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Goldman Sachs’ economist Jan Hatzius has just released a new report on the U.S. economy subtitled “The second half slowdown.” The report details the key headwinds facing the American economy, many of which have the impact of building a deflationary environment. […]

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Company Update (NYSE:GS): Goldman Sachs Declares Preferred Stock Dividends (Jutia Group, 7/10/15)

Stock Update: The Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) â€“ Goldman Sachs Fixed Income Investor ... (Jutia Group, 7/6/15)

Hedge Funds Boost Goldman Sachs (HedgeFundBlogger.com by Richard ..., 2/26/15)

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Euro zone: No evidence of a double-dip recession, yet

By Prieur du Plessis, on July 23rd, 2010 posted in: Economy, Europe, Investment

Markit released its flash euro zone PMIs yesterday. The number surprised on the upside as most observers were expecting declines. Read on … […]

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Interoute Crosses the Pacific (Telecom Ramblings, 8/28/15)

EU Ponys Up Some Cash For Europe-Brazil Cable (Telecom Ramblings, 6/12/15)

Mohamed El-Erian: 85% Chance of Greece Leaving Eurozone (Jutia Group, 6/29/15)

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Japan: Land of the rising debt

By Prieur du Plessis, on July 23rd, 2010 posted in: Economy, Investment, Japan

“Investors are understandably scared of the sovereign debt crisis unfolding in Europe. Amid their angst, however, they are ignoring a more likely, and significantly larger, debt catastrophe that is about to hit the nation with the second-largest economy in the world — Japan,” said Vitaliy Katsenelson in this guest post. […]

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Equinix to Buy Bit-isle for Greater Scale in Japan (Telecom Ramblings, 9/8/15)

Japan restarts its first nuclear reactors after Fukushima disaster however future for nuclear loo... (Green World Investor, 8/13/15)

Stock Update: The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) â€“ U.S., Japan ink deal for first batch of V-22 ... (Jutia Group, 7/14/15)

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Prieur’s readings (July 23, 2010)

By Prieur du Plessis, on July 23rd, 2010 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. […]

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Zayo Bumps Affiniti Off of EAGLE-Net (Telecom Ramblings, 7/17/15)

Stock Update (NYSE:CAT): Caterpillar Inc. to Announce Second-Quarter 2015 Financial Results on Ju... (Jutia Group, 7/9/15)

Market Outlook (Capital Essence's Investment Blo..., 6/22/15)

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Charlie Rose: Face to face with Timothy Geithner

By Prieur du Plessis, on July 23rd, 2010 posted in: Economy, Investment

In this interview, Charlie Rose sits down with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. […]

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Zayo Bumps Affiniti Off of EAGLE-Net (Telecom Ramblings, 7/17/15)

S&P Sees Support Near 2010 (Capital Essence's Investment Blo..., 1/6/15)

A Free Way to Turn Your Unique Skill Into Real Money (Gold Stocks Today, 8/29/14)

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U.S. credit rating firms due for a shake-up

By Prieur du Plessis, on July 23rd, 2010 posted in: Economy, Guest Bloggers

“The ongoing global financial crisis has prompted some seismic shift in almost every industry. The credit rating services somehow seem to have escaped unscathed and are definitely long overdue for a major shake-up or two,” said Dian Chu in this guest post. […]

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China clocks a humongous $60 billion in annual solar manufacturing output beating USA and Europe (Green World Investor, 9/2/15)

Is Pakistan getting suckered by China in infrastructure costs (Green World Investor, 8/4/15)

Online video in China is a mostly a desktop play (for now) (Telecom Ramblings, 8/31/15)

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