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The Big Mac index 2016

By D.H. & R.L.W., The Economist, THE Big Mac index was invented by The Economist in 1986 as a lighthearted […]

ARE CHINESE BUYERS BRINGING DOWN NYC’S BILLIONAIRE’S ROW?

Hard times have been hitting New York’s “Billionaire’s Row” – aka 57th Street from Park Avenue to Columbus Circle in […]

How con man used China to launder millions

ASHDOD, Israel (AP) — Gilbert Chikli was rolling in money, stolen from some of the world’s biggest corporations. His targets: […]

Earning an Income from Colombian Street Art

By Sarah Duncan, International Living Wandering through the busy streets of Bogota, Colombia, you’re bound to come across some colorful […]

China’s Neighbors to Millions of New Free-spending Tourists: “Ni Hao!”

by Ben Kirby of Thornburg Investment Management With more disposable income than ever before, Chinese tourists are venturing abroad in […]

Russia is literally giving away land for free

By Dan Peleschuk, Global Post, If you’re Russian, this abandoned land in Russia’s Far East near China could be all yours. Lidia KellyReuters […]

Here’s where immigrants are moving to in America

The US Census Bureau recently released new estimates of population change in all 3,142 US counties and county equivalents between […]

CHINA REAL ESTATE PLATFORM JUWAI COULD BE HEADED FOR 2016 IPO

China-based cross-border real estate investment platform Juwai.com could be headed for an initial public offering this year, as the online […]

What’s Saudi Arabia playing at over oil?

After Saudi Arabia’s sudden insistence that Iran be part of a meeting in Doha last weekend to discuss an oil […]

Welcome to Japan — Where homes are thrown away after one generation

Philip Brasor and his wife Masako Tsubuku spent years looking for a house to buy in Japan, and after a […]