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Social Media in China: The Same, but Different

by Thomas Crampton Much has been written of late about the PRC government’s efforts to control and censor the Internet. […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Jan 11 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Hedge Fund, Private Equity, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Real Estate: Finally a Good Investment?

The housing market still looks pretty bleak: There were a record one million foreclosures last year, home prices are still […]

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

7 Reasons Food Shortages Will Become a Global Crisis

From Activist Post website, Food inflation is here and it’s here to stay.  We can see it getting worse every […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Jan 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Latin America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

11 Ways to Diversify in 2011

By Kelly Campbell, U.S. News, Investment critics have disparaged asset allocation and modern portfolio theory for several years, arguing that […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Jan 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Stocks, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Polish VoIP market 2010

Over the past two years, falling fixed telephony prices and the prominence of fixed mobile substitution have not managed to […]

By pmr | | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Bank of China Lets Americans Bet on Yuan

By CHRIS V. NICHOLSON, NY Times, Bank of China, one of the country’s main state-owned lenders, is now allowing American […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Jan 11 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Hedge Fund, North America | Comments (0)

The Biggest Resource Stories for 2011…and Beyond!

By Byron King, I’m going to countdown three of 2010’s biggest resource stories – not to reminisce about profitable investments […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, North America, Stocks | Comments (0)

Roofing materials market in Poland to grow 10% annually

The roofing materials market in Poland is past its worst and the forthcoming years will see growth up to 10% […]

By pmr | | Also posted in Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Shanghai Prepares for Property Tax to Curb ‘Speculative’ Buying

Shanghai Prepares for Property Tax to Curb ‘Speculative’ Buying Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) — Shanghai, China’s financial center, will this year […]

By Oracle | 16 Jan 11 | Also posted in Asia, Real Estate, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Inflation Won’t Drive Yuan Appreciation, China’s Hu Tells Papers

Inflation Won’t Drive Yuan Appreciation, China’s Hu Tells Papers January 16, 2011, 2:15 PM EST Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — Chinese […]

By Oracle | | Also posted in Asia, Hedge Fund, The Big Picture | Comments (0)