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Malaysian Island Life

By Keith Hockton, International Living, On the terrace of the grand, British colonial E & O Hotel, evening light flickers […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Dec 11 | Also posted in Asia, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

HSBC December Preliminary PMI Shows China Continuing to Contract

From The RightSite site, China’s manufacturing activity contracted in December while foreign direct investment fell for the first time in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 30 Dec 11 | Also posted in Asia, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

10 surprises for 2012

LONDON (MarketWatch) — Shortly before the 1929 stock-market crash that ushered in a global recession, the American economist Irving Fisher […]

By DennisGao | 29 Dec 11 | Also posted in North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Contract signings for US homes up in November

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes in November rose to the highest level […]

By DennisGao | | Also posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Diamonds to Outpace Gold on Asian Spending

By Soraya Permatasari and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Bloomberg, Diamond prices are poised to rise for the next four years, outpacing […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities | Comments (0)

Lessons of the 1930s

Lessons of the 1930s There could be trouble ahead In 2008 the world dodged a second Depression by avoiding the […]

By Aidualc | 27 Dec 11 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Survey: Home prices down in most major U.S. cities

U.S. home prices continue to fall despite improving consumer confidence. Home prices were down 3.4% in October from the same […]

By Oxstones | | Also posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Euro-zone: Damned with faint plans

Damned with faint plans Euro-zone government bonds have not been made safe—and the euro project remains in peril   THERE […]

By Aidualc | 26 Dec 11 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Dow Futures rising

Broader indexes heading higher NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock futures are rising ahead of a trio of government reporters […]

By M Guliyev | 25 Dec 11 | Also posted in North America, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

NYSE stocks posting largest volume increases

NEW YORK (AP) — A look at the 10 biggest volume gainers on New York Stock Exchange at the close […]

By M Guliyev | | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, North America, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)