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Google Glass: Cool or Overrated?

NEW YORK | By Ana Fuentes | In a few months, Google has definitely managed to get tons of publicity by limiting Glass to some selected users: tech reporters, actors and opinion makers who are all posting their pictures and videos wearing the gadget and being the brand’s best PRs. However, Glass has raised privacy concerns in many parts of the world. In Europe, the networked frames are not likely to get to the shops in years.



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A “queer policy” indeed

SAO PAULO | By Marcus Nunes | That´s because it can´t be simply called “policy”. Over time the Fed´s economic growth projection has been falling, and after it drops a few notches the Fed introduces something “new” (or “surprising”).


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Fed’s Wavering Mood

MADRID | By J.P. Marin Arrese | When it comes to make a decision, a central banker is not supposed to hesitate, otherwise bewilderment and dismay will take in and lead to utter economic disarray. Mr Bernanke is bound to keep his word about tapering. And he has very little time to deliver before leaving office.




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Fed’s meeting and German elections, events you don’t want to miss

MADRID | By Francisco López | Mark your calendars. For the first time in quite some time two major events for the future of markets and EU’s banking union are taking place in less than a month: the Fed’s meeting next Wednesday and the German elections on September 22. Is the tapering starting and by how much? Will Angela Merkel have to find a new political partner? 


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The media: an intrinsically perverse market

MADRID | By Santiago Graiño Knobel via BBVAOpenMind | A market where the user is not the customer seems crazy, not to say perverse, seems impossible since it distorts the logical responsibilities of exchange and conceals the interests at stake, but the fact is that it does indeed exist: it’s the media. Recipients pay nothing, or amounts that usually do not even cover half the cost, and the media are owned by profit-making companies. And that, the author believes, leads to many problems.


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And the Next Bubble Is … Education

BEIJING | By Wu Yuci via Caixin Magazine | After the Internet, credit and gold bubbles, education could be the next. Parents afraid for their children’s futures are behind the latest investment fever, and the damage from failed speculation will be immense.