There is one area of online commerce where Europe sits on top of the world – the realm of online gambling. Betfair, an online betting exchange based in London, has been called the eBay of sports betting, and indeed the vast majority of the websites that allow people to play poker and other games of [...]
By Robert Amsterdam, CFP Founder Given where things stood going into Barack Obama’s first visit to Russia, it was moderately successful from a diplomatic perspective. The new U.S. president brought a few billion in business deals, agreed to some cuts in nuclear arms and made it clear he’d be willing to compromise on the contentious [...]
TIME Magazine’s Michael Scherer has comprised a list that in his eyes reflects U.S. President Barack Obama’s strategy towards foreign policy, which Scherer describes as a ’hodgepodge of classic realpolitik, diplomatic determination, community-organizer idealism and charismatic leadership’. Although some question how a world tour is translated domestically (Ann Coulter seems to believe bad news is dished [...]
CFP Founder Robert Amsterdam below provides an insightful analysis, shedding light on a more tangible ‘Obama doctrine’, based on the U.S. President’s historic meetings with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev over the last few days. There is true potential for greater international awareness with regard to the drawn curtain that has been Russia’s government, especially when [...]
On the twelfth of June, United State’s congress passed one of the toughest anti-tobacco bills in history. The acclaimed crusaders who had long waged war against ‘Big Tobacco’ have united in triumph, with Senator Edward Kennedy hailing the bill as proof that ‘miracles still happen’ in Washington, DC. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control [...]
Is it now or never for Zimbabwe? A nation in constant political flux is a nation which I am naturally intrigued to document, and so it is that I have done so almost daily on this blog. In documenting today, I find there is greater potential for corporate investment through greater progression in the Zimbabwean [...]
As President Barack Obama moves to ease restrictions on trade with Cuba, cigar lovers in the United States are savoring the prospect of legally lighting up a smoke that has long required a black- market connection and a willingness to flout the law. The lift on the embargo could very well have an adverse effect on the [...]
CFP Contributor David Harris below features a compelling story that has yet to make the rounds in media circles, one that serves as but another precedent for investors to invest in emerging markets with low political risk. The argument for emerging markets has never been stronger: The western media have ignored the largest smuggling bust in [...]
It started with thunderous applause, applause for both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, two Presidents who have combined governed arguably the most powerful nation on Earth for the last sixteen years. Bill Clinton began by speaking on his current work with the Clinton Global Initiative and the Clinton Climate Initiative, noting how dramatically important [...]
CFP Contributor David Harris has provided below a valuable lesson on why and how westerners should invest in commodities and emerging markets: As the world sinks deeper into recession, rising oil prices are bringing comfort to the Middle East’s oil rich economies. Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia are attracting renewed interest from international investors, and stock [...]
