If you happen to leisurely stroll away your time during a monsoon afternoon in India then you are a lucky person. I chanced upon few days on monsoon drenched Goa. The sea was unapproachable for most part of the day but not the beach shacks and the wet sands. It was pleasure to go for a bike ride on a monsoon day and I also chanced to finish some good reading . There is one collection of writings that pays tributes to this phenomenon called monsoon, rain and wet climate ( along with Kerala )
' Where the rain is born' - writings about Kerala - Edited By Anita Nair
Penguin books
Breaking & Entering -
This is Anthony Minghella’s first written-and-directed movie- great watch - simply for its cross-cultural parallels and mirror-images of how a alienated a person can be in modern times.
Google - Mapping Progress ahead
There has been significant changes in the goggle earth images - in the last few months. Now you can scan across India and get high resolution images - which are quiet clear !
and you can make out - places, roads and plots. Now this is a handy tool if you are planing to buy land in India. ( real estate guys should utilise this in their ppts !. For OOH marketers this lets you plan OOH rentings / media planing etc - now you don't have to download - maps of india - flat maps !
and you can make out - places, roads and plots. Now this is a handy tool if you are planing to buy land in India. ( real estate guys should utilise this in their ppts !. For OOH marketers this lets you plan OOH rentings / media planing etc - now you don't have to download - maps of india - flat maps !
Great way to read newspaper
Now you can download full version of Guardian newspaper and read it - in 5 pdf forms and updated throughout the day
access site : http://www.guardian.co.uk/g24/0,,1820858,00.html
access site : http://www.guardian.co.uk/g24/0,,1820858,00.html
Graph Font
Usage of fonts in presentations/Reports etc cannot be underplayed. They give the presenter a unique opportunity to increase the aesthetic quality. It brightens up the (otherwise) boring Microsoft powerpoint presentations. I came across this - Architext font- which fits well into the graphs/Daigrams in excel - Architext-A font styled on the sort of hand lettering architects used to put on drawings back in the days when an architect could still work a pencil. you can download the same from here : http://www.1001fonts.com/font_details.html?font_id=2581
No cooling off in SMP/WMP
1. No significant change in prices in the last 20 days for SMP/WMP, which cannot be taken as the indicator for cooling down of the prices.
2.Fonterra Raises 2007 Payout on Record Prices, Output :New Zealand farmers who own the cooperative and supply its milk will get paid NZ$4.46 a kilogram for the year ended May 31 ,Fonterra's NZ$5.6 billion ($4.5 billion) payment raises the risk that spending by farmers will stoke economic growth Fonterra accounts for about 40 percent of the international trade in dairy products and almost 7 percent of New Zealand's economy. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=ahVhHrcEFpDc&refer=australia
3.High dairy prices affect Hershey's earnings :High dairy prices meant Hershey's operating margins fell to 3.1 per cent for the quarter ended 1 July, compared to 17.3 per cent for the same period in 2006. http://www.confectionerynews.com/news/ng.asp?n=78386-hershey-dairy-prices-emerging-markets
4.Starbucks increasing drink prices:The coffee conglomerate says by July 31 prices on hand-brewed coffee will increase by nine cents. The reason: higher dairy, energy and fuel prices. http://www.wwaytv3.com/starbucks_increasing_drink_prices/07/2007
5.Britannia adds to its dairy business:Britannia, which also makes bread, cake and cheese, is test-marketing yogurt in Bangalore and will extend it to other markets soon, Vinita Bali said We're looking at extending our dairy portfolio and evaluating other opportunities,"
6.Dairy farmers peturbed over rising milk prices, Reliance Retail moves into dairy sector: Dairy officials were quoted by the Financial Express as saying that rising SMP prices have forced dairies to increase price at least three times in last one year. Reliance Retail is at present procuring 10,000 litres per day at its procurement centre in Atmakur in Nellore district. The packaging, which is outsourced, is being done at Vikarabad in Ranga Reddy district. http://www.dailyindia.com/show/157970.php/Dairy-farmers-peturbed-over-rising-milk-prices-Reliance-Retail-moves-into-dairy-sector
2.Fonterra Raises 2007 Payout on Record Prices, Output :New Zealand farmers who own the cooperative and supply its milk will get paid NZ$4.46 a kilogram for the year ended May 31 ,Fonterra's NZ$5.6 billion ($4.5 billion) payment raises the risk that spending by farmers will stoke economic growth Fonterra accounts for about 40 percent of the international trade in dairy products and almost 7 percent of New Zealand's economy. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=ahVhHrcEFpDc&refer=australia
3.High dairy prices affect Hershey's earnings :High dairy prices meant Hershey's operating margins