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Buzz-Saw Economics, Part 2: Wine on My Mind
Brian HicksUpdated March 28, 2007
As I headed out to the suburbs of Santiago last Tuesday to visit the world's first winery to list on the New York Stock Exchange, I expected to have a day of snooty sophistication. But I got a look...
Fiercer Than the Race for Oil or Natural Gas
Brian HicksUpdated April 12, 2007
I have to admit something--I don't know much about nuclear physics. You might not either, but I bet you know what a mushroom cloud looks like. Unfortunately, a filmstrip's worth of familiarity with...
Venezuela's About-Farce
Brian HicksUpdated April 19, 2007
In the struggle for international energy solutions, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez views the Western Hemisphere's ethanol effort as more of a tug-o'-war than a joint heave. If you're looking for an answer...
Sunshine on the Digital DMZ
Brian HicksUpdated April 24, 2007
The Hermit Kingdom may not be so isolated in the coming years, as both North and South Korea agree to meet in Pyongyang later this years for a technology summit.
What Record High?
Brian HicksUpdated April 27, 2007
As the Dow burst through the 13,000 milestone this week, few understood the hollowness of the achievement. Measured against the rising dollar-denominated prices of just about everything else on the...
Save a Tree, Make Some Money
Brian HicksUpdated May 2, 2007
A new realignment of U.S. corporate accounting standards with Europe could halt the hemorrhage of companies now filing elsewhere. For the U.S.-based international investor, this adds up to enhanced...
Coming Soon: Energy Tech Stocks from the Persian Gulf
Brian HicksUpdated May 3, 2007
Never say the desert can't bloom. From oil and gas engineering advances to solar panels outside the world's richest cities, tech is taking root in the sand.
24 Cents an Hour, 70 Hours a Week
Brian HicksUpdated May 23, 2007
Fluent in Mandarin, Benjamin Ross has conducted research for several multinational corporations involving migrant workers, cell phones, Internet cafés, and people with disabilities as they pertain...
What do Stocks Have to do with the Price of Pork in China?
Brian HicksUpdated June 8, 2007
By tripling the tax on brokerage transactions, the Chinese government succeeded, at least temporarily, in restraining the surging Chinese stock market. But my expectation is that the correction will...
China Bull Market Pauses as Pork Prices Soar
Brian HicksUpdated July 17, 2007
In China's big cities, maids are going back to work and casting their day-trading dreams to the wind. The number of new accounts for trading Chinese A-shares (the most basic stock available to...
Sorry Ben, the Buck Stops with You
Brian HicksUpdated July 20, 2007
During his testimony before Congress this week, Ben Bernanke didn't hesitate to opine on a number of topics that had very little to do with his mandate as Fed Chairman. The wealth gap, racial...
Lenders Take the Jab, Borrowers Take the Knockout
Brian HicksUpdated August 20, 2007
The current weakness in domestic markets has recently been magnified overseas as panic spread to foreign investors with exposure to U.S. asset-backed debt. Some commentators point to this reaction...
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