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HSBC Fined A Record £10.5m For Mis-Selling Bonds To Elderly : Britain’s biggest bank, HSBC, has been ...
Europe’s Currency Conundrum – What Can Save The Euro Now? : Joseph Stiglitz: It is increasingly evident that Europe’s ...
Freakonomics Author: Fears of Doomsday Overblown: The fears of a major economic crisis are ...
Eurozone Faces Unprecedented Mass Downgrade: International credit rating agency Standard & ...
Key Economic News To Watch This Week: Dec. 5: A quick preview of the key economic events for the ...
Why The IMF Must Stay Out Of Europe’s Crisis: Mario Blejer & Eduardo Levy Yeyati: Europe, it seems, is determined to resolve its ...
Monti Renounces Prime Ministerial Salary As Recession Looms for Italy: Italy is expected to slip into recession in 2012, ...
China’s New Wave of Economic Immigration: Since China opened up its doors to the world a few ...
Infographic: 7 Billion People – What It Means For The World: On October 31st 2011, the world reached a ...
EU Split On Iran Oil Embargo Despite New Round Of Sanctions: European Union nations have agreed to impose tough ...
The Almighty Dollar – Are We Entering A Post-USD World? : Sanjeev Sanyal: Even if China replaces the US as the world’s ...
Corruption Helped Cause The Eurozone Crisis: Transparency International: Prevailing corruption in a number of eurozone ...
Asia’s Wake-Up Call – Is The Export-Oriented Model Dead? : Stephen S. Roach: The US’s and Europe’s woes should be ...
S&P Rates Chinese Banks Higher Than U.S. Big Banks: Following a criteria revision, credit ratings firm ...
2 Million Public Sector Workers To Strike in the UK: More than 2 million workers are planning a mass ...
EU-US Summit: Obama and EU Leaders Pledge To Revive Growth: The United States and leaders of the European ...
Italy, Spain Haven’t Asked For IMF Aid. Yet.: The International Monetary Fund has yet to receive ...
Forget Finance, Europe’s Next Crisis Will Be Political In Nature: George Friedman: The European Union project is facing its biggest ...
Key Economic News To Watch This Week: Nov. 28: Last week’sfailed German bond auctionbrought ...
Black Friday: Bigger Crowds, Higher Sales, $52.4 Billion Spent: A record 226 million shoppers turned up in stores ...
IMF Preparing $794 Billion Bailout For Italy: The IMF is drawing up a 600 billion euro ($794 ...
How Did Canada Turn Its Debt Crisis Around In 6 Years, 20 Years Ago?: Back in 1992, Standard and Poor’s downgraded ...
India Has An “Inferiority Complex” When Dealing With Us: China: India's growing anxiety over China’s ...
Hungary and Portugal Downgraded to Junk Status: Credit rating agency, Fitch, yesterday downgraded ...
Why We Need A Rethink of Development Aid: Sri Mulyani Indrawati: Over the last 25 years, the share of poor people ...
China Eases Bank Reserve Requirement: China’s central bank announced today that it ...
Dismal German Bond Auction Worries Investors: In an ominous sign of things to come, Germany ...
Rich Nations, Poor People: The Cause For Rising Poverty In The Western World: Poverty rates are on the rise in the Western ...
IMF Steps In With New Liquidity For Europe: The International Monetary Fund has stepped up as ...
Understanding Uncertainty – A Framework For The Global Economy: Mohamed El-Erian: The mounting problems that continue to plague the ...
World Bank to Asia: Use Fiscal Stimulus to Shield Against Crisis Spillovers: Growth in Asian economies may be slowing due to ...
Key Economic News To Watch This Week: Nov. 21 : Some progress has been made in Europe: New ...
The 12 Fastest Growing Economies For 2012 : The year 2011 has been a roller coaster ride of ...
America’s New “Pacific Offensive” – A Strategy To Contain China: Sanjaya Baru: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a ...
Europe’s New Technocracy: Superseding Democracy & Force Feeding Austerity: In just one month, both Greece and Italy have made ...
France-Germany Split Widens Over ECB’s Role: Europe’s two central powers, France and ...
Goldman CEO Thinks Economic Recovery “May Have Already Started”: Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive officer of ...
The Endgame For The Eurozone Has Begun: Nouriel Roubini: Germany and the ECB have less power over the ...
“Mysterious” Strength of Euro Currency Puzzles Analysts: Financial analysts and economists from around the ...
Sorry “99%”, There Are No Quick Fixes For Inequality: Raghuram Rajan: Reading some economists, it might seem that the ...
