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Never Fight a Land War in Asia

By George Friedman, Stratfor, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaking at West Point, said last week that “Any future […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Mar 11 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Currency Wars Retreat as Fighting Inflation Makes Emerging Markets Winners

By Garth Theunissen and Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg, As recently as last month, governments of emerging economies from South Africa […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Mar 11 | Also posted in Asia, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Oil jumps above $106 amid fierce Libya fighting

SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil prices rose above $106 a barrel Monday in Asia as intense fighting between Libyan government forces […]

By DennisGao | 07 Mar 11 | Also posted in Commodities | Comments (0)

Middle East in Crisis: a Worst-Case Scenario

From CNBC, David Murrin is not the most optimistic person I have ever met. In his recently published book “Breaking […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Mar 11 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Regions, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Revolution and the Muslim World

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The Muslim world, from North Africa to Iran, has experienced a wave of instability in the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Mar 11 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Regions, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Carmakers’ Rush to China Could Fuel Another Bubble

Carmakers’ Rush to China Could Fuel Another Bubble By JACK EWING FRANKFURT — When Stefan Jacoby, the chief executive of […]

By Oracle | 27 Feb 11 | Also posted in Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

How Entrepreneurs Led the Way to Revolution in Egypt

How Entrepreneurs Led the Way to Revolution in Egypt Feb. 26 2011 – 12:27 pm | 437 views | 0 […]

By Oracle | | Also posted in North America, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

In Africa, can Brazil be the anti-China?

By David Lewis, Reuters, NIMBA-BUCHANAN RAILWAY, Liberia (Reuters) – In the muggy forest of central Liberia, a gang of workers […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Feb 11 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Private Equity, Real Estate | Comments (0)

A Rising Tide for Agricultural Commodities

ByAndrea Tse, TheStreet, NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Agricultural commodity prices are likely to be on the rise for quite some […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Feb 11 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Here Comes Dot.com Boom 2.0

By Howard R. Gold , MarketWatch, Facebook. Twitter. LinkedIn. Zynga. Groupon. LivingSocial. Will those be the Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), eBay (Nasdaq: […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Feb 11 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Hedge Fund, Latin America, North America, Private Equity, Western Europe | Comments (0)