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ASEAN Cooperation: A Growing Global Power

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, Southeast Asia represents one of the fastest-growing regions of the world today, and to us, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Jun 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

This graphic shows how much CO2 the average American produces each year

By Simran Khosla, Global Post, http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/global-warming/140527/graphic-shows-how-much-co2-american-american-produces-climate-change

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Jun 14 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

BRICS emerging nations close to launching bank; to start lending in 2016

By Alonso Soto, Reuters, The five BRICS nations will likely agree to fund their $100 billion development effort equally, giving […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Jun 14 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The World’s Most Content (and Miserable) Countries

By Thomas Frohlich and Vince Calio, 247WallSt, World news does not always fully capture people’s level of happiness. Last year, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 May 14 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

How India’s 2014 race was won

You Tube Link: How India’s 2014 race was won From the Economist YouTube Channel,

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 May 14 | Also posted in Commodities, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Housing Misery Maps Going Viral on China’s Weibo

By Michael Cole, Mingtiandi, Map of China housing “agony” shows years of work necessary to save up a down-payment   […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Real Estate, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Here’s how much square-footage $1 million will buy you in the world’s most expensive real estate markets

Read the entire Wealth Report here. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/business/global-economy/140506/1-million-most-expensive-real-estate-property-markets-square-feet

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 May 14 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, North America, Real Estate, Statistics, Western Europe | Comments (0)

This map shows which export makes your country the most money

By Simran Khosla, Global Post, Using data from the CIA Factbook, we labeled every country in the world by its […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 May 14 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Economy of Ukraine and Geopolitical Threats

Ukraine took a place of a hot topic in news reports and analytical observations in the last several months. Nevertheless, […]

By Vladimir Vepryev | 11 May 14 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

What’s Alibaba Really Worth

By StevenOops, People have been talking a lot about Alibaba lately. Normally names like this don’t make their way to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 30 Apr 14 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, Stocks | Comments (0)