Fine Art as a Percentage of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals’ Spending Has Remained Stable Adam Davidson has a good take on the art market in his New York Times Magazine column and offers an interesting take on art as an investment: Art is often valuable precisely because it isn’t a sensible way to make …
THE GOLD PROBLEM REVISTED Watch for special report soon to publish here on China`s Cornering The Gold Markets Yesterday, Ben Bernanke dedicated his entire first propaganda lecture to college student to the bashing of the gold standard. Of course, he has his prerogatives: he has to validate a crumbling monetary system …
What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, Colombia was the Greece of Latin America in the eyes of investors. Young people were desperate to emigrate. The well-off, afraid they’d be kidnapped, avoided traveling between Bogota and Medellin. When they did, it was best to travel the 240 kilometers that separate the two …
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The struggles and successes of India’s start-up culture Is Bangalore Asia’s answer to Silicon Valley? Start-up Stories Delhi start-up rethinks ink Michael and Xochi Birch, Bebo Brent Hoberman, lastminute.com Krishnan Ganesh, TutorVista Twenty years ago in the vibrant entrepreneurial paradise of Silicon Valley in the US, it was said that you would find …
Entrepreneurial Encouragement: India there is no climate of respecting failure Read More »
SPECIAL REPORT – Qatar’s big Libya adventure June 9, 2011 Posted in News, Week Commencing: June 6, 2011 (Reuters) – To get an idea of who might wield influence in post-civil war Libya, take a look at the flags flying in the rebel-held east of the country. Outside the courthouse in Benghazi — rebel headquarters …
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Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) — Billionaire George Soros’s Soros Fund Management LLC more than doubled its holding in the biggest gold exchange-traded fund in the fourth quarter after bullion advanced 8.9 percent to a record. The $25 billion New York-based firm became the fourth- largest holder in the SPDR Gold Trust, adding 3.728 million shares valued …
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