Tuesday, 01 February, 2005

Some thoughts on today's news. First I was saddened to read about the death of David Brudnoy. David was the first libertarian I had contact with spending many nights trying to tune in WBZ from Boston. His path to a coherent view of political economy read like my own. This mornings list of news stories are almost all upbeat with optimistic projections for the next couple of years - hope it true. Have a great business day as we prepare startup #6. 3:46:31 AM    comment []

Seoul to Become Hub for Culture As Seoul becomes increasingly vibrant on the cultural front, the municipal government has come up with a series of plans to strengthen its cultural infrastructure. 3:41:29 AM    comment []

Two billion mobiles ring round the world Nearly two billion mobile phones will be in use by the end of this year. Several countries, notably Sweden and Finland, will have more active mobile accounts than people. Even the UK will have more active phones than people older than 10. 3:35:37 AM    comment []

Asian currencies strengthen compared to US dollar Jan 30: Most Asian units strengthened against the US dollar, reflecting its global weakness and with speculation growing over plans for the Chinese currency. 3:32:44 AM    comment []

2005 economic outlook positive, minister says Taiwan's economic outlook for the year is bright, given competitive advantages from its position in the high-tech sector's global supply chain, along with industry development policies, Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh (何美玥) said yesterday. 3:29:15 AM    comment []

Canada woos Indian investors NEW DELHI: A Canadian business delegation on Monday invited Indian investors to participate in Toronto's "increasing economic activity", promising opportunities in fields like banking, film and television production and fashion. 3:24:51 AM    comment []

International quality academy in Chennaiquality academy in Chennai CHENNAI: It is fashionable these days to talk about India Inc and its prowess in various fields like IT, biotech etc. But silently the country has also been making rapid strides in the field of quality standards, such that soon an international academy will come up in Chennai. 3:23:27 AM    comment []

Savings and the American economy In The Savings-Rate Myth (National Review Online, 23 December 2004) John E. Tamny took the Wall Street Journal’s David Wessel to task for arguing that the “American people, businesses and government don’t save enough.” 3:21:15 AM    comment []

Zoellick Says WTO Deal Is Possible This Year ZURICH -- The United States and Russia could strike a deal on Moscow's accession to the World Trade Organization this year, after making "excellent" progress in talks on Monday, the top U.S. trade negotiator said. 3:19:33 AM    comment []

Yukos Owners Put on Interpol's Wanted List Two Yukos shareholders have appeared on an Interpol wanted list for their alleged involvement in a fraud scheme under investigation by Russian prosecutors. 3:18:18 AM    comment []

Longtime Libertarian talk show host David Brudnoy succumbs to cancer In a eulogy in the National Review Online on Dec. 10, NRO contributor Thomas Hibbs pointed out that "Brudnoy was simply the best radio host I've ever heard in any market or on any part of the AM or FM dials." 3:16:39 AM    comment []

Nissan plans compact in North America NEW ORLEANS (Kyodo) Nissan Motor Co. will start producing and selling a new compact car with a 1,500cc-level engine in North America, possibly in 2006, Nissan President Carlos Ghosn said Sunday. 3:12:13 AM    comment []

How Much Tax Would You Like to Pay? Stephen Moore is president of the Free Enterprise Fund and a senior fellow in economics at the Cato Institute. Former Senators Connie Mack of Florida and John Breaux of Louisiana, the chairmen of President Bush's new tax reform panel, have been granted a historic opportunity to dramatically overhaul our economically debilitating federal tax system. The surest way for the tax panel to crack through the political gridlock that has paralyzed this issue for decades would be to endorse the Freedom to Choose Flat Tax. This is an idea that I first introduced on these pages exactly eight years ago -- to an extraordinarily enthusiastic reception. 3:07:44 AM    comment []

Opec to maintain output of oil levels Opec producers have agreed to keep oil output limits on hold, content with crude prices not far off $50 a barrel, Qatar Oil Minister Abd Allah al-Attiya has said. 3:04:58 AM    comment []

New Communications Forum "Blog University" Setting the tone with that opening video, Andy's talk was free-wheeling, forward-looking and thought-provoking. He covered a huge amount of ground, but I only have room to highlight a few of the many great points he made: 2:51:34 AM    comment []

National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship newsletter The National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship is a quasi-public initiative designed to improve awareness of the benefits of entrepreneurship in the United States. 2:49:36 AM    comment []

Small Business Advocate 2005 Predictions Jim Blasingame, the Small Business Advocate, has issued his list of Top Predictions for 2005 in his newsletter (free subscription required). There are a large number of predictions -- 18 to be exact -- but I'll highlight just a few of the most universally relevant predictions: 2:48:28 AM    comment []

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