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 | Continued

Multinational 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 | Continued

Inflation 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 | Continued

The 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
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