US Faces 50% Chance of Recession in 2012: The odds of the United States slipping into a ...
Merkel: Europe in Worst Crisis Since WW2: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that the ...
Key Economic News To Watch This Week: Nov. 14: A quick preview of the key economic events for the ...
U.S. and China Outline Competing Trade Agendas at APEC Summit: In a clash of words, US president Barack Obama and ...
Europe’s Woes Stem From A Crisis Of Nationalism: George Friedman: The European Union was formed by high-minded ...
Mexico Threatens China with WTO Tribunal: Mexico has raised the stakes, threatening to seek ...
The Grand Charade Of UK’s Most Dangerous Banker: Barclays Chief Executive Bob Diamond surprised ...
Obama Wants to “Stop Using Taxpayer Money to Buy Swag”: Against a backdrop of massive debt, US President ...
Are France And Germany Planning A Smaller Eurozone?: Conflicting reports have emerged in reputable news ...
A Global Transcendence of Change – What The 99% Really Want: Joseph Stiglitz: Across the world, protestors are agitating for ...
Australia Green Lights Pay-to-Pollute Tax: In a move aimed at lowering carbon emissions, ...
A New Russian Empire: What Exactly Is Putin Planning?: If Russia has its way, a Eurasian Union (EuU) will ...
Shadow Banking Outperforms its Pre-Crisis Levels: In a time when the banking and finance industry is ...
The Blame Game: If The Banks Didn’t Cause The Financial Crisis, What Did?: For a few years now, the banking industry has ...
Reclaiming Economics As A Moral Science: Many believe that science is about innovation that ...
Russian Firms Fare Worst in Bribery Index: Russian businesses, which collectively put in ...
Capitalism’s Pallbearers: The Companies That Run, & Could Destroy, The Global Economy: Systems analysts have shown that a “super ...
Capital Controls & Currency Wars: Will The G-20 Get It Right?: In April this year, the IMF published a ...
Europe Faces Recession Risk: Even as the threat of a eurozone wide financial ...
Hospitalised Greek Finance Minister Was Not Informed On Greek Referendum: Greece’s Finance Minister Evangelos ...
America’s China-Centric Blame Game Is Absurd: Stephen S. Roach: China-bashing in the US has now reached ...
The Halloween Economy: $2.52 Billion in Costumes, $2 Billion in Candy, $1.88 Billion in Decorations, $470 Million in Greeting Cards: The American economy may not be doing great, with ...
Japan to Keep Buying EFSF Bonds, But… : A senior official from Japan has confirmed that ...
Key Economic News To Watch This Week: A quick preview of the key economic events for the ...
Can The Financial Stability Board Live Up To Its Name? :Olin Wethington: The Financial Stability Board (FSB) was formed in ...
Markets Cheer But Questions and Doubts Remain After EU Debt Deal: Bourses worldwide have surged following the ...
Survey Finds One in Five Women Never Had a Mentor: LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional ...
Is Occupy Wall Street Bringing Back “Real” Capitalism?: Modern capitalism, as we know it, is a sick and ...
EU Confirms 1 Trillion Euros Bailout Fund, 50% Greek Writedown: After marathon talks and emergency meetings, the ...
The American Economy Is In Danger of Stalling: Mohamed El-Erian: Stall speed is a terrifying risk for an economy ...
Development, But At What Price? Lessons from the Happiest Place in Asia: At last month's UN General Assembly, Bhutan's ...
Vatican Denounces “Idolatry of the Markets”, Releases 16-Page Guide to Fixing the Economy: The Vatican has called for the overhaul of the ...
Economic Bogeymen Are Threatening Our Long-Term Recovery: Jomo Kwame Sundaram: Despite the need for strong and sustained fiscal ...
Key Economic News To Watch This Week: A quick preview of the key economic events for the ...
Argentine President Re-Elected, Buoyed By Strong Economic Performance: Argentine president Cristina Fernandez has been ...
French-German Split May Spell Doom For EU Summit: Divisions between France and Germany over ...
EU Considering Ban On Credit Ratings For Crisis Nations: The European Union could impose regulations that ...
Appetite For Self-Destruction: Have Rating Agencies Lost The Plot?: If Moody’s, Fitch and Standard & ...
Why Inequality Will Only Lead To Our Downfall: Nouriel Roubini: Any economic model that doesn’t properly ...
China Reduces US Debt Holdings After S&P Downgrade: China, the largest foreign holder of US ...
Infographic: The Global Food Crisis - Food Shortage vs. Food Wastage: What are the factors behind the current food ...
