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Banking in Bengali

Brian Hicks
Updated February 17, 2006

There's an unwritten rule in international business: the more dangerous the opportunity, the more enticing and astronomical the rewards could be.

Bra Wars: China Strikes Back

Brian Hicks
Updated February 28, 2006

The Cantonese streets of Hong Kong are packed with Mandarin speakers, yammering away about the sights and sounds of their favorite Special Administrative Region.

Red Nightmares

Brian Hicks
Updated March 7, 2006

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...

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Brian Hicks
Updated March 14, 2006

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!"

From the Western Wall to Wall Street

Brian Hicks
Updated July 11, 2006

It has often been said that Israel is the best house in a bad neighborhood. Locked in a state of nearly constant warfare at varying levels of intensity, economic growth could understandably take a...

Save a Tree, Make Some Money

Brian Hicks
Updated 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 Hicks
Updated 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 Hicks
Updated 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 Hicks
Updated 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 Hicks
Updated 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 Hicks
Updated 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 Hicks
Updated 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...