Oxstones Investment Club™Five years into the real-estate bust, the market for single-family homes seems weaker than ever. According to the most recent […]
No “Miracle” Cures from Inflation; Impossible to Inflate Out of this Mess
By Mike “Mish” Shedlock, globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com, Inquiring minds are reading The “Miracle” of Compound Inflation by John Mauldin. Here are a […]
Why Barbie Flopped in Shanghai
As Mattel and others trying to expand in China and India have learned, the right blend of localization and globalization […]
Has the Commodities Bubble Popped?
When I read recently that people were lining up to cash in their sterling silverware and heirloom silver tea services, […]
Foreign Companies to List Shares in Shanghai
By Gordon Chang, Forbes Blog, China securities regulators have compiled a list of 10 companies that will be allowed to […]
Pacific Biosciences’ $600 Million Decoder Ring
Its technology may finally fulfill the dream of gene sequencing Founder Stephen Turner in laser-resistant shades Gregg Segal By […]
How Bin Laden Failed to Wreck the U.S. Economy
by Daniel Gross In an era when global markets process failure, success, and shocking events with ever-increasing speed, it’s not […]
Should You Worry About a U.S. Default?
By CATHERINE RAMPELL Mary F. Calvert for The New York Times Carmen M. Reinhart says ratings agencies have a poor […]
Investors Ignore Risks in Pursuit of Growth in China
By MELANIE LEE and CLARE BALDWIN | REUTERS, SHANGHAI — When the Chinese social networking site Renren goes public in […]
A Quick Tour Of The World’s Booming Farmland Markets
Farmland prices in the UK increased 13% in 2010 alone, according to the Knight Frank Farmland Index. High quality land […]