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By Brian Perry

As veterans of a major housing meltdown not so long ago, Americans are fond of pointing out what is often seen as crazy behavior among China's home buyers, and the headlines are full of portents of doom for anyone buying...

Thrifty Germans are leaving the country's lenders with a glut of deposits, and the banks are finding it hard to put those funds to work and earn a decent return.

I know. I know. Money has to be one of the least romantic subjects. But if you talk about it, you can resolve some issues down the road that could kill your romance and long-term relationships.

A year ago, I reported for Euromoney magazine that the Libyan Investment Authority was preparing litigation against Goldman Sachs for disastrous trades the American bank had put the Libyan sovereign wealth fund into i...

Higher net worth, more voting disclosure, money in own schemes--MFs have a lot on their plate

China's consumer inflation rate held steady in January, coming in slightly higher than forecasts. The consumer price index (CPI) for January jumped 2.5 percent from a year earlier, or 1 percent on a monthly basis, as bee...

JIUQUAN, China - By almost any measure, China's Hexi Corridor seems an unlikely place to show off the country's environmentally friendly, renewable energy. A narrow, windy, 600-mile-long passage running along the souther...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- In a compound tucked into a residential neighborhood in this mountainous country's dusty capital, an official waves a metal-detecting wand while interrogating a woman in a blue shawl. "What is this?" ...

More than one-third of Canadian workers have dated someone working at the same company, and 15 percent of them said it's happened more than once, according to a survey from CareerBuilder.ca. The group, which released its...

More troubling news about China's shadow banking sector surfaced Friday. The state media reported that the industry's exposure to a debt-ridden coal company, Liansheng Group, extends far beyond Jilin Trust -- the nonbank...

Agri-Vie, an agribusiness private equity fund that focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, said this week that it has invested $5 million in Kariki Group, a Kenyan company that exports fresh flowers to such countries as Europe, t...

Rudolph-Riad Younes, Co-Founder and Head of International Equities, R Squared Capital Management and Co-Portfolio Manager of the RSQ Funds

An NBA legend on saving from the start and how a trio of Wendy's restaurants helped grow his nest egg.

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The recent stability in the Indian markets may not be telling the full story

Jos. A. Bank, which last month rejected a $1.6 billion takeover bid by Men's Wearhouse, announced Friday morning that it is acquiring Everest Holdings, the parent company of Eddie Bauer, in a deal worth $825 million.

The benchmark 10-year paper closed lower 6 basis points at 8.81%

As the U.S. east coast prepares for more snow, slush, ice and general wintry weather, investors might be hard pressed to glean direction from the handful of earnings and data points slated for a Friday release. Futures o...

At the MCX, gold for delivery in April rose Rs131 to Rs29,315 per 10 grams, with a business turnover of 402 lots

The capital market regulator announced some significant changes in the way MFs operate to facilitate what it calls a long-term policy for MFs in India

SBI added `3,593 cr to its bad loans in the three months ended Dec, at a slightly faster pace than the Sep quarter