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China grabs loss-soaked U.S. bank

China grabs loss-soaked U.S. bank Posted by Colin Barr January 21, 2011 2:14 pm   China is taking the U.S. banking […]

By Oracle | 23 Jan 11 | Also posted in North America, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

U.S. companies fear the Chinese New Year

U.S. companies fear the Chinese New Year Sewing machines sit idle at a garment factory that lost 60% of its […]

By Oracle | | Also posted in North America, Stocks, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

China’s Military Comes Into Its Own

By Rodger Baker, Stratfor, Chinese President Hu Jintao is visiting the United States, perhaps his last state visit as president […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Jan 11 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Top Global Political Risks of 2011

Here are the Top Global Political Risks for 2011 as defined by The Eurasia Group. G-Zero Europe Cybersecurity China North […]

By ATSiem | 21 Jan 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Social Media in China: The Same, but Different

by Thomas Crampton Much has been written of late about the PRC government’s efforts to control and censor the Internet. […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Jan 11 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Hedge Fund, Private Equity, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

7 Reasons Food Shortages Will Become a Global Crisis

From Activist Post website, Food inflation is here and it’s here to stay.  We can see it getting worse every […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Jan 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Latin America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

11 Ways to Diversify in 2011

By Kelly Campbell, U.S. News, Investment critics have disparaged asset allocation and modern portfolio theory for several years, arguing that […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Jan 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Stocks, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Bank of China Lets Americans Bet on Yuan

By CHRIS V. NICHOLSON, NY Times, Bank of China, one of the country’s main state-owned lenders, is now allowing American […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Jan 11 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Hedge Fund, North America | Comments (0)

The Biggest Resource Stories for 2011…and Beyond!

By Byron King, I’m going to countdown three of 2010’s biggest resource stories – not to reminisce about profitable investments […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, North America, Stocks | Comments (0)

Shanghai Prepares for Property Tax to Curb ‘Speculative’ Buying

Shanghai Prepares for Property Tax to Curb ‘Speculative’ Buying Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) — Shanghai, China’s financial center, will this year […]

By Oracle | 16 Jan 11 | Also posted in Real Estate, The Big Picture | Comments (0)