Euro Crisis
The latest episode of This American Life featured an introduction to the Euro crisis by the reporters from Planet Money. You can listen to the full show using the audio player below. Additional podcasts on the Euro can be found on the Planet Money blog.
Business Executives
Yesterday’s New York Times ran an article about debates over British executive compensation levels.
Business Today profiled India’s “Best Performing CEOs,” based on activities from 1995 to 2011. In a related post called, “Memo to would-be Indian CEOs: get and MBA, start young,” the FT’s Business Blog summarized some key findings of the CEO research.
The China Private Equity blog featured a post on “how women entrepreneurs compete and succeed in China.”
Cities and Real Estate
The Atlantic ran an interesting overview and discussion of “the 10 fastest-growing (and fastest-declining) cities in the world.” The data for this article came from the Brookings Institution’s latest MetroMonitor, a ranking of cities around the world.
The Economic Times explored the reasons “why residential property prices never fell in cities” around India.
The Moscow News ran a short article about three of that city’s high-end neighborhoods, with residential real estate prices per square foot.
It looks like Russia’s largest commercial property sale may be about to happen. According to the FT’s beyondbrics, Morgan Stanley may be ready to pay US$1.1 billion for the Galeria mall in St. Petersburg.
Last but not least…
新年快乐!
