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‘Bigger the boom, bigger the bust: China is no exception to that rule’

(This interview with fund manager and economist Richard Duncan, was published in DNA edition dated December 28, 2009.) The US economy is on ‘government life support’, but instead of spending trillions of dollars to prop up its ‘unviable’ economy and … Continue reading

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Garlic reeks of million$ in China

(This report, about a bubble in an unlikely commodity in China, was published in DNA edition dated December 3, 2009.) Venky Vembu Take a few pods of aromatic garlic, add a squeeze on supplies, splash some over-the-top bank lending. And … Continue reading

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