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ThinkstockA report this week from the American Society of Civil Engineers shows just how bad the state of infrastructure in the United States is and how much spending is needed in the next decade to...
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ThinkstockChina may be the world’s growth engine and the world’s manufacturer, but some still consider it the short-sell of a lifetime. There is also very rarely any middle ground on the subject...
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The new Brookings Institution Global MetroMonitor shows that only three of 300 U.S. metropolitan areas have recovered to prerecession levels. The research also showed the rise of emerging economies...
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ThinkstockJames River Coal Co. (NASDAQ: JRCC) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The mining company posted a net loss of $0.59 per share on revenues of $288.1 million. In the same...
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ThinkstockBaidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) reported its earnings on Monday night. The leader of Chinese Internet search is showing that competition is now gaining from Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. (NYSE:...
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Angola is an African nation that is trying to get it right. While many nations in sub-Saharan Africa are in turmoil, Angola has been steering in the right direction for years now. This is one of the...
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China has been trying to hold its own. The obvious growth shows how dependent the nation is upon exporting finished goods to the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. Standard & Poor’s is...
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The Economic Times reported today that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be evaluating opening its own stores in India. The iPhone and iPad maker currently supplies its products to Indian consumers...
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Global climate change and pollution from the use of fossil fuels killed nearly 5 million people around the world in 2010, according to a report released last week by climate change advocacy group...
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In the three months that ended in June, the GDP growth of India languished around its lowest level in three years. The economy grew 5.5% in the quarter, government data indicated. That was just above...
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Bridgewater Associates, LP is in the lead of the top hedge funds in America by size. We have just gotten a look at its equity holdings via a 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission....
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In one of the periodic updates to its 2012 World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said today that global economic growth in 2013 will decline from a previous estimate of 4.1%...
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Petroleo Brasileiro SAShares of Petroleo Brasileiros SA (NYSE: PBR), known as Petrobras, are up more than 5% this morning following a wholesale price hike on diesel fuel in Brazil. The...
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Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) may get to finance this purchase of the remaining interest in Grupo Modelo of $20.1 billion for somewhere close to free. Of course this will not be entirely...
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The European Central Bank (ECB) today lowered its main policy rate to 0.75% in a move that was widely anticipated by the market. The rate cut sets the bank’s lending rate below 1% for the first...
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