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Two-week traveller: choose your Central Asia adventure

By Stephen Lioy, Lonely Planet, Once the realm of Silk Road merchants and Great Game spies, the Heavenly Mountains and […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Sep 15 | Also posted in Asia, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

RECORD RMB DEVALUATION TO WHET CHINA’S APPETITE FOR US REAL ESTATE

   BY MICHAEL COLE    JP Morgan’s Haibin Zhu says more devaluation could be on the way China’s central bank allowed […]

By MarketAngel | 07 Sep 15 | Also posted in Asia, North America, Real Estate, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Au Bon Pain: A Success Story

The cafes of the Au Bon Pain chain normally can be found in a number of American cities in or […]

By Vladimir Vepryev | 02 Sep 15 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China’s Currency Moves

After a volatile month for China’s stock market in July, currency moves made news in August. On August 11, the […]

By MarketAngel | | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

HYATT HEIR TEAMS WITH CHINA’S WANXIANG GROUP FOR $1B IN US HOTEL DEALS

  BY MICHAEL COLE   Hyatt heir John Prtizker is joining forces with a Hangzhou car part maker for some upscale […]

By MarketAngel | 31 Aug 15 | Also posted in Asia, North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Switzerland in Central America

By Bill Bonner, Spectacular Growth We spent much of January on the beach at Rancho Santana in Nicaragua. The longer […]

By Aidualc | 28 Aug 15 | Also posted in Latin America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Dalian Wanda to Close 40 Shopping Malls in China

    Summary: Chinese commercial real estate developer Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co. (3699.HK) has confirmed that it will close […]

By Aidualc | 27 Aug 15 | Also posted in Asia, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

7 Countries Near Bankruptcy

Puerto Rico defaulted on its $58 million debt repayment this week for the first time in its history. With its […]

By Aidualc | 26 Aug 15 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

CHINA’S OCEANWIDE HOLDINGS BUYS $390M NY PROJECT IN 4TH US DEAL

   BY MICHAEL COLE    The proposed tower (at centre in this rendering) would form part of the South Street Seaport […]

By Aidualc | 24 Aug 15 | Also posted in Asia, North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China’s Crisis: The Price of Change

By Rodger Baker, Stratfor, Last week was an eventful one for China. First, the People’s Bank of China shocked the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Aug 15 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)