Sunday, August 24, 2008

BP's troubles in Russia

Why BP got into trouble in its venture in Russia is not far to find- it has something to
do with pipeline built by it in Georgia bypassing Russia.
Read this article:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/steffy/5947272.html

oil prices

All along I felt that oil price spike is more to do with speculation rather than demand supply gap- mentioned in my blog earlier as well.
Read this article from TIME which appears to bear this out.
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1834888,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics

Monday, June 2, 2008

welcome

Small progress in personal front. Situation however essentially remains the same.
waiting period has to come to end sooner than later.
More than welcome to contact me.or leave a message.

food prices

It is the first time in many years people in developed countries are facing price pressure in food items. I think there is a fundamental shift taking place where producers are holding cards and developed countries (military powers) are unable to exert pressure. Same goes for on cartels like OPEC -mainly due to Russia being a large petrol/ gas exporter.

cartels

See my post few days ago and possible cartels in producers of stuff like Rice.
Heartening to read that this is indeed being thought of as per news reports, though
idea is being ridiculed by some quarters.
Price fixing is quite common in producers cooperatives e.g. Milk in India

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Progress

Hey Guys!
I must say lack of progress- despite trying numerous combinations!

It is pretty urgent!
As I said before, these combinations are my state of my understanding at that point of time and I trying to accommodate too many variables (i.e. interests). These are pulling from too many directions.
Talked to some though it has been inconclusive.
Call and leave a anonymous message to conclude! Or better still, meet in neutral surroundings.
It could be direct or consultancy roles or combination thereof.
My attitude is win win.
I am quite flexible.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Cartels

I was wondering why countries which export grains do not form cartels.
For example countries like India, Thailand until recently were large exporters of rice.
Similarly,coffee producers like Columbia,India , Kenya etc
It makes great economic sense.