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Should we work forever?

At the World Bank, we have seen many colleagues who retired on a Friday only to come back as consultants […]

By Aidualc | 01 May 15 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Retirement & Savings, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Wealth Report – New York City Ranks #2

Looking to the future, one constant remains the rise of the Asian powerhouse cities, the relative decline of the European […]

By Aidualc | 21 Apr 15 | Also posted in Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

GUANGZHOU R&F ACQUIRES 4TH US PROJECT IN 15TH OVERSEAS DEAL

  BY MICHAEL COLE   R&F bought the Rincon HIll project in San Francisco for $28.5 million in cash. Earlier this […]

By MarketAngel | 08 Apr 15 | Also posted in Asia, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Coolest College Startups of 2015

Check out Inc.’s seventh class of remarkable student-run businesses. Lemonade stands they are not. From an artisan pet-food maker to […]

By Aidualc | 01 Apr 15 | Also posted in Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

NEW RULES COULD LET WEALTHY CHINESE INVEST UP TO $2M OVERSEAS

Individual Chinese citizens could soon be allowed to invest as much as $1 million to $2 million overseas without regulatory […]

By Aidualc | 31 Mar 15 | Also posted in Asia, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

China’s Total Debt Load Equals 282% of GDP, Raising Economic Risks

By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa, WSJ Blog, China’s overall debt load has risen quickly since the global financial crisis. While […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Feb 15 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

These charts show you which countries own most of the United States’ foreign debt

By Simran Khosla, Global Post, US President Barack Obama unveiled his proposed 2016 budget last week, and from its plans for student […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 Feb 15 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

City-by-City, State-by-State, This is How Buffett Invests in the U.S.

By iBillionaire, Warren Buffett likes to buy American. Nearly 98% of the Berkshire Hathaway equity portfolio is allocated to U.S.-headquartered […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Feb 15 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

CHINESE DEVELOPERS DISCOVER MIAMI WITH PURCHASE OF $74.7M SITE

   BY MICHAEL COLE    China Communications Construction will join a frenzy of new projects in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood China’s real […]

By Aidualc | 27 Jan 15 | Also posted in Asia, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Gundlach’s Forecast for 2015

By Robert Huebscher, From Advisors Perspectives, Despite a fragile economic recovery – now threatened by falling oil prices – and […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Jan 15 | Also posted in Commodities, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)