The Libyan Fallout – Lessons For Global Sovereign Wealth Funds: Efraim Chalamish: The Libyan Investment Authority, the sovereign ...
Overweight Workers Cost US Companies $113 Billion in Productivity Losses: Obese American workers have incurred more than ...
World Population to Reach 7 Billion in 13 Days: The United Nations is predicting that the ...
Pakistan Prime Minister: “Millions of Pakistanis Face Food Insecurity”: Increased volatility in global food prices has ...
SOS – The Eurozone Can No Longer Save Themselves: Raghuram Rajan: The eurozone crisis is now a global crisis. If the ...
Key Economic News To Watch This Week: A quick preview of the key economic events for the ...
Europe Given Till The End Of The Week To Fix Its Crisis Or Else…: G-20 finance ministers has called on eurozone ...
Mubarak’s Legacy of Debt: Saifedean Ammous: Hosni Mubarak’s three-decade long reign in ...
Can China Alone Save the Eurozone?: China is under pressure to bailout European ...
Riots in Cairo: Eyewitness Account – Reva Bhalla: The sectarian rioting that broke out in Cairo ...
Undoing the Bankruptcy of Capitalism: Joseph E. Stiglitz: To cure the economy, we need to understand exactly ...
Asian Executives to Earn More Than Those in U.S. By 2013: According to consulting firm Mercer’s global ...
Chinese Pensioners Rally In Support of Occupy Wall Street: The Occupy Wall Street movement may have started ...
Deadly Violence Erupts in Cairo: Violence has broken out in Cairo, with clashes ...
Blair's Charity in Africa Spends More Than Half Its Income On Staff: When Tony Blair launched the Sports Foundation ...
Governor Signs California Dream Act Allowing Illegal Immigrants Access to Education: Illegal immigrants will soon be able to apply for ...
Solutions to the Eurozone’s Problems Miss the Mark: George Friedman: The economic crisis in the eurozone is, without ...
Putin Demands End to 18-Year WTO Wait : In his first direct address to investors after ...
The US Will Not Fall Back Into Recession, Claim Top American CEOs : The possibility of a double dip recession for the ...
Strikeout! A Triumvirate of Failure: Bernanke, Obama and Trichet: 6 October 2011.In the course of the past few days, ...
Myths Debunked: Why China Will Have A Soft Landing: Stephen S. Roach: 5 October 2011. Too much has been said about the ...
Canada Ranked No. 1 For Business: Canada is the world’s best place to do ...
Despite A US$2.3 Billion Trading Scandal, UBS Sees Profit for Q3: As casino banking goes, banking heavyweight UBS ...
Putin Proposes 'Eurasian Union' With Old Soviet Union Neighbours: One week after announcing that he will return to ...
EconomyWatch Exposé: Europe’s Far Right – Fuelled By Islamophobia?: 4 October 2011.Europe’s increasingly vocal ...
China's Currency Manipulation Has Cost 160,000 American Jobs: According to Senator Chuck Schumer, China's ...
US Tells Israel To End Its Self Imposed Isolation: U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned on ...
Key Economic News To Watch This Week: A quick preview of the key economic events for the ...
Globalisation Demands Better, More Effective, Governments: Jeffrey D. Sachs: Economic globalization has, of course, produced ...
Occupy Wall Street Movement Spreads To Canada: The Occupy Wall Street movement, which began last ...
Inside The Mind Of The UBS 'Rogue' Trader: 30 September 2011.There have been many rogue ...
Merkel Triumphs As Germany Expands Bailout Fund: German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, yesterday scored ...
China Warns Asian Neighbours: Do Not Provoke : China has warned Asian nations not to provoke it ...
Africa Rising: Can “The Dark Continent” Outshine Its Former Colonial Masters?: 29 September 2011.He who laughs last laughs best. ...
Antidote To Afghanistan's Opium Addiction: Red Gold: Despite being contrarian to Islamic beliefs, opium ...
Germany Pours Scorn on US’s “Silly Idea” For Europe: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has ...
Japan May Come to Greece’s Rescue By Buying More EFSF Bonds: The Japanese government is willing to buy more ...
Divided We Fail – The World Needs Quick And Collective Action: Christine Lagarde: 27 September 2011.A crisis of confidence envelops ...
Can The Eurozone Be Saved Or Is It Too Big To Bail?: Yannos Papantoniou: 26 September 2011.The massive contagion spreading ...
Key Economic News To Watch This Week: A quick preview of the key economic events for the ...
China Feeds Gold Rush With Gold Dispensing Vending Machines: China has become the latest nation to introduce a ...
