Oxstones Investment Club™By Michael Morisy While, in the United States, WikiLeaks has caused a furor for its journalism-by-data-dump, similar leaks abroad are […]
The Greatest Country on Earth
What the United States can learn from the tiny island nation of Mauritius. By Joseph E. StiglitzPosted Monday, March 7, […]
Foreclosure Activity Slows: Is This Really a ‘Good’ Thing?
The number of housing foreclosures are falling. There were slightly more than 225,000 foreclosure proceedings in February, down 14% compared […]
In Price of Farmland, an Echo of Last Boom
WILLIAM NEUMAN, NY Times, The 80 acres of rich farmland that Jeff Freking and his brother Randy bought near Le […]
What Will Warren Buffett Buy Next?
By Rita Nazareth and Michael Tsang, BusinessWeek, Warren Buffett has a cash hoard of almost $40 billion and wants to […]
Never Fight a Land War in Asia
By George Friedman, Stratfor, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaking at West Point, said last week that “Any future […]
LVMH Takes Over Italian Jeweler Bulgari in a $6 Billion Deal
The Bulgari family’s long quest to figure out the future of its 127-year-old jewelry and watch business ended last Thursday […]
Fluctuating conditions of the retail market in Romania
The economic crisis in Romania affecting the population’s income and access to consumer loans had a significant impact on consumer […]
Currency Wars Retreat as Fighting Inflation Makes Emerging Markets Winners
By Garth Theunissen and Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg, As recently as last month, governments of emerging economies from South Africa […]
Years of plenty are over for the pharmaceutical market in Poland
According to PMR forecasts, the pharmaceutical market in Poland will exceed PLN 31bn (approximately euro8bn) in 2011, growing by 4% […]