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Why China’s Consumers Aren’t Buying

By Sharon Kahn, Chazen Global Insights, As the world’s most populous country posted double-digit GDP growth rates through much of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Jun 12 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Reserve Bank of India leaves interest rates unchanged

By BBC News India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has left its key interest rate unchanged at […]

By M Guliyev | 19 Jun 12 | Also posted in Regions, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Talks resume amid debt crisis during G20 summit

World leaders are resuming talks at the G20 summit in Mexico after a day of tense words over Europe’s debt […]

By M Guliyev | | Also posted in Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Bear in a China Shop

By Arthur R. Kroeber, Brookings Institute, Time and again, China has defied the skeptics who claimed its unique mixed model—an […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Jun 12 | Also posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

China Opens Its First Junk Bond Market

By Reuters China opened its high-yield junk bond market Friday, opening a new funding channel that by some estimates will […]

By M Guliyev | 09 Jun 12 | Also posted in Hedge Fund, Private Equity | Comments (0)

As China Slows, Watch for Public Housing to Accelerate

By Michael Cole, Mingtiandi,  Since China gradually began pumping the brakes on an overheated housing market two years ago it has […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 May 12 | Also posted in Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China Tops Global Online Retail, U.S. Left Behind

By Douglas A. McIntyre, From 247 Wallst site, China’s Ministry of Commerce told the nation’s official news agency, Xinhua, that […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 30 May 12 | Also posted in Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Big Mac Theory of Development

By Charles Kenny, Bloomberg, It’s a question richer people have about their poorer neighbors: Why are they poor? Is it […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 May 12 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Happiest Countries in the World

By Michael B. Sauter, From 247WallSt site, For the second year in a row, 24/7 Wall St. examined the Organisation […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 May 12 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Canary In The Gold Mine: In Historic Move, Japanese Pension Fund Switches To Gold For First Time Ever

by Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge, As US weak hands keep piling out of gold whether to make space for the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 May 12 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)