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Roberto A. Ferdman's Recent Articles

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Sacramental wine shortage has Venezuela in need of divine intervention
Updated July 21, 2022
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Venezuela’s grand plan to fix its toilet-paper shortage: $79 million and a warning to stop eating so much
Updated July 21, 2022
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Updated July 21, 2022
Spain just spent $680 million on a submarine that can’t swim
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Updated July 21, 2022
Something is wrong when a country says it’s 40 million rolls short on toilet paper
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Something is wrong when a country says it’s 40 million rolls short on toilet paper
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Updated July 21, 2022
Argentines are now allowed to know the real rate of inflation, thanks to their courts
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Argentines are now allowed to know the real rate of inflation, thanks to their courts
Updated July 21, 2022
Good morning China! Starbucks will soon be selling frappuccinos in your grocery stores
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Good morning China! Starbucks will soon be selling frappuccinos in your grocery stores
Updated July 21, 2022
Argentina’s grand plan to recover US dollars is about as worthless as its own currency
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Argentina’s grand plan to recover US dollars is about as worthless as its own currency
Updated July 21, 2022
Adios Motor City: How Mexico is becoming the world’s best place to make cars
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Adios Motor City: How Mexico is becoming the world’s best place to make cars
Updated July 21, 2022
Take off your rose-colored Google Glass Eric Schmidt: The entire world won’t have internet by 2020
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Take off your rose-colored Google Glass Eric Schmidt: The entire world won’t have internet by 2020
Updated July 21, 2022
Here’s why teachers in Mexico are slinging rocks through government windows
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Here’s why teachers in Mexico are slinging rocks through government windows
Updated July 21, 2022
BP is raking in roughly $7.7 million a day from its new stake in Rosneft
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BP is raking in roughly $7.7 million a day from its new stake in Rosneft
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Santander should care more about delinquent loans in Brazil than its delinquent CEO
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Santander should care more about delinquent loans in Brazil than its delinquent CEO
Updated July 21, 2022
Starbucks is about to bombard China with way more of its canned drinks
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Starbucks is about to bombard China with way more of its canned drinks
Updated July 21, 2022
Photos: Margaret Thatcher’s £3.6 million funeral by the numbers
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Photos: Margaret Thatcher’s £3.6 million funeral by the numbers
Updated July 21, 2022
Starbucks is selling much more than coffee, but customers aren’t necessarily buying it
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Starbucks is selling much more than coffee, but customers aren’t necessarily buying it
Updated July 21, 2022
Mexico’s retail sector isn’t waking up from its siesta anytime soon
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Mexico’s retail sector isn’t waking up from its siesta anytime soon
Updated July 21, 2022
Photos: Watch a teen control his prosthetic hand with an iPhone app
Business News
Photos: Watch a teen control his prosthetic hand with an iPhone app
Updated July 21, 2022
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