I wrote about high speed rail network in Europe and North America late last year. And before that I wrote another article on high speed rail network in 2013. In this post, let us take a look at the high speed rail and conventional network map in China: Click to enlarge Source: China’s Army Hauls Ass …
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European equities have fallen heavily in the past few weeks from their 2015 peaks due to the Greek debt crisis. For example, the DAX has declined from 12,390 in April to 10,667 today. As of July 7 close, the returns of the major indices are listed below: S&P 500 Index: 0.5% UK’s FTSE 100: -0.50% …
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Angela’s Ashes: How Merkel Failed Greece and Europe (Der Spiegel) Fracketeering: how capitalism is power-hosing the last drops of value out of us all (The Guardian) Priceline – the $60bn travel titan you may never have heard of (The Guardian) The Dustbin of History (Canadian Investment Review) Why I avoid overshooting when shopping for yield in US equities (Money …
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The greek debt drama continues to drag on with no end seem to be sight. Now that the Greeks have voted “no” to creditors’ demands in the referendum yesterday, the country faces a difficult future ahead. Today the OECD released a report titled “Government at a Glance 2015” comparing the performance of public sector across countries.The following are …
Ever since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09, some investors have avoided bank stocks. However that need not be the case as most banks have cleaned up their balance sheets and are in a much healthier shape now. In fact, on a global level US banks are stronger now than their developed world peers. The …