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Why Do Other Rich Nations Spend So Much Less on Healthcare?

Why Do Other Rich Nations Spend So Much Less on Healthcare? The U.S. delivers roughly three times as many mammograms, […]

By MarketAngel | 27 Oct 14 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

Cross-Border Data Flows, the Internet and What it Means for U.S. and EU Trade and Investment

By Joshua Meltzer, Brooking Institute, The most globally significant bilateral trade and investment relationship is between the U.S. and the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Oil Prices Continue to Define Geopolitics

From Stratfor, Geopolitical diary, Editor’s Note: Oil prices dropped steeply Oct. 14, with crude oil futures falling 4.6 percent to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Oct 14 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Here’s Where You Can Retire in Italy for Just $2,000 a Month

By Valerie Fortney-Schneider, International Living, As I walk across the sunny piazza I think how easy it is to feel […]

By Aidualc | 15 Oct 14 | Also posted in Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

QUEEN OF ENGLAND IN REAL ESTATE JV WITH CHINESE GOVT TO BUY MALL

  2014/08/18 BY MICHAEL COLE   You might think the Queen would want something a bit more posh than Fosse Park in […]

By Aidualc | 13 Oct 14 | Also posted in Asia, Real Estate | Comments (0)

These maps reveal how long you probably have to live

By Simran Khosla, Global Post, This series of maps shows how long you’ll probably live, depending on where you live. […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Oct 14 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

The Origins and Implications of the Scottish Referendum

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The idea of Scottish independence has moved from the implausible to the very possible. Whether or not […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Sep 14 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

These 8 European separatist groups are totally inspired by Scotland right now

By Paul Ames, Global Post, OIARTZUN, Spain — The surge in support for Scotland’s independence ahead of the Sept. 18 […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 Sep 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Scarce Cemetery Space Creates Prices to Die For: Cities

By Flavia Krause-Jackson Even in death, you can’t escape the property bubble. From New York to London, growing populations are […]

By Aidualc | 11 Sep 14 | Also posted in Asia, North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

East Prussia

The recent development of the events in the former Soviet Union (FSU) brought more attention to the tendencies of aspiration […]

By Vladimir Vepryev | 06 Sep 14 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Regions, The Big Picture | Comments (0)