposure. Nearly […]

Contrarian Adding Bets in Mideast

By JULIE CRESWELL, NY Times, When it comes to investing in the Middle East, Thomas J. Barrack Jr. takes the […]