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Why I Quit a Dream Job and Moved to Buenos Aires

by Greg Patrick, International Living, About five years ago I walked out on a dream job. I had been working […]

The Big Mac Index and Currency ETFs

By Tom Aspray, Forbes, The “Big Mac Index” suggests a new long-term trend for the Chinese yuan while the US […]

Concerned about the Consumer? Look at What China Wants

by Darcy Travlos,, Forbes, Investors concerned about a potential US “Double Dip” ought to focus where the growth is:  luxury […]

Caught in a Steel Trap (from wsj)

There’s an output boom in steel with global production up 15% last year to a record 1.42 billion tons. So […]

Pharmaceutical contract manufacturing and API sourcing: why not Central Europe?

At present, only a few companies based in Central Europe and the Balkans emphasise their contract manufacturing and API sourcing […]

Russian IT market is trending upward

Report reveals sectors charted for greatest development to 2016 “The Russian IT market http://www.ictrussia.com/ has bounced back. In fact, all […]

Low Oil Prices Not Here To Stay, Says Barclays

By Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes Blog, Enjoy the drop in oil prices, because it’s not going to last.  In a 114 […]

“The End of Fake”

by macromon, Global Macro Monitor, We have no idea how the S&P downgrade of the U.S. is going to play […]

The “shorts” who popped a China bubble

By Daniel Bases, Ryan Vlastelica, Clare Baldwin and Mark Bendeich, Reuters, NEW YORK/SYDNEY (Reuters) -They are a rag-tag bunch, often […]

Smallest Stock Exchanges Can Only Go Up

by Thomas Kostigen, Market Watch, The world’s smallest stock exchange opened last week in Cambodia and joins a growing cadre […]