What the BRICS need: Education, employment, equality, and soft infrastructure (OECD Insights) Why Grocers Like Tesco Find Trouble in the U.S. Market (Bloomberg) Jack Bogle warns ‘Prepare for two massive market declines in the next decade’ (Financial Post) Emerging Markets: Proceed with Caution (Charles Schwab) The rise of China’s ghost cities (News.com.au) Too thin a cushion, One expensive euro  (The Economist …

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Eurozone unemployment hits 11.9%  (BBC) The Rich 100: Canada’s wealthiest people (Canadian Business) In-App Buying: Don’t Let Your Kids Make Apple Rich (Bloomberg) Exploring the next frontier: A review of frontier equity markets (Vanguard) Does Supporting Passenger Railways Reduce Road Traffic Externalities? (Vox) Canadian banks’ last hurrah? Payouts to shrink as economy sputters (Financial Post) How the world wide …

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Why the free market fundamentalists think 2013 will be the best year ever (The Guardian) Fossil fuel subsidies: billions up in smoke? (OECD Insights) Why US winks at illegal migration (The Hindu Business Line) The 40 most unusual economic indicators (Financial Post) Gold stocks’ time to shine (Canadian Business) Fired America (Economic Populist) HSBC: Asia’s ‘worrying’ debt-led growth …

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Snakes and Ladders: Investment Banking on the Brink (Der Spiegel) Olive: The car rules once more  (The Star) How to Invest in Bank Stocks via ETFs? (Top US Stocks) Programmer Bob who outsourced his job was a model modern employee  (The Guardian) INVESTMENT EXTRA: How you could bag a stylish return by investing in small firms (This is …

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BMW enjoys record annual car sales (The BBC) Beetter than Buying – Barter Economy Matures from Niche to Trend (Der Speigel) The problem with stability (Canadian Business) Canadian housing may be most overvalued in the world, says The Economist (Canadian Business) Great Canadian real estate crash of 2013 (MaCleans) Germany is not profiting from the eurozone (The Guardian) USA: …

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