Knowledge is Power: Portgual, Russian Consumers, Unemployment Edition

Investing in China’s great leap forward Don’t predict, prepare Debt Crisis Watch Turns to Portugal Canada avoids worst of the Great Recession: StatsCan IMF Sees Unemployment Remaining High in Many Advanced Economies Jobs – tough times for young people Russia’s consumers have money to spend Leipzig – a city of history and culture The MoneySense …

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The World’s Five Biggest Alcohol Companies by Market Cap

The “Numbers” column in the latest edition of Bloomberg BusinessWeek discusses the impact of recession on the alcohol business. Sales of alcholic beverages are proving to be recession-proof. Sales of expensive wines,beers and spirits have been flat to down compared to one year earlier. However sales of beer in the cheapest category have been up …

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Ten Reasons to Invest in Germany

Germany is the economic locomotive of Europe. The country has a population of about 82 million people and a world-class  infrastructure. Germany is centrally located offering convenient access to over 500 million of the EU consumers. Germany has been in the news recently often due to the debt crisis in Greece.Today Germany has agreed to …

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