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Microsoft Probe Fuels China Uncertainty

31/07/2014(0)
It’s hard to keep a straight face as China accuses Microsoft of “monopolistic behavior” and raids its offices in Beijing, Shanghai and elsewhere. What, that cartel known as the ... Read More
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EU Practiced Its Russian Sanctions in Cyprus

30/07/2014(0)
Europe’s new financial sanctions against Russia will be among the first meaningful ones the West has introduced since the Ukraine crisis started. But punishing rich Russians is not exactly ... Read More
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The Non-Eclipse of America

29/07/2014(0)
The recent creation of a new international development bank by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – the so-called BRICS – is just the latest challenge to America’s ... Read More
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After the Dollar

28/07/2014(0)
It is symbolic that the recent BRICS summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, took place exactly seven decades after the Bretton Woods Conference that created the International Monetary Fund and the ... Read More
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Your Mind, Your Investment Returns

25/07/2014(0)
Regular readers know I enjoy discussing behavioral aspects of investing. The reasons for this are twofold: First, we can’t control the markets, but we can control our own reactions ... Read More
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Cybercriminal strikes can be small, but mighty

23/07/2014(0)
Cybercrime is a growing threat for businesses as attackers are getting more creative and skilled in their methods of stealing information. Cyberattacks on large companies such as Target, Neiman ... Read More
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The Real Reason Banks Don’t Like Bitcoin

22/07/2014(0)
Banks are reluctant to work with bitcoin, that fact has been well known in the community for some time. Until now, though, few concrete reasons have been given as ... Read More
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G20 must shape a new world trade regime

17/07/2014(0)
Over the past decade global trade and investment discussions have moved far away from the formal global trade regime. The multilateral system has been mired in the Doha Development ... Read More
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The Inverted World of Mobile Capital

16/07/2014(0)
A growing number of American companies are seeking to move their legal headquarters abroad by acquiring or merging with foreign companies. In the latest case, Medtronics plans to acquire ... Read More
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China’s corruption purge nears tricky second phase

15/07/2014(0)
China is entering the second stage of its colossal fight against graft. Nabbing high-profile culprits was a good start. Now, other miscreants have to believe the same could happen ... Read More
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