Continuing our theme on alternative perspectives, shedding light on various base metal prices I had to chuckle when I stumbled upon this blog post. The author paints a rather stark picture, “For the past two years, unless you had scrap metal nailed down, locked up, dry walled in, or intruders fenced out, it was going […]

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I like to consider myself an amateur policy wonk (I actually have an advanced degree in the stuff though I’ve never used it). So the notion of writing a blog column about a vice presidential candidate’s glasses, seems well, rather, fluffy to say the least. On the other hand, this blog site is dedicated to […]

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This is an interesting story on two levels.
On the first level, it is fascinating to see how niche businesses like pawnbroking have also been affected by the rise in gold prices. H&T, the UK’s largest pawn broker, typically disposes of about a fifth of its stock as scrap but with Gold prices at record levels last year […]

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Like many others who watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, I was glued to the screen as scene-after-artificially-enhanced-scene – OK, Beijing admits that only the fireworks were digitally modified – brought amazement to my eyes. Part of what I was admiring, though, was not the digital eye candy or even the beautiful little girl […]

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Not long ago in a land actually quite nearby lived two metals distributors. One was called IM Hassle and the other was called Defiance. Defiance, being the bigger distributor with more power told all of his poor subjects (and they were quite poor you see because the price they had to pay for their steel […]

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We had a chance to take in a little R&R this weekend at a farm we go to in Wisconsin. Looking at the cows and pigs, I was trying to find a topic that may be fitting for the sights when lo and behold I stumbled upon this story.
The plethora of headlines highlighting who is doing […]

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A toilet seat made out of solid gold may not be in the cards for one Mr. Austin Powers, but Hong Kong entrepreneur Lam Sai-wing is holding tight to his own sparkling commode, a record-breaking, 24-carat, fully-flushable piece of artwork.
In 2001, Mr. Lam began building a palace that rivals the homes of kings and queens – […]

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Borrowing a page from my husband’s blog Spend Matters (I swear I do wonder what his key terms are in his Google settings), I love it when people send us links and articles to interesting stories that they feel might be “blog worthy”. I feel it is my special duty in particular to bring your […]

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