Below you will find the articles on economics, investing, and finance that we found most interesting for the week.
NB: ($) denotes subscription site.
Is a wave of big oil deals in the offing?
Frances Coppola with some good commentary on why the Swiss National Bank acted as they did last week.
No surprise here; global wealth inequality has risen dramatically since the 2008 financial crisis according to Oxfam. Central banks seem to be primary contributors to this trend with their easy money policies.
Wealth: Having It All and Wanting More by Oxfam
Google, with its grand ambitions, takes aim at the wireless market. Will ad-funded broadband access be part of the future?
Has the VIE structure used by Alibaba, Baidu, and other publicly traded Chinese companies officially been deemed illegal? Steve Dickinson says, “Yes.”