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State of the Food Riots and Food Inflation in Egypt

February 6, 2011 · 1 comment

in 2011, Africa, Egypt, February, Middle East, collapse, economics, emergencies, emerging markets, food, forecasts, foreign investment, forex, frontier markets, indicators, inflation, infrastructure, market reports, news and updates, politics, unemployment

The other day, a reader reminded me of the post I wrote a year and a half ago on the coming double-digit inflation.  More and more, lately in the news we hear snippets about inflation cropping up in the food prices around the world.  Yet inflation is still almost taboo to talk about inside the [...]

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Cheap Meal Ideas for Single Graduate Students

January 19, 2010 · 8 comments

in financial fitness, food, grad school, health, lifehack, low-income, nutrition, students

This post is really directed to anyone studying full-time or living on their own and working so much that the mere thought of making healthy meals tires you out.  Grad students’ situations just exemplify the worst of it.
The great thing about being single is being able to cook all of your own food (to put [...]

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Cashing in On Chips, Candy and Costumes: 10 Sweet Stocks For Hallowe’en

October 28, 2009

in consumers, food, holidays, investing, retailers, seasonal investing, special dates, stocks

Two things come to mind in Hallowe’en season if you’re an investor: candy and costumes.  There’s little more left of the holiday festivity than dressing up in the latest gauche pop culture references and staples from past horror flicks – and all the parties held precisely to give the opportunity for doing so.
Just take a [...]

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