Queen Declares 2012 Olympic Summer Games Open. National Post

Olympics London Opening Ceremonies

Wicked ad. Find Your Greatness. Nike

The Currency War Is Over! Long Live the Currency War!   The Atlantic  -  Buy the book: Currency Wars by Jim RickardsAmazon

Harry Winston seen near Rio Tinto diamond mine deal (Diavik). FT

Mostly objective and good quality 5 minute commodity educational. SIlver: Supply and Demand. Silver Seek

Just a drop in the bucket for $FFH. On RIM, Watsa asks for a little perspective. Globe and Mail

Why are (almost all) economists unaware of Milton Friedman's thermostat? Worthwhile Canadian Initiative

If You Want to Understand Why Europe's Such a Mess, Look at Arizona. The Atlantic

Mystery Billionaire Builds World's Largest Yacht. CNBC

Reminder: Apple's Inc. original three points:

  1. Empathy - We will truly understand their [customer] needs better than any other company.
  2. Focus - In order to do a good job of the things we decide to do, we must eliminate all of the unimportant opportunities.
  3. Impute - People DO judge a book by its cover. We may have the best product, the highest quality, the most useful software, etc.; if we present them in a slipshod manner, they will be perceived as slipshod; if we present them in a creative, professional manner, we will impute the desired qualities.

Source: Mike Markkula January 3, 1977