Vickers' Banking Reforms: Yay or Nay?: 23 September 2011.Sir John Vickers recently ...
United Nations Walkout On Iran's Ahmadinejad Speech: U.S. diplomats led a walkout from the United ...
WikiLeaks: China Buying Gold To Devalue USD: According to a recent WikiLeaks cable, China is ...
Women At Work: Moving Towards Parity: Earlier this month, the former CEO of Yahoo! was ...
The 21st Century Slave Trade: A Cacophony of Lies, Abuse, and Incompetence: 21 September 2011.Human trafficking is a global ...
US Line Up US$6 Billion Deal to Upgrade Taiwan’s Fighter Jets: The Obama administration will upgrade ...
Remedies For An Ailing Economy - How To Avert A Crisis: Nouriel Roubini : 20September 2011.Global markets are in unchartered ...
The Italians Have Been Downgraded: Global markets are bracing themselves for another ...
Persistent Unemployment – Stemming From A Lack of Confidence? : Roger Farmer: 19 September 2011.Unemployment in the US has ...
Key Economic News To Watch This Week: A quick preview of the key economic events for the ...
Greece Plans More Cuts As Pressure Mounts From EU/IMF: The Greek government will finalize a fresh package ...
US Poverty Hits Record High: 1 in 6 Americans Living Below Poverty Line: 46 million Americans (15.1 percent of the ...
The Inflation Solution – More Harm Than Good? : Raghuram Rajan: 14 September 2011.The obvious solutions to ...
Infographic: China vs. America in Education: The Chinese and American education systems have ...
Italy Seeks Chinese Cash to Buy Bonds: The Italian Finance Ministry has held talks with ...
The G-20 Must Get Its Act Together: Gordon Brown: The G-20 lost it way after 2009 when its member ...
Germany Moves Fast in Nominating New Official at ECB: Germany has nominated its deputy finance minister, ...
Greece Unveils More Budget Cuts and New Property Tax: Amidst heavy protest from its citizens over months ...
A Decade of Hurt – The Economic Legacy of 9/11: Joseph Stiglitz: The events of September 11 2001 forever altered ...
Obama Urges Congress to Pass US$447 Billion American Jobs Act: US President Barack Obama called on Congress to ...
Libyan Oil Exports To Remain Below Pre-War Levels Until 2013: The International Energy Agency (IEA) warned on ...
Less Government, Less Problems: Belgium, 450 Days Later: 7 September 2011. Belgium has not had a government ...
Investing in Iraq: Ingenious or Insane? : 6 September 2011.Iraq’s economy is ...
New Morn or False Dawn? - Japan's Rare Opportunity For Change: Heizo Takenaka: The scale of the earthquake and tsunami that ...
Israel Uprising: Social Dissent & Protests: In the latest and biggest demonstration in the ...
Iceland Was “Bullied” Over Bank Debt, Claims President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson: Iceland’s President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson ...
US To Sue Banks Over Subprime Mortgage Loans: The US Federal Housing Finance Agency, a ...
The Pursuit of Happiness – Will Economic Objectives Stand in the Way? : Jeffrey D. Sachs: The mad pursuit of corporate profits is ...
White House Predicts Long Term Unemployment: The White House forecast on Thursday high ...
Climate Change Poses Major Threat to Cambodia’s Rural Poor: The Cambodian economy faces major problems for its ...
Japan's New PM Yoshihiko Noda Names Key Aides: Newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko ...
Melbourne Dethrones Vancouver as World’s Most Liveable City: Melbourne is now the world's most liveable city, ...
Unprecedented US Consumer Weakness Encapsulated By Just One Number: Stephen S. Roach: 30 August 2011.The US economy – and the ...
Life After Gadhafi – The Challenges Ahead : Scott Stewart: 29 August 2011.As the remnants of the Gadhafi ...
Key Economic News To Watch This Week: A series of economic data will be released this ...
Fasting, Not Fighting, For Change: The Case of Anna Hazare: Evidently, the medium is the message. The act of ...
US$1.7 Million Bounty For Muammar el-Qaddafi: Dead or Alive: Libyan rebels have offered a 2 million dinar ...
Premature Speculation: The Arab Spring Cannot Be Considered as Democracy’s Fourth Wave. Yet.: 24 August 2011.The Arab world is changing. The ...
Marx was Right – Capitalism is on a Self-Destructive Path: Nouriel Roubini: 23 August 2011.Karl Marx was right, it seems, in ...
10 Truths About the Libyan Conflict: The oil markets celebration over Libya was short ...
Germany Says "No" to Euro Bonds: Germany has signaled that it will not support ...
