World Bank’s Global Ease of Doing Business Index

A recent Business Week article highlighted the difficulty of doing business in India versus China because of the abominable physical infrastructure (or lack thereof) throughout India. A gridlock of on-the-hoof beef, autos, bicycles, pedicabs, etc. strangles every major Indian city. China is being praised for its foresight with respect to modern high-speed highways and […]

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Highlights in the History of the Republican Party

(Champion of Capitalism, Deregulation and Open Markets):
1962: President John Kennedy becomes first president to send a transportation message to Congress recommending a reduction in the regulation of surface freight transportation.
1978: President Jimmy Carter signs the Airline Deregulation Act. Carter appoints strong deregulatory advocates and supports legislation reducing trucking regulation. After a […]

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Preventing Burnout and the Type A

One of the distinguishing characteristics of top leaders is that they have not burned out.
This sounds naively self-evident, but pause to consider the hard-charging young execs that you encounter, and see if you can predict who’ll make it to the very top. At a certain point on the career ladder, experience, intelligence […]

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June Quotations

Lots of people appear bright until you hear them speak. That’s because light travels faster than sound.
Take enough time to think and plan things in order of their importance. Your life will take on new zest, you will add years to your life and more life to your years. Let each part of […]

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China Stock NYSE

Question from a Reader: You told me recently that you’d just returned from a trip to China. Are there any specific Chinese stocks that you’d recommend buying?
Answer:
I own three or four Chinese stocks and one investment fund of Chinese securities. However, I am loathe to recommend specific stocks, even the […]

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