The Cathedral Hotel, Salisbury: value and quality
Smaller UK cities can prove a challenge to the luxury traveller, and the most frequent criticism is that the hotels are dirty, small and over-priced. However, some young hoteliers are challenging this impression, and the…
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Renting is still the best buy in the UK
Looking around Salisbury in Southern England it is quite apparent that renting a home is a much better deal than buying one right now.
Consider a $750,000 home in The Close around the famous cathedral.…
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Roubini still sees multi year recession, China going down
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=a5102wsJY94]Dr Doom aka Nouriel Roubini thinks a global financial meltdown has been averted but nonetheless sees a multi year recession. He got the entry to recession right so people pay far more attention than they…
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Destination report: England, still home but cheaper
Returning to England for the first time since last summer the most immediately obvious thing that any visitor will notice is that devaluation has made the country much cheaper for visitors from the Middle East.…
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What factors determine the outlook for Dubai real estate now?
Two major factors will determine whether Dubai property prices this summer actually prove to be bargains, or whether even cheaper prices are to follow: economic circumstances and new supply of property.
How many people will…
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Hot tips from Jim Rogers
The latest book from this doyenne of market gurus takes an unusual tack and is sure to be of interest to his many fans around the world.
Unlike Waterloo the Rothschilds should sell bonds and buy gold
After the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 when Britain, Austria and Germany beat Napoleon, the House of Rothschild made the equivalent of more than a billion dollars today by selling their gold and buying up…
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Marhaba lounge, Dubai International Airport
This review is written from the terrace over looking the world famous Dubai Duty Free shopping facilities in the Dubai International Airport. Welcome to the Marhaba lounge in the…
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Peter Schiff blames the Fed for monetary policy failure
Peter Schiff was badly caught out by last summer’s plunge in commodity prices but otherwise his forecasts have been pretty good. He is also quite an orator and the thorn-in-the-side of the Fed…
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Warning: US auto crash ahead
Imagine you are a foreign group interested in establishing a large position in the powerful US market in these troubled times.
Would the US government like to finance your entry to the market, give you…
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