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China’s Territorial Disputes

This short video prepared by The Economist is a must see should you wish to understand the geo-political tensions arising in the region following China’s territorial claims.

I personally don’t get why their claims extend so far. Taiwan is a touchy subject – I get it, and will leave it aside. But as their influence in [...]

Life is Expensive – A state of the US Healthcare System

A MIDDLE-AGED man felt chest pains. As an executive at IBM, an information-technology firm, he had excellent health insurance, so he went straight to a specialist. His cardiologist put him through a bunch of tests, including a computerised tomography scan. A radiologist noticed something odd in his neck, so he went to a neck surgeon, [...]

Widget Maker & Private Equity Investor Scenario

Just finished reading The Economist special report on the rich and my head is buzzing with many nuggets to reflect upon. The report itself is very well put together and, as always with the economist, is an intelligent read with some witticism.
But the real strength of the economist lies not only in its publication, [...]

Press Review – Dividends, Opportunites & BoingBoing

Over the last three weeks I bookmarked a few articles and blog posts I really liked. They cover different subjects, and some can be controversial. I do not agree with all, but they all got me thinking; which is the reason why I wanted to give them this estrade. Here we go:
Three articles from the [...]

Press Review – Assurance, Dividend and Economist

Over the last three weeks I bookmarked a few articles and blog posts I really liked. They cover different subjects, and some can be controversial. I do not agree with all, but they all got me thinking; which is the reason why I wanted to give them this estrade. Here we go:
Michael, from The Global [...]