All Posts Tagged With: "financial times"
African Resources
Quest for African Resources
There is a map of the world on my office wall. What I like about this particular map is that the mapmaker paid particular attention to getting the scale right. That means Africa gets it proper gigantic…
29Jul2008 | Whiskey and Gunpowder | 0 comments | ContinuedMultinational Corporations Step up the Search for the “Next China”
As far as foreign direct investment in Asia is concerned, China is still the undisputed leader, drawing approximately $42.78 billion in just the first five months of the year, an increase of 55% from the same period a year ago.
But…
20Jun2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedInflation is Winning
Today, we turn to our war correspondents for dispatches from the front lines, and we find an important insight:
“Learn to live with inflation,” begins the headline in the Financial Times.
The FT refers to England’s central banker, Mervyn King, who says…
20Jun2008 | Daily Reckoning | 0 comments | ContinuedThe ugly Americans
In the mad rush to blame speculators for high oil prices, our solons in Washington have inadvertently revealed a U.S.-centric, 20th century mindset.
I’m sure Sens. Carl Levin and Dianne Feinstein think they’re enlightened types, far beyond any sort of “ugly…
8Jun2008 | Desidooru Saloon | 0 comments | Continued

















































