It's hard to believe, but as the world's need for food and energy greatly increases, speculators are investing in farmland, technology and development of infrastructure, bringing small, fragmented pieces together to boost the production side of agriculture.
I hope this brings value to everyone.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Heard On The Street
Each person is a business, with various assets, liabilities, capacities, and reserve capital, as well as capitalization of barriers to access. A trader with people skills, charm, or good looks squanders these normally valuable assets yoked to the torture machine all day.
How true!
How true!
Fischer Travel
(via artful persuasion) In essence, the scarcity principle says we value what is scarce. When we discover that something is scarce or may be unavailable, one of our first thoughts is that it must also be valuable.
Fischer Travel, a small, exclusive New York travel company uses the scarcity principle to build up its highly lucrative business of providing luxury and exotic travel to the rich and famous. Fischer Travel's select list of 500 business and entertainment 'big names' includes record mogul Quincy Jones, basketball legend Magic Johnson, and fashion designer Donna Karan, plus members of the super-rich Vanderbilt and Rockefeller families. To support its claim to exclusivity, Fischer Travel never advertises, has an unlisted phone number, and distributes business cards that carry only the agency’s name and address - no phone number. Clients come in by personal referrals.
Brilliant idea!
Fischer Travel, a small, exclusive New York travel company uses the scarcity principle to build up its highly lucrative business of providing luxury and exotic travel to the rich and famous. Fischer Travel's select list of 500 business and entertainment 'big names' includes record mogul Quincy Jones, basketball legend Magic Johnson, and fashion designer Donna Karan, plus members of the super-rich Vanderbilt and Rockefeller families. To support its claim to exclusivity, Fischer Travel never advertises, has an unlisted phone number, and distributes business cards that carry only the agency’s name and address - no phone number. Clients come in by personal referrals.
Brilliant idea!
Games For Change
The only conference dedicated to the exciting new movement using Digital Games for Social Change will explore real-world impact + the latest state-of-the-art games on June 27-28, 2008 in New York.
Useful links:
www.gamesforchange.org
www.parsons.newschool.edu
Useful links:
www.gamesforchange.org
www.parsons.newschool.edu
Diamonds + Jeans
(via kitmeout fashion forum) Secret Circus Clothing Company make the world's most expensive jeans: £640,000! Hand-made in Los Angeles and then flown to England to be embellished with a design that includes 15 diamonds cut by London-based diamond firm Duttson Rocks (Here’s the break down: 1 marquise cut - 4.63 carats = £102,0002; round brilliant cut - 6 carats each = £250,0001; princess cut - 5.09 carats - £104,0001; pear cut - 5.37 carats £134,000; 10 single carat diamonds = £50,000).
Useful link:
www.secretcircusclothing.com
Brilliant PR!
Useful link:
www.secretcircusclothing.com
Brilliant PR!
Money + Happiness
I found the article Spending on Happiness @ http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5944.html educational and insightful.
Useful links:
http://hbswk.hbs.edu
http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com
It's really amazing to uncover the domains in which money might lead to happiness.
Useful links:
http://hbswk.hbs.edu
http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com
It's really amazing to uncover the domains in which money might lead to happiness.
Art Basel
Art Basel: The largest international contemporary art fair opened on June 4, 2008, in Basel, Switzerland.
Useful link:
www.artbasel.com
What's amazing is despite the financial market crisis and high energy prices, the art market is still booming.
Useful link:
www.artbasel.com
What's amazing is despite the financial market crisis and high energy prices, the art market is still booming.
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