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Chinese Businesses In Italy – CGIA Report

On Monday, August 25, the Italian stock market (Piazza Affari) plumbed down roughly 6 percent following the rapid decrease of the Chinese stock market of about 8.5 percent. Despite its geographic distance,…

Alphabet, New Parent Organization Will Handle A To Z At Google

As part of Google’s stated ambition to “do more,” co-founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin have announced they will be restructuring under the umbrella of Alphabet, Inc., a…

CIOs are switching to Microsoft’s cloud even though they think they will pay MORE

Some costs cut down on other costs, as any businessperson knows. Microsoft’s focus on cloud computing — after its recent failed purchase of Finish multinational communications and information…

New changes in how Facebook shows users newsfeeds

Who knows best what content users of social media want to see? According to Facebook in statements accompanying the roll out of their latest news feed update, users…

China’s cooling economy sees significant drop in European investment intentions – European Chamber Survey

Of 541 European businesses polled on their intentions to expand in China this year, only 26 percent said they were “optimistic” about their companies being profitable in China, and…

The sun rises in the East: War, investment and the AIIB

American trend forecaster Gerald Celente’s quip that “As U.S. wages war, China wages business” is more reality than wit. The New York Times reported on Sunday that Xi…

The Ballad of the Greek Bust

The clock is ticking on the Greek debt agreement, and the smell of impending default fills the air. The Financial Times reported on Monday that the Greek government…

“Patience,” raising rates, or QE4?

It’s anyone’s guess… On Wednesday, March 18th, the Federal Reserve released an official statement and held a press conference regarding monetary policy and current economic conditions. In this…

Sri Lanka: Why foreign investment should come

The end of civil war brings fresh opportunities Foreign investment is a hot topic at the moment. The idea mostly, in the current climate, invokes criticism and anger,…

The undeniable truth about Vancouver’s housing market

Prices keep getting steeper, and people’s tempers are rising almost at the same rate. That is the best manner in which the current situation of the Vancouver housing market,…

HSBC affiliate in Swiss Leaks misappropriated €180 billion

PARIS — French newspaper “Le Monde” revealed last night after a large investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that between 2005 and 2007 more than €180 billion would…

Wealth of 1% greater than all the rest of the world next year

According to a report by anti-poverty charity organization Oxfam America, the wealthiest 1 percent of people will possess global assets in excess of assets possessed by the rest…