US Freeze on US$37 Billion in Libyan Assets to Remain For Now: The United States will keep in place its freeze on ...
Biden to China: “The US Has Never Defaulted and Never Will Default”: US Vice-President Joe Biden wrapped up his ...
Anarchy in the UK: The Socio-Economic Factors Behind The London Riots: 19 August 2011.Socio-economic factors, including ...
EconHumour: What if Economists Told "Yo Momma" Jokes?: The "Yo Momma" jokes has become one of ...
Global Markets Slammed, Wiping Out Gains From Recent Trading: The world's major stock markets tumbled back into ...
Gorbachev: Putin has “Castrated” Democracy in Russia: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has killed ...
Europe’s Last Hope – Will Germany Step Up? : George Soros: 18 August 2011.Time is running out for the ...
Obama’s Approval Rating on Economy Slumps to Record Low: Americans voiced their dissatisfaction at US ...
Dominoes of Doom – The Political Economy of the Global Financial Crisis: George Friedman: 17 August 2011.Politics and economics are ...
Diseased and Dangerous – The US and Europe’s Grand Debacle: Joseph Stiglitz: 16 August 2011.There has been much concern about ...
Hope in Adversity – Fighting Famine in the Horn of Africa: Jeffrey D. Sachs: 15 August 2011.Once more, famine stalks the Horn ...
Eurozone Countries Moving From Drama to Trauma, Markets in Danger Zone: World Bank Chief : The loss of confidence in markets and leadership ...
Sino-American Power Play: Why China Has to Buy US Debt : Last week, credit ratings agency Standard and ...
Fiscal Fallacies – The Root of All Sovereign Debt Crises: Amar Bhidé & Edmund Phelps: 10 August 2011.During the 1970s, Former Citibank ...
Hope Floats in America’s Polarized Political Climate: Raghuram Rajan: 9 August 2011.The US media are full of ordinary ...
FDI into India For June Rises by 310 Percent From Same Month Last Year: Foreign Direct Investment equity inflow into India ...
Infographic: Educational Background of Republican Presidential Candidates - Will it Matter?: Do Americans care about the educational levels of ...
The No-Win Greek Debt Buyback Trap – Lessons from Ecuador: Eduardo Levy-Yeyati: A recurrent characteristic of Europe’s ...
S&P Defends US Downgrade, Warns of Further Downgrade in 6-24 Months: Amidst heavy criticism from US politicians over ...
Doomed for Disaster – America’s Dangerous Debt Deal: Michael Mandelbaum: 5 August 2011. The painfully negotiated US budget ...
EconHumour: What if Economists Were Computer Viruses?: Have you tried to understand the difference ...
European Debt Crisis Rages On, US Stocks Nosedives and Other News: Here's a weekly look at the top business, finance ...
China is Sick of US Hollow Promises and Reckless Government: Stephen S. Roach: 4 August 2011.The Chinese admire America’s ...
Japan Intervenes to Prevent “Over-Valued” Yen From Rising Further: Japan has begun efforts to weaken the ever-growing ...
Economic Policy Institute: US Debt Deal Will Cost 1.8 Million Jobs: As US politicians from both parties continue to ...
Afghanistan is Broke, US Drowning in Debt – So What About a War Ceiling?: With all the debate in the United States over ...
Debt Deal Ok'ed - US Debt Ceiling Now $14.29 Trillion: The House passed a $2.4 trillion debt-ceiling ...
The Ramadan Economy: What is the impact of Ramadan and what is the ...
Comparing India to The World: 1 August 2011. One out of 6 people in the world ...
Trump That! Donald Trump Considering a Run for White House – Again: Real estate mogul, and star of the reality ...
Infographic: The US Debt Ceiling Crisis - Local Politics, Global Implications: According to the U.S. Treasury, by next Tuesday, ...
Small Economies, Big Trouble: Kemal Derviş: 28 July 2011.On paper at least, few would consider ...
Japan Steps Up Efforts to Draw Foreign Tourists Back: Japan has embarked on an all-out public relations ...
Europocalypse - Are The Days of The Eurozone Numbered?: Nouriel Roubini: 27 July 2011. The fate of the eurozone is ominous. ...
Downgrade Doldrums: US Credit Rating May Drop Even if Debt Deal is Reached: As Democrats and Republicans continue to trade ...
High Unemployment Rates Among US War Veterans : Young male American war veterans returning from ...
Has Egypt's Middle Class Gained From The Revolution?: Since June 12, half of the 18,000 workers employed ...
