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TO: President Obama

FROM: Martin S. Indyk and Robert Kagan, Brookings Institute, http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/a-plastic-moment-to-mold-a-liberal-global-order As you enter your second term, the state of the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Jan 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Chinalco Mining raises $400 million from Hong Kong IPO

Chinalco’s Peru unit draws strong demand, leading the retail tranche to be about 25 times covered, while cornerstone investors take […]

By zoltanakb | 28 Jan 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Regions, Stocks | Comments (0)

China Mulls Trial Program for Individuals Investing Overseas

China has started preparations for a trial program that would allow individuals to invest in overseas capital markets as the […]

By MarketAngel | 25 Jan 13 | Also posted in Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

World’s happiest countries

By Chris Helmen, Forbes, What does happiness mean to you? At its core it consists of being healthy, having enough […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Jan 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

2013 Prognosis

The following are my thoughts about things that might happen in 2013. This (Link) takes you to a discussion of […]

By Aidualc | 21 Jan 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Heirs of Mao’s Comrades Rise as New Capitalist Nobility

Lying in a Beijing military hospital in 1990, General Wang Zhen told a visitor he felt betrayed. Decades after he […]

By MarketAngel | 18 Jan 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

One-on-One with Henry Kissinger

It’s difficult to know how to assess Henry Kissinger. During a recent visit to Columbia Business School to receive the […]

By Aidualc | 15 Jan 13 | Also posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Byron Wien Announces “The Ten Surprises” for 2013

By Prieur du Plessis, from investmentpostcards, Byron Wien, Vice Chairman of Blackstone (BX 16.76 ↑1.82%) Advisory Partners, yesterday issued his list […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Jan 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Dalian Wanda Group Leads China’s First Foray into India

Dalian Wanda Group, which has recently been in the news for buying theatre chain AMC and shopping for hotels in […]

By MarketAngel | 08 Jan 13 | Also posted in Real Estate | Comments (0)

Ecuador ranked top nation for US, Canadian retirees

From http://news.msn.com/pop-culture/ecuador-ranked-top-nation-for-us-canadian-retirees-5 A new survey finds that Ecuador has once again been ranked as the top foreign destination for American […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 07 Jan 13 | Also posted in Latin America, Retirement & Savings, Western Europe | Comments (0)