Tuesday, December 04, 2012
If you were asked to name the financial powerhouses of North America, you will no doubt cite the Big Apple and the Windy City. But there are two other cities that are leading financial centers in their own right and appear to be poised for explosive growth – Toronto and Boston.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
In 1967, the American psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment to determine how many acquaintances it would take to pass a letter between two randomly selected people. He concluded that it took six steps or fewer to connect any two people in the world and coined the term ‘six degrees of separation’. Rapid technological progress and the advent of social networks have further reduced the number of hops required to connect different people and organizations around the globe.
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Monday, February 06, 2012
Interest in direct investment in emerging market equities is increasing but has always been difficult due to regulations on foreign ownership and capital controls. The most relevant of these markets is the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), a collection of the largest of the emerging markets.
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