Haiti’s Earthquake: 18 Months On With Little to No Housing Relief: A year and a half has passed since a devastating ...
The Fundamental Flaws of Capitalism – Why We Never Learn: Joseph E. Stiglitz: 20 July 2011. The 2008 global financial crisis was ...
“The Greatest Wet Blanket to Business, Progress and Job Creation”: Wynn Resorts Inc. CEO Steve Wynn launched into an ...
The European Union’s Catalogue of Failures: George Soros: 18 July 2011.On 1 November 1993, the European ...
Panic Grips South Africa as Fuel Strikes Continue: Hundreds of petrol stations across South Africa ...
Weekly Roundup: Italy Teeters on the Edge of a Debt Crisis and Other News: weekly roundup of the top business, finance and ...
Yingluck Shinawatra: Thaksin’s Shadow Puppet? : 14 July 2011. Thailand is about to inaugurate its ...
Power Struggle in Russia?: Top Russian business leaders from 27 leading ...
Human Mobility and Economic Development: Why Migration Makes Sense: Politicians from advanced economies today face a ...
Emerging Economies Lead The World in Green Investments: According to thelatest report by the United ...
Is China Heading For An Economic Slowdown?: Last week, Beijing released its June inflation and ...
Times of Trouble: Can Christine Lagarde Lead the IMF Through its Toughest Period?: 11 July 2011.To most regular observers, the ...
Pakistan Turns to China After US Suspends US$800 Million in Military Aid: A senior Pakistani official toldCBS Newson Sunday ...
EconHumor: The Chinese Economy: China is doing well when it comes to the global ...
The UK & The US: Same Problems, Different Results: 7 July 2011. Over the past decades the UK has ...
UN: US$1.9 Trillion Needed Annually to Avert “Major Planetary Collapse”: A newUN reportconducted by the Department of ...
North Korea Increases Trade Dependency on China: North Korea have become increasingly reliant on ...
Does the US Monetary System Work?: 6 July 2011. Joseph J. DioGuardi, a CPA and former ...
Did Obama’s Stimulus Package Cost US$278,000 per Job?: The recentSeventh Quarterly Reportreleased by the ...
Should Wall Street Be So Sure About Greece Deal? : Wall Street hit its biggest four-day rally last ...
Problems Pile Up As Yemen Struggles With Fuel Crisis: Socio-economic problems have erupted in Yemen as ...
High Oil Prices: Caught in a Sea of "Vicious Cycles": 1 July 2011. Recently, the International Energy ...
Weekly Round-Up: Big Banks Buy into Brazil and Other News : Here's a weekly look at the top business, finance ...
EconHumor: Politicians Say the Dumbest Things: Politicians are typically smart and well-educated. ...
New Economic Growth Model For Russia?: The Russian economy needs a new growth model for ...
New Clashes in Egypt Leave 1,000 Injured and Democracy Teetering on the Edge: In the aftermath of the fiercest street fights to ...
The Great Food Price Balancing Act: 29 June 2011.Rising food prices affect everyone. ...
BRIC Support For New IMF Chief: French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde received ...
OPEC Outrage at IEA’s Release of Oil Reserves: A war of words could erupt between oil-consuming ...
Money Matters: Why Germany Wants to Keep the EU Together: 28 June 2011.The Euro-zone is faltering. Bogged ...
Colombia’s Credit Rating Improved to Investment Grade: The Colombian economy received a massive boost ...
US Jobless Claims Rise as Consumer Confidence Dips: New US claims for unemployment benefits grew ...
Merkel Says Greece is Saved and Other News (Weekly Roundup): Here's a weekly look at the top business, finance ...
Economics Humor: PIGS & The Eurozone Crisis: The European economy is not doing so well, and ...
The Long and Winding Road to Recovery: 23 June 2011.The IMF recently updated its economic ...
Plenty of Fishes in the Sea? Think Again.: Hundreds of species of marine life are facing mass ...
Eurozone Bosses Say Non! To Greek Bailout: The debt crisis in Greece is increasingly turning ...
Eurozone Divorce Imminent: Nouriel Roubini: 20 June 2011. In his latest article – The ...
Malaysia To Expand Economic Relationship With Africa: Malaysia is the latest nation seeking to tap into ...
Indonesia: The Next Economic Superpower?: The Indonesian economy has been described as a ...
Look On The Bright Side: Unemployment Humor: Looking for a job in times of high unemployment ...
A Tale of Two Indias With One United Goal: 16 June 2011. It has become rather cliché ...
How Russia Gains from the Japanese and Middle East Crises: Two unrelated global crises are benefitting ...
