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Balkan Emerging Frontiers Fund – Main remarks from the Emerging markets panel‏

Mr. Denis Vengust, Investment Manager of BEF Fund attended European Family Office Winter Symposium held in conjunction with the Institutional […]

By BEFFund | 21 Mar 13 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Stocks | Comments (0)

Tiger Global Management buys Cobone website as Dubai Internet start-ups attract attention of global capital again

From http://www.arabianmoney.net/private-equity/2013/03/11/tiger-asset-management-buys-cobone-website-as-dubai-internet-start-ups-attract-attention-of-global-capital-again/ Tiger Global Management has aquired the successful Dubai-based global daily deal website Cobone for an undisclosed sum as […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Mar 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, Hedge Fund, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Brazil forecasts investment surge

Government officials speaking to Emerging Markets sound confident that Brazil can now achieve annual economic growth of about 3% to […]

By M Guliyev | 19 Mar 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America | Comments (0)

30 Facts About The Coming Water Crisis That Will Change The Lives Of Every Person On The Planet

The world is rapidly running out of clean water. Some of the largest lakes and rivers on the globe are […]

By MarketAngel | | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China to Free Yuan in 5 Years, Says Hong Kong Exchanges’ Li

By Matthew Leising and Fion Li, Bloomberg, China, the world’s second-largest economy, will open its markets and allow its currency […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Mar 13 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Brazil’s Richest Family Forging $13 Billion Niobium Dream

By Cristiane Lucchesi and Alex Cuadros, Bloomberg, In 1965, U.S. Navy Admiral Arthur W. Radford persuaded Walther Moreira Salles, a […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Latin America, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Canada Losing Debt Halo as Property Peaks Under Carney

Herbert Crockett called Cairo, Geneva and New Delhi home in his four decades as a human resources executive with the […]

By Aidualc | 15 Mar 13 | Also posted in North America, Real Estate, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

A New Chapter for Turkey?

By Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors, Inc. From Daily Reckoning, In 2012, Turkey was the best performer among the emerging […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Mar 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Yuan Overtakes Ruble as World Payments Currency: SWIFT

For the first time, China’s yuan has overtaken the Russian ruble for transactions in the global payment system, according to […]

By Aidualc | 12 Mar 13 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

50 Signs That The U.S. Health Care System Is A Gigantic Money Making Scam That Is About To Collapse

The U.S. health care system is a giant money making scam that is designed to drain as much money as […]

By Aidualc | 11 Mar 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)