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Bitcoin catches on in tech-savvy Romania

  By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) – In a well-lit office with red window frames in downtown Bucharest, Romania’s first […]

Market Tops and Bottoms Since 1950: The October Effect

By Doug Short, Advisor Perspectives, We’re now at an early point in the Q3 2014 earnings season, which happens, of […]

Oil Prices Continue to Define Geopolitics

From Stratfor, Geopolitical diary, Editor’s Note: Oil prices dropped steeply Oct. 14, with crude oil futures falling 4.6 percent to […]

Warner Bros. Pumps Up Superheroes to Challenge Disney

By Anousha Sakoui and Doni Bloomfield, Bloomberg, Warner Bros., the biggest Hollywood studio, plans to release at least 10 superhero […]

Bitbond gets funding for its P2P bitcoin “crowdlending” platform

photo: Guardian/Guy Grandjean, James Ball SUMMARY:The German peer-to-peer loans outfit is going for the emerging markets, starting with those in […]

Here’s Where You Can Retire in Italy for Just $2,000 a Month

By Valerie Fortney-Schneider, International Living, As I walk across the sunny piazza I think how easy it is to feel […]

2014 EMERGING AND FRONTIER MARKETS – Assessing risk and opportunity

Cushman & Wakefield has evaluated the risks of acquiring office space in the most sought after emerging and frontier  markets. […]

QUEEN OF ENGLAND IN REAL ESTATE JV WITH CHINESE GOVT TO BUY MALL

  2014/08/18 BY MICHAEL COLE   You might think the Queen would want something a bit more posh than Fosse Park in […]

These maps reveal how long you probably have to live

By Simran Khosla, Global Post, This series of maps shows how long you’ll probably live, depending on where you live. […]

Looking for Culture, Comfort and Low-Cost Living? Try Guatemala

    By Eoin Bassett, International Living, It’s the “slap, slap” sound of contentment: Women making tortillas by hand as […]