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Mexico vs. Mexico - 2006-06-27
Mexico lost, but the Mexicans play on. Following the national soccer selection’s fall to the Argentinean team on one of the most spectacular shots of the World Cup this weekend, the United States’ southern neighbor and its citizens are now left to decide which political goals it will aim for over the next four years.

Fresh Legs - 2006-06-20
It’s been a good couple of weeks in the World Cup so far. I have been rooting for the underdogs, as you might imagine from an emerging market bull like me. Unfortunately, the traditional powers have held sway (with a few exciting exceptions like Ghana’s trouncing of the Czech Republic), and I know just why. Legs.

Beyond the Iron Curtain - 2006-06-06
Winston Churchill would not recognize this side of the Iron Curtain. The buildings of Tallinn are tall and proliferating, and the cab drivers are as savvy as they are sneaky. An abundance of tourists, especially from Finland, have flooded into the Estonian capital in recent years. The 27 different operating "takso" (taxi) companies race to scoop up the foreigners and pump up the meters.

Energy - It Depends! - 2006-05-30
We've talked a great deal in Wealth Daily about energy independence and what it means for the 21st century energy economy. The idea is that each country should be able to stand on its own two feet in order to gain the fuel to grow. But here in the Baltic States, the major players want to be interdependent as well, joining grids to power everyone's future.

Monetary Lag - What a Drag! - 2006-05-26
I abhor lag. Having surmounted jetlag, I now have to deal with latitude lag up here at 57°N in Riga. Only five hours of true nighttime means little sleep for your correspondent, but plenty of time to think. Now, monetary lag is foremost in my mind. Let me explain.

Money - It's a Gas - 2006-05-02
In China, roads are being built. Other roads that have already been constructed are torn up and repaved. With an urban unemployment rate of 8%, the government has to have people do something...so sometimes they have them undo something.

Hopkins Hears a Hu - 2006-04-18
Man, I missed China. I missed delicious dumplings, eye-popping neon signs, and bombastic speeches. I especially missed the speeches. Halfway between high school coach and preschool teacher, Chinese bureaucrats have a flair for the sentimental as motivation. Last week in England, I refueled my reservoir of rhetoric.

The Premier's Old Coat - 2006-03-28
When you ask a stranger for directions in China, you'd better ask another. Though "which way is the post office?" wouldn't normally fall within the realm of opinion in most countries, I've learned that in China, saving face is more important than misleading someone.

Web Warriors - 2006-03-17
The great Baltimorean H.L. Mencken once quipped, "War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands." We remain unfortunately stagnant in our progress towards Mencken's horizon, but our contemplation of the belligerent institution is now a new source of profit.

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is - 2006-03-14
It's the most infuriatingly oblivious statement I've ever heard, and it's all too common: ""If other countries want the American dollar, they've gotta speak English!"

Red Nightmares - 2006-03-07
Lenin stares at me while I sleep. I know it's not something you'd expect from an editor of Wealth Daily, but let me explain my motivation. The red satin banner on the wall next to my bed bears the face of that famous Bolshevik, and the following words in Russian...

Nukes and Naan - 2006-03-03
Christopher Columbus left home for India. He didn't get there. Our own president, George W. Bush, has found his own path, following the trail of corporations and entrepreneurs who made their way - correctly, unlike Columbus - to India to join East and West in the new and vital high-tech bridge between sides of the world.

Bra Wars: China Strikes Back - 2006-02-28
The Cantonese streets of Hong Kong are packed with Mandarin speakers, yammering away about the sights and sounds of their favorite Special Administrative Region.

PayPal Philanthropy - 2006-02-21
Last Friday, I introduced you to the mechanism of micro-finance as a catalyst of the future world economy.

Banking in Bengali - 2006-02-17
There's an unwritten rule in international business: the more dangerous the opportunity, the more enticing and astronomical the rewards could be.

Another Fulcrum - 2006-02-15
I remember riding in the front seat of a car in China and noting the nameplates of the cars in front of me, wondering, "Will names like Dongfeng ever roll off the tongues of American consumers?"

Shanghai See-Saw - 2006-02-07
Next to the main road there used to be a restaurant. A small shop where the smells were inviting, the people smiled and the food piled high on the plate before you devoured each delicious bite of tender meat.

Relativity TV - 2006-02-03
The days of Donna Reed are long since finished. We all know that by now. What is more surprising is television's modern predilection towards not the studio but the viewer. The history of television is the history of the fourth wall. That is the name given in the industry to the lens, the television set - those things that keep viewers' senses other than sight and sound from involvement in the show.

On Webs and Meshes - 2006-01-31
You may remember that in my original write-up on AMD, I gave a price target of $39 a share. This was during a period when AMD was trading for around $25 a share.

New Media Profits - 2006-01-27
This week we saw one of the most unremarkable media mergers ever. After losing their respective parent companies a billion dollars over ten years, television networks The WB and UPN decided to merge under the name CW.

Neodymium in the Rough - 2006-01-24
They're the stepchildren of the periodic table. Relegated to the bottom of the chart on the wall in your high school chemistry class, your teacher probably never even mentioned them. "Just worry about hydrogen and helium first, hotshot..."

Rethinking the Electron - 2006-01-20
You've been reading Wealth Daily for quite some time now. It's nothing new to you that we keep you up to date with the latest in technology, energy, and every other area where the cutting edge will determine who profits and who doesn't.

GM's Chinese Nightmare - 2006-01-17
The earth did not shake, but the deer and other animals raised their heads simultaneously, sensing something amiss. Later, the ground rocked with all the tectonic fury that had been stored up, and afterwards only the animals, with their natural instincts, were left.

The New Dynamic Duo - 2006-01-13
In the Hindu faith, the god Krishna is also known as Jagganath. In religious processions, a statue of Krishna is placed on a large wagon, and devotees sometimes through themselves in front of the wagon in order to subject themselves to Krishna.

Maybe This Is Rocket Science... - 2006-01-06
It happens every day now. Brian Hicks, head honcho here at Wealth Daily, sends me an instant message on my computer.

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