Unemployment and Low Wages Paint Bleak Picture for US Workers: 15 June 2011. Shareholder profits have risen ...
Josef Ackermann: The Most Dangerous Banker in the World: 14 June 2011. Ackermann emerged from the panic of ...
The Pension Crisis: Raise the Retirement Age?: As more governments around the world work to deal ...
Who's Hungry? Outrageous Food Prices Screw Everyone Except...: 10 June 2011. Since the second half of last year, ...
Australia: The (Future) Best Country In The World?: According to arecent reportby the Organisation for ...
Not a Good Time to Be an American: 9 June 2011. The first results are in, and they ...
US National Debt Is A Ticking Time Bomb: 7 June 2011. Debt is making us poor. As a ...
Finding the G-Spot: How Many Economies Ought to be in the G-8 and G-20?: 6 June 2011. Calling the G-8 or the G-20 ...
Get Ready: A Dozen Countries on the Brink of Default: Spain’s government party gets trounced in ...
The World's Richest Family - You Didn't Know About (Part 2): 1 June 2011. The Rothschilds are the most famous ...
Seize Corrupt Indian Assets: Proposed Lokpal Bill : 31 May 2011. The threat of serving a jail sentence ...
Top 10 Corrupt Politicians of 2010: Judicial Watch released its 2010 list of ...
Crowdsourcing the Future: Introducing Global Real-Time Consumer Confidence Tracking: 30 May 2011. It was the 26th September, 2008. Hank ...
The Cost & Politics of Economic Inequality: 26 May 2011. There’s a Chinese proverb that ...
The World's Richest Family - You Didn't Know About (Part 1): 25 May 2011. The Rothschilds are the most famous ...
Is Capitalism Inherently Corrupt? : President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad points to capitalism ...
The Economics of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Allegations: 20 May 2011. Unless you’ve been living under ...
Ratings Agency Warns Ships Could Go Idle Again But So Far So Good: In 2010, the shipping industry rebounded from the ...
The World's Biggest Heist: Raiding Libya's Sovereign Wealth Funds: The war against Libya wasn’t just about its ...
Huaneng Renewables' Staggering $1 Billion IPO Deal: Huaneng Renewables Corp., the wind-power unit of ...
What Will Make the Great Financial Crisis Look Like Child's Play? The Next One: Gordon Brown: 19 May 2011. In 2008, when we were hours away from ...
Is Egypt About to Cut Off Israel's Gas?: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with ...
China Spotlight: No Power to Run Factories: In East China’s industrial province of ...
US Military Spending: For War or Peace?: The United States has unquestionably been the most ...
Unemployment: The Tale of a 419 Scammer With a Heart: Ever since he could remember, Ibrahim Boakye had a ...
Economics Humor: Cows Explain Complex Political Systems: Have you tried to understand the difference ...
What Happens When the US Government Runs Out of Money?: The federal debt reached the legal maximum of ...
The Economics of Dissent: In the revolution of the Middle East, the Internet ...
Sorry Dr Friedman, You Are Wrong – the Middle East Has Fundamentally Changed: 16 May 2011. Thirty two years ago, as a nine year ...
Obama’s $1.3 Trillion Over-Borrowing Scandal: The heat is certainly on Obama's deficit spending ...
Eurozone Crisis: Kick Greece Out?: A secret meeting to discuss the eurozone's ...
Higher Eurozone Interest Rates May Be a Foreign Investment Trap: 12 May 2011. One of the positives of raising ...
IMF: NZ Quakes More Costly Than Japanese Disasters: The 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a ...
Green Tech Money Blooms in China: China's green tech industry raked in US$63.9 ...
Top 10 Global Brands in 2011: It turns out BRIC emerging economies account for ...
World Corruption Special Report: 9 May 2011. Iraq and Afghanistan sit near the top ...
Oil Prices Drop Below US$100 a Barrel…Can Consumers Breathe A Sigh of Relief?: Who says miracles can’t happen? After four ...
Drug Capitals of the World: 6 May 2011. Afghanistan, which produces 90% of the ...
Your Daily Bread is Goldman Sachs’ Hottest Commodity: In a shocking report by Frederick Kaufman that has ...
Biggest Share of Auto Sales Now in Emerging Markets: The emerging markets accounted for 51 percent of ...
Who Are These Pesky Speculators?: 4 May 2011. By clicking on this story, you may be ...
The Economics of Osama's Death: 3 May 2011. When Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda ...
The Top Viral Videos in March 2011: Viral videos are no longer the phenomenon they ...
Farmers Pay for China's Vegetables: The Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of ...
