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Irish Passports – One to Buy; One You May Be Entitled To

By Bob Bauman Ireland is the land of literary giants James Joyce and W.B. Yeats. It is the land of […]

By MarketAngel | 09 Dec 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

East or West? Ukraine now has to choose its path

By MARIA DANILOVA, AP, According to an old folk tradition, if a man knocks on the door of a Ukrainian […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Nov 13 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Under-the-Radar Trophy Properties

by Ronan McMahon, International Living, You’ve heard the economy is slow. You can see it for yourself just walking down […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Nov 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Blackstone Vies With Goldman in Spain Rental Housing Bet

By Sharon Smyth and John Gittelsohn, Bloomberg, Blackstone Group LP (BX), builder of the biggest single-family rental home business in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Nov 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Believe It Or Not, European Stocks Are Heating Up

After struggling with debt issues, austerity, bailouts and crashing equity prices, Europe may finally be moving in a positive direction. […]

By M Guliyev | 26 Oct 13 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Regions, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

World GDP Growth

The pace of global growth increased during the second quarter of 2013—only the third quarterly acceleration in three years. Buoyed […]

By M Guliyev | 28 Sep 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Regions, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

KKR to Apollo Vie for Spain Lending Left by Banks

By Charles Penty, Bloomberg, KKR & Co. (KKR) and Apollo Global Management LLC (APO) are vying for a slice of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Sep 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Third World lessons for First World growth – Video

From LSE Website, YouTube Video link:  Turnaround: Third World lessons for First World growth Thirty years ago, China seemed hopelessly […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Sep 13 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

To Help the World’s Poor, Give Them Real Jobs

The latest U.S. jobs numbers showed a U.S. unemployment rate still at 7.6 percent. The official global unemployment rate, compiled […]

By M Guliyev | 12 Sep 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Regions, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

World’s happiest nations are…

By Georgia McCafferty, CNN, Those looking for greater happiness and satisfaction in life should head to northern Europe, but steer […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Sep 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)