Latin Left Loses at Summit of the Americas

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The only real question is: What took you guys so long? The first-time-ever participation of Cuba at the recently-concluded Summit of the Ame... Continue reading →

More PRC Zaniness: HK Market Cap Surpasses Japan's

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Is Hong Kong now in thrall to China's stock market bubble? Let me reconstruct this bubble-tastic story for you that's transferred fr... Continue reading →

Vietnam's Casinos Welcome All (Except Vietnamese)

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Macau-Upon-Mekong: Champagne wishes and caviar dreams in Vietnam. As a longtime supporter of legalizing online gambling Stateside and a foll... Continue reading →

Air India, From Losing Money to Pilot Fisticuffs

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Captain said knock you out : aboard not-so-amazing Air India. Oh dear, these national carriers keep coming to our attention with their unpro... Continue reading →

Larry Summers, 'Gross Hypocrisy' and PRC's AIIB

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Zzzzz...Barack yaps too much...will set things straight in WaPo...zzzzz... I am utterly perplexed by this recent, bizarre op-ed by former U... Continue reading →

Greece and Russia's Fruit 'n' Veg-for-Gas Deal (Sort Of)

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Not quite the Commanding Heights: Citrus for the Putin. A lack of export diversity characterizes any number of economically troubled nations... Continue reading →

'Furious 7' Box Office Success Banks on US Diversity

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New box office formula: fewer gringo actors = more moviegoers. I am not much of a follower of the US film industry, but this story caught m... Continue reading →

First World Migration: Franck Ribery Turns German?

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Having won everything for Germans, Frank Ribery ponders becoming one himself. We often think of migration as a South-North issue: folks from... Continue reading →

Euro and Overuse of the "Currency War" Term

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Is the one at the bottom center on the offensive? Currencies...we must always return to talking about currencies. With the euro approaching ... Continue reading →

Lufthansa and the German Reputation for Efficiency

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Lufthansa is still mostly German-owned, but it varies. The adjective "German" evokes mostly positive images in the minds of modern... Continue reading →