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Zimbabwe Becomes Beijing’s First African Colony With Adoption Of Chinese Yuan

To say that Zimbabwe has not had much luck with its monetary system experiments, would be an understatement. After its […]

By MarketAngel | 04 Feb 16 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Emerging Markets 2016 Outlook

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton Blog, In many respects, 2015 was a challenging year for investors in emerging markets. However, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Jan 16 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Real Estate, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The European countries that take in the most refugees, in one interactive map

Europe is in the middle of a refugee crisis. Over the past several years, hundreds of thousands of people have migrated […]

By MarketAngel | 15 Dec 15 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Culture Clash: How ISIS Could Send Europe Over the Edge

By Riyadh Mohammed  The dramatic and tragic images of refugees pouring into Europe from the Middle East represent more than […]

By Aidualc | 23 Nov 15 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

  By Dalan McEndree  President Putin’s recent moves in the Middle East—to shore up Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria through […]

By Aidualc | 11 Nov 15 | Also posted in Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Is the refugee crisis an opportunity for an aging Europe?

Europe is facing the biggest inflow of migrants in decades. The number of refugees from conflict zones in Syria, Iraq, […]

By Aidualc | 21 Oct 15 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Every country’s debt, mapped

By Matthew Yglesias, Vox Unless you are dead inside, you love government debt data visualizations and this one from HowMuch.net is […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Oct 15 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

A World Map of the Most-Googled Car Brands

  ap of the Most-Googled Car Brands Popular Mechanics Rollin Bishop © Provided by Top SpeedThe good folks at Top […]

By MarketAngel | 30 Sep 15 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

World’s Friendliest and Unfriendliest Cities

Every year, Travel + Leisure asks readers to weigh in on their favorite cities around the globe in our annual World’s […]

By Aidualc | 21 Sep 15 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Tunisia and the Arab Spring: Why the Results Are Different

Tunisia achieved the level of the success story based on the results of the recent political developments in the country. […]

By Vladimir Vepryev | 20 Jul 15 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)