Greenbuild 2008. This year the 6th annual conference by the U.S. Green Building Council was held in the city of Boston. A great place to connect the dots.
Useful links:
www.greenbuildexpo.org
www.bnim.com
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Naples Winter Wine Festival
The Naples Winter Wine Festival features some of the rarest wine varieties in the world, and it is up for auction.
Go to www.napleswinefestival.com for further info.
Go to www.napleswinefestival.com for further info.
The Diamond City Of Surat
Binu Alex's third report in CommodityOnline on Gujarat’s diamond city of Surat @ http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Will-Indian-diamond-business-outshine-recession-12820-3-1.html was interesting. At the moment I don't think the Indian diamond business is recession-proof. The attitude and approach of consumers and retailers are key factors, which is hard to predict. The whole world is caught up in negative news. If the diamond consumers and retailers do well in North America, Europe, the Middle East, then it's good news for the Indian diamond business.
Catherine Boyle Viewpoint
Diamonds. Catherine Boyle's opinion piece in TimesOnline @ http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article5176070.ece was interesting. My view: I think Laurence Graff, chairman and founder of Graff Diamonds put into perspective many of the important issues. Top-quality gems are rare and hard to find, and there will always be a demand for these stones, and they are investors best friend, unlike other commodities.
Europeana
Europeana is an ambitious European Union project to digitize items from European museums, libraries, archives and multi-media collections -- online for free. Go to www.europeana.eu for further info.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Iron-age Gold Collar
Maev Kennedy's story about a 2,200-year-old gold collar find @ http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/nov/20/heritage-art was interesting.
Useful link:
www.britishmuseum.org
Truly a happy accident.
Useful link:
www.britishmuseum.org
Truly a happy accident.
Global Trends 2025
(via BBC) Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World (33MB)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7741049.stm
Interesting, really. I think The National Intelligence Council (NIC) has been right/wrong before.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7741049.stm
Interesting, really. I think The National Intelligence Council (NIC) has been right/wrong before.
Heard On The Street
The amorphous stock market is tough to read. I'd say stick wax in your ears and don't listen to the market until .............. Oops.
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