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Married to the mortgage

  Are high house prices hurting women more than men? Jul 13th 2013 | BEIJING  CHINA’s communists attacked many bourgeois institutions after […]

Russia is Tough to Love, Easier to Hate, Hard for Investors to Ignore. Here’s Why

by Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors, Russian President Vladimir Putin created a stir recently when he shared his thoughts with […]

The $4 Million Teacher

Kim Ki-hoon earns $4 million a year in South Korea, where he is known as a rock-star teacher—a combination of […]

Third World lessons for First World growth – Video

From LSE Website, YouTube Video link:  Turnaround: Third World lessons for First World growth Thirty years ago, China seemed hopelessly […]

Hello Kitty Billionaire Found as Plush Toy Sales Surge

By Gillian Wee, Bloomberg, Tanya Stanich, a 43-year-old lawyer, clutched a handful of pink and black Hello Kitty notebooks at […]

To Help the World’s Poor, Give Them Real Jobs

The latest U.S. jobs numbers showed a U.S. unemployment rate still at 7.6 percent. The official global unemployment rate, compiled […]

Jeff Gundlach Singles Out The Emerging Market Country Most Vulnerable To A Crisis

By Sam Ro, Business Insider, Jeff Gundlach of DoubleLine Funds just wrapped up his latest public webcast. He reiterated his […]

Eleven Countries with Soaring Inflation

By Jon C. Ogg, From 247WallSt, While inflation has been relatively tame in the United States and Europe, several large […]

World’s happiest nations are…

By Georgia McCafferty, CNN, Those looking for greater happiness and satisfaction in life should head to northern Europe, but steer […]

Developer Greenland Group Buys LA Site for US$1 Bil Project

Shanghai Greenland Group, one of China’s largest real estate developers, announced on Friday that it is investing US$1 billion in […]