Anheuser, InBev Reach A Deal for $52 Billion

Hot off the press - "Anheuser-Busch Cos. agreed to be acquired by InBev NV for about $52 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, creating the world's largest beer maker and placing an iconic American company in the hands of a Belgian-Brazilian giant."

Seems like Bud might be in for a big boost - we may start paying for it as an "Import" as opposed to "Domestic" beer and that is probably 10-20% more in most bars :-)

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Trip to Point Reyes and Golden Gate

Here's a slideshow from my recent trip to Point Reyes and Golden Gate.



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Rare Earth in concert - Santa Cruz, July 4, 2008

It was fun watching Rare Earth perform at the Beach Boardwalk on Friday - great selection of their hits plus one new song from their latest CD - which wasn't half bad. Here are some pictures.

This graphic says it even better

$5 per gallon now a reality

Self-serve regular gasoline is advertised at one-tenth of one cent less than $5.00 per gallon, with mid-grade and premium well over that mark, at a filling station in Arcadia, Calif., Friday, June 6, 2008. Oil prices shot up more than $11 to a new record above $139 per barrel of crude after Morgan Stanley predicted prices would hit $150 by July 4. (Mark J. Terrill / AP)

I hear a lot of people talking about $5 gas by the end of the year - well, I've got news for you - $5 gas is already here. So let's start revising our estimates for the prices by the end of this year. Do I hear a 6? anyone?

Amazing picture

NO, this is not a photoshop'd image


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In India, Even Gods Are Going Hungry

Poor Struggle to Donate to Temples as Food Prices Skyrocket

Check out this story from Washington Post today. All's not well around the world. India and China - countries that are often held up as examples of rising standards of living are facing problems. Rampant inflation, specially for energy and food have begun to impact the fragile economies - much of which is reliant on the an abundant supply of cheap labor pool.

What you did is not as important as what you'll do next

You might have seen this Accenture advertisement already. It's amazing though how many different things you could apply it to. Truly, a brilliant advertisement.

Spring's in the air

The smell of spring, warm days, kite flying, ah-chooo! Yes, it's been that kind of weekend.