Putting the horse before the cart

... big time nonetheless, and for a time the markets favoured them immensely. Now is crunch time, and time to face reality. Singapore and Hong Kong were dumps for a long time, even after foreign investment had begun to pour in. It is only relatively recently that both have acquired the gloss of modern metropolises, after they had already earned some serious coin. Dubai put the horse before the cart ...

Two Roads Diverged : Chapter 1

... her arm across the bar like she owned the place. Laura surmised the Tighs probably did own a chunk of the place, singlehandedly responsible for a large percentage of the moonshine sales. Community investment. How benevolent of them. Laura wrapped her arms around her waist, still chilly despite her layers of clothes. "How's the strategic meeting going?" she asked, walking up behind Bill. ...

James 5 and Psalm 130

...to any decision other than to sow generously into that which will outlast us, in this season that being the opportunity to put a big down payment on a church building where others who cannot afford such an investment will be fed. What is our other choice? To keep out gold and silver in the bank, where James says it will be corroded? No thanks. Give us, and those facing similar choices in our flock...

Towards an Understanding of Social Revolution in the Digital Age

...there having already fragmented its existence into a multiplicity of nonexistent actors. Mortgages are bundled, chopped, and sold while the displaced homeowner can’t tell if it was the original lender, the investment bankers, the lack of government oversight, or their own greed that should have a finger pointed at it. Perhaps the time of finger pointing has ended. The idealism of the 19th and...

... fear mongering comes from the financial sector, these people we should listen too, they were smart enough not to gamble their own money down at the race track on some horse at 5:1 but YOUR money on some investment at 30:1. Turnbull seems aware of what HE wants(Prime Minister), tho I may not ever vote for him, those that stand against him well, any one game to stand up and doom the future, OUR ...

Jupiter/Sagittarius skrying

... to be a contrast between the lack of change involved in preservation, vs. the harnessing of energy to powerfully achieve something. There can be a reluctance to take risks which may jeopardize an investment, and that reluctance can eventually cause a system to ossify and die; it is important to be prepared to adjust the way things are done in order to exploit new opportunities. Extreme stability ...

Elizabeth Kelly Le Vine, Grace Kelly's sister, dies at 76

...did experience Hollywood's glitter. She spent summers "chaperoning" Grace on movie sets and had her photo taken with Alfred Hitchcock, who directed Grace in To Catch a Thief, said her son, Chris, an investment adviser. Mrs. Le Vine, whose father, John B. Kelly Sr., and brother, John Jr., were Olympic rowers, was a star hockey player at Ravenhill Academy in East Falls. She also played basketball ...

... to call for the cellphone. Otherwise I guess I can manage just calling my voice mail from payphones or borrowing other people’s cell phones to do so, until I’m sure I’m making enough money to make the investment worthwhile. At this point I have no real view of the future. I’m making the best of that. JULIE AND JULIA I enjoyed this movie as I knew I would. Unlike many, I actually preferred the ...

Dubai's Goes Broke. Capitalist Paradise In Peril.

...on world markets Thursday and raising questions about Dubai's reputation as a magnet for international investment. The fallout came swiftly and was felt globally after Wednesday statement that Dubai's main ...the palm-shaped island in the Gulf – shoulders the bulk of money due to banks, investment houses and outside development contractors. In total, the state-backed networks nicknamed Dubai Inc....

[BLOG-LIKE POSTING] Some notes on the Dubai phase of the global recession

... next.) Global stock markets, commodities and emerging market currencies retreated sharply Thursday after state-owned investment conglomerate Dubai World asked for a six-month reprieve on its massive loan repayments. The company..., they story is that the Dubai government has requested investors in the debt of the investment company Dubai world whether they wouldn't be so nice as to accept a wee ...