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Malaysian Island Life

By Keith Hockton, International Living, On the terrace of the grand, British colonial E & O Hotel, evening light flickers […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Dec 11 | Also posted in Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

HSBC December Preliminary PMI Shows China Continuing to Contract

From The RightSite site, China’s manufacturing activity contracted in December while foreign direct investment fell for the first time in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 30 Dec 11 | Also posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Diamonds to Outpace Gold on Asian Spending

By Soraya Permatasari and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Bloomberg, Diamond prices are poised to rise for the next four years, outpacing […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Dec 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities | Comments (0)

China Inc. Goes Global

By Karl P. Sauvant, Chazan, China’s economy is taking its next great leap forward: parts of its manufacturing sector are […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Dec 11 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Betting on Macau

By Mark Mobius,  Franklin Templeton Investments, I count myself fortunate that the continuous quest for good investment opportunities takes me […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Dec 11 | Also posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Emerging Markets: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

From Franklin Templeton Investments site, Almost every market move these days seems to be tied to the latest headline coming […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Dec 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Japanese firms massively shop abroad again

Japanese firms shop abroad Armed with a strong yen Why Japan Inc has been going on a foreign spree   […]

By Aidualc | 18 Dec 11 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Fertile Land of Pakistan

From valuewalk, By Pakonomy, Pakistan’s agriculture sector has been labeled the country’s backbone so many times, that you would think […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Dec 11 | Also posted in Commodities | Comments (0)

Buy Resource-Rich Russia at a Discount

By Chris Hunter, International Living, The day Warren Buffett became the world’s richest man for the first time, he went […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Dec 11 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

China exporters face “very severe” Q1 2012: Commerce Ministry

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s exporters will face “very severe” conditions in the first quarter of 2012, the Commerce Ministry said […]

By DennisGao | 15 Dec 11 | Also posted in Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)