The Economics of the Royal Wedding: 30 April 2011. No one seems to really know the ...
Why Is Iran Not in the G20?: 25 April 2011. Iran is one of the largest ...
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Gene Sharp: Theorist of People Power Revolutions: “If people are not afraid of the ...
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Oil-Rich Polarizing Venezuela: Emigration-Immigration Puzzle: 31 January 2011. Venezuela is an immigration ...
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Brutal Home Foreclosure Laws Aid Spanish Banks: 24 January 2011. At 20 percent, Spain has highest ...
Top 10 Economy Trends to Watch Out for in 2011: Good news. There is light at the end of the tunnel ...
China Housing Inequality: Ordos - Wealthy Mongolian Ghost Town: 13 January 2011. Strange dynamics of China ...
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The World's 30 Most Expensive Big Cities (and You Will Never Guess Who is at Number 3 ....): If you have been a frequent reader of studies that ...
12 Fastest Growing Economies of 2011: 9 December 2010. The African Decade is upon us, ...
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Euro-Zone Solution May Require Big Bank "Haircuts": 1 December 2010. Until now Euro Zone has had ...
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China: The Difficult Transition from Low to High "Value Added": 7 October 2010. Companies in China’s ...
Indian Economy: Engineering Weakness Serious Problem: 5 October 2010. Despite India's rise as high-tech ...
Global Money Laundering OK w Governments ???: Revenues from global drug trafficking — ...
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China / Japan Crisis Indicates US Importance in East Asia: As China rises, its neighbors inevitably come into ...
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India: One Child Policy ???: 21 September 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief ...
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Indonesia: Asia's New "Economic Golden Child": 23 August 2010. After years of being known for ...
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India’s Railroad Mess Threatens Economic Progress: 24 June 2010. As the world looks to India to ...
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US Escapes WTO-Okayed Retaliation by Brazil for Illegal Cotton Subsidies - EN ESPANOL !!!: Excellent Spanish translation of yesterday's ...
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Five Guideposts For Understanding As American Financial "Reform" Proceeds: 25 May 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political ...
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Europe's "Web of Debt" - The Graphic That Crashed Wall Street ;-): In general, as several of you have noticed, we try ...
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Govt / Wall Street Revolving Door: High Ex-Obama Aide To Defend GS v SEC: 25 April 2010. This little item illustrates two ...
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US Economy: Obama Announces Plan for Economic Recovery: Today US President Barack Obama announced his plan ...
Derivatives Vote in Key Senate Committee Strikingly Conforms to Economy Watch Scenario: 22 April 2010 By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political ...
Wall Street Apologizes - Sort Of ;-) : While we're still recovering from the two full ...
Goldman's Double Role in Greek Tragedy - EN ESPANOL - Part THREE !!!: Still exhausted from having finished an extensive ...
Goldman's Double Role in Greek Tragedy - Part II - EN ESPANOL !!!: Having just finished our "Featured ...
India Economy: On the Road to Recovery?: Top Indian economic adviser Suresh Tendulkar ...
Goldman's Double Role in Greek Tragedy - Part I - EN ESPANOL !!!: How appropriate that we have received on the ...
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India Trip: Geithner's Missed Opportunities: By most measures, US Treasury Secretary Tim ...
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Green Gone Wrong - En Espanol ;-) !!!: "Green Gone Wrong" En Espanol ;-) !!! ...
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Oil Prices Find a Sweet Spot for World Economy: Oil prices have done something remarkable over the ...
The Top 12 Sovereign Wealth Funds - And How They are Changing World Finance: 19 October 2009.Although Sovereign Wealth Funds, ...
The Man Who SHOULD Head Treasury: 17 September, 2009 By David Caploe PhD, Chief ...
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More People Who Saw Crash Greenspan / Other Regulators Didn't ;-): Apparently our friend Deepak Moorjani is mentioned ...
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Hedge Fund Manager Who Foresaw Crash Asks Why Greenspan Didn't: Michael Burry, a Bay Area-based hedge fund ...
Part I - Krugman Et Al WRONG re Chinese Currency Evaluation - IN SPANISH ... ;-) ...: Krugman Et Al WRONG re Chinese Currency Evaluation ...
Lehman & Repo 105 = Goldman & Greece - En Espanol ;-) Part TWO: Once again, we are delighted to announce that a ...
Wall Street Crash: One Year After Meltdown, Has Wall St Changed?: Has anything changed on Wall Street after the ...
Lehman & Repo 105 = Goldman & Greece - En Espanol ;-) Part I: Once again, we are delighted to announce that a ...
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