Bubble Trouble May Lie Ahead For China Bulls – Investors.com

Posted by Matt in March 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Economy, Ahead, Bubble Trouble, Bulls, China, Dependence, Forthcoming Article, International Economy, Investors, President Of The World, Robert Zoellick, Time Robert, World Bank, World Exports

“China’s dependence on export-led growth … is unsustainable over time,” Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, argues in a forthcoming article in the journal the International Economy. He cites a recent IMF analysis saying that for China to maintain its trend of 8% growth annually with the current pattern of trade, it would have [...]

Vladmir Putin forging ahead with vision of Eurasian empire – Times Online

Posted by Matt in March 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Russia, Ahead, Catastrophe, Collapse, Communist State, Empire Online, Empire Times, Empire Vision, EurasianEmpire, kremlin, New Empire, Soviet Union, Vladimir Putin

The Soviet Union is gradually being rebuilt as Vladimir Putin eyes a return to the Kremlin. The man who declared the collapse of the Communist state to be the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century” appears determined to forge a new empire.
Vladmir Putin forging ahead with vision of Eurasian empire – Times Online

Fundamentally Freund: The winds of Middle East war

Posted by Matt in February 24th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, War, Ahead, Israel, Major Trouble, Middle East War, Winds Of War

Something is stirring in the Middle East. The winds of war are blowing, picking up speed with each passing day, and the threat to Israel is growing steadily more alarming.
All around us, trouble – major trouble – appears to be brewing, and it is time we open our eyes and confront the dangers that may [...]

Financial Crisis was not a One-Off Event; Prepare for More

Posted by Matt in January 27th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Favorites, Financial, Actors, Ahead, Angela, Bottom Line, Business School, Difficult Times, Financial Crisis, Financial Markets, Led, Nature, Overconfidence, Quantitative Analysis, Science Innovation, Strategic Foresight, Systemic Failures, Wilkinson

“Beyond the Financial Crisis” concludes that the financial crisis was not a one-off event but heralds the prospect of other systemic failures in the financial markets.
The bottom line is that you had better prepare yourself for difficult times ahead.
The 80-page study ‘Beyond the Financial Crisis’, led by Dr Angela Wilkinson from the Institute for Science, [...]

North Korea’s 2nd nuclear test site pinpointed in new study | YONHAP NEWS

Posted by Matt in January 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Nuclear, Ahead, Coordinates, Latitude, Longitude, Monitors, New News, North-Korea, Nuclear Test, Scientists, Test Site

Identifying the coordinates of the 2009 test site as 41°17?38.14?N latitude and 129°4?54.21?E longitude, the scientists said their findings should help Asian monitors to pinpoint the location of another nuclear test should North Korea ever decide to go ahead with one.
YONHAP NEWS

China set to take on Obama by selling advanced jets to Pakistan – The Times of India

Posted by Matt in November 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Ahead, Barack Obama, beijing, China World, India China, jets, November 15, Pakistan India, shanghai, Times Of India

China has sent out an interesting signal ahead of US president Barack Obama’s scheduled visit to Beijing by offering a set of advancedfighter jets to Pakistan. It has agreed to sell $1.4 billion worth of jets to Islamabad days ahead of the planned visit of the US president Barack Obama to Shanghai and Beijing on [...]

Destination U.S. – Do you like a lot of pain and suffering?

Posted by Matt in November 7th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Economy, Ahead, Banks, Choices, Chrysler, Computer Model, Critical State, Decade, Economic Options, Financial Crisis, Forest Fires, Game, Geologists, Global Financial Crisis, Gm, Gold, Gold Standard, Good Options, Match, Payback, Probability, Seedlings, Squares, Supercritical State, Trees

We as a country have made a lot of bad choices over the past decade. We’ve acted like irresponsible children and payback is coming. All of the good options are now gone. The only economic options left go from bad to really bad.
There are several options that we have in the future. One of the [...]

Tehran on the Brink of Procuring S-300 Missiles – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in October 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Advance Payments, Ahead, Brink, Commercial Contract, Government Source, Interfax News Agency, Iran, Israeli Objections, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, Missiles, Political Circumstances, Russia, S 300, tehran

The Russian-Iranian deal on advanced S-300 long-range anti-aircraft missiles may go ahead despite U.S. and Israeli objections. This week the Interfax news agency quoted an unnamed government source confirming that the deal to sell Iran S-300 missiles had been “frozen” for several years, but Russia will not unilaterally legally invalidate it. According to the source, [...]

Double-dip recession may be ahead | Washington Examiner

Posted by Matt in October 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Ahead, Business Community, Businessmen, Double Dip Recession, Economy, Investments, Investors, Irwin Stelzer, Rebound, Substantial Losses, Tremors, Washington Examiner

“W.” It’s back, and sending tremors through the business community. Especially as it seems to be displacing “V.”
Recall: A “V” recovery is one in which a sharp drop is followed by an equally sharp rebound. The dreaded “W” describes an economy that plunges, then recovers, luring investors into the market and businessmen into new investments, [...]

The war? Nothing to do with Stalin, says Russia’s president, Dmitry Medvedev | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in August 30th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, 70th Anniversary, Ahead, Baltic States, Dmitry Medvedev, Eclipse, European Capitals, European Leaders, Fingering, Gdansk, guardian, Hitler And Stalin, Neighbours, Poland, Russia News, Second World War, World News

It is a debate that has raged in European capitals ahead of the 70th anniversary on Tuesday of the beginning of the second world war on 1 September 1939. Who, apart from Hitler, was actually responsible for starting it?
This summer the Baltic states have blamed Hitler and Stalin equally. Russia, meanwhile, is fingering Poland.
Ultimately, however, [...]