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In Brazil, a Labor Market Bubble?

By Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes Blog, This might be the kind of bubble you want, one in which nearly the entire […]

Hedge-Fund Investors Scout Out Web Firms

By SPENCER E. ANTE, WSJ, Spurred by their appetite for technology companies and seeking higher returns, a growing number of […]

Colombia Sells $2 Billion of 10-Year Dollar Bonds Overseas

By Andrea Jaramillo and Boris Korby – Jul 5, 2011 7:19 PM ET   Colombia sold $2 billion of 10-year dollar […]

How to Benefit from Depressed Housing and a Declining Dollar

By Eric Fry, Daily Reckoning, Foreign Homebuyers Selectively Enter the US Housing Market The US stock market has returned to […]

Emerging Market Fund Watch: MSCI Index Reclassification Doesn’t Change Much

From 247 WallSt site, In yesterday’s article about emerging market funds, we noted that three of the funds that track […]

Country default risk

From Bespoke Investment Group site, “Greece has really distinguished itself this week as the country that is most at risk […]

China Puts Nuclear Power Plans on Hold

By Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes Blog, China is putting its expansive nuclear power plans on hold. The decision comes after months […]

China shops for Latin American oil, food, minerals

By Ian James, Associated Press, China on Latin American buying spree to lock in long-term needs in oil, minerals, food […]

Soros Is Selling His Gold — Should You Too?

t could be brains. Or it might be intuition. Or it could just be luck. But whatever it is, it […]

The Currency That’s Up 200,000 Percent

by Jack Hough, Smart Money, Bitcoins are the top-performing money in the world — but what are they? The best […]