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Simon Perry: Revealed - The ghost fleet of the recession anchored just east of Singapore

It is bigger than the U.S. and British navies combined but has no crew, no cargo and no destination - and is why your Christmas stocking may be on the light side this year.

2009-10-11 to bestof, cargo, finance, freight, global recession, logistics, shipping, trade by soobrosa

Q. and A.: Ben Simpfendorfer on China and the Arab World: Letter from China: Online Only: The New Yorker

China overtook the United States as the world’s biggest exporter to the Middle East earlier this year.

2009-07-07 to arabic, bestof, business, china, politics, trade by soobrosa

Philip Rucker: Aid Plan Aims to Help Poor Farmers Reach Markets

The Purchase for Progress program will give poor farmers, many of them women with little or no access to commercial markets, a chance to move beyond subsistence living with opportunities to sell their milk, grains, produce and other products to reliable b

2008-10-05 to africa, agriculture, aid, market, philantropy, trade by soobrosa

John Mauldin: The Geopolitics Of China

China's geopolitical problem is economic. Its first geopolitical imperative, maintain the unity of Han China, and its third, protect the coast, are both more deeply affected by economic considerations than military ones.

2008-07-06 to bestof, china, geopolitics, politics, trade by soobrosa

Jacob Orgad, aka "Cookie," the Ecstasy Godfather

Israeli Immigrant Jacob "Cookie" Orgad Was an Unlikely Godfather: A King of the International Ecstasy Market Whose Subjects Included Strippers, Hasidic Teens and a Texas Couple with a Retarded Son.

2007-10-09 to bestof, drugs, money, trade by bagoly

The Sushi Economy

The journey of bluefin tuna from the waters of the Atlantic to the sushi bars of Tokyo in just a few days is a marvel of globalization, writes SASHA ISSENBERG. It’s a tale of taste, technology, and the power of markets.

2007-08-02 to bestof, business, food, globalisation, trade by bagoly

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