One writer said, “Should we just move on? I do not think so. The patently huge mistake is not merely the result of recklessness but rather a systemic lack of accountability in making some of our largest investments.
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Friday 25 July 2008
Thursday 24 July 2008
Angry Youth: The new generation’s neocon nationalists
On the morning of April 15th, a short video entitled “2008 China Stand Up!” appeared on Sina, a Chinese Web site. The video’s origin was a mystery: unlike the usual YouTube-style clips, it had no host, no narrator, and no signature except the initials “CTGZ.”
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Wednesday 23 July 2008
Lost in the new Beijing: The old neighbourhood
BEIJING: Historical cycles that took a century to unfold in the West can be compressed into less than a decade in today’s China. And that’s as true of Beijing’s preservation movement as it is of the nation’s ferocious building boom.
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Why have oil prices been falling?
Oil prices have risen to record levels in recent weeks, with traders in London and New York paying more than $147 a barrel for crude oil at its peak on 11 July.
But since then, prices have fallen on both sides of the Atlantic, dipping almost 13% to a low of $128.23 for a barrel for US light sweet crude on 18 July, and down 10% to $129.66 for Brent crude.
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But since then, prices have fallen on both sides of the Atlantic, dipping almost 13% to a low of $128.23 for a barrel for US light sweet crude on 18 July, and down 10% to $129.66 for Brent crude.
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Monday 21 July 2008
World’s Most Economically Powerful Cities
What’s the world’s most economically powerful city?
If you picked New York or Tokyo, you’d be wrong.
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If you picked New York or Tokyo, you’d be wrong.
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Sunday 20 July 2008
How emotional pain can really hurt
Love really does hurt, just as poets and song lyric writers claim.
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Raising the bar
A rare slip-up in court by Singapore’s elder statesman, Lee Kuan Yew
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What happens if oil prices rebound sharply?
The direction of change of international oil prices during the remainder of the year will, in our view, heavily influence the near-term fate of the global economy and international financial markets. Falls in global oil prices, of the kind we have seen over the past few days, clearly brighten the prospects for the global economy. Conversely, a possible return to rapid increases in oil prices could have a disastrously negative influence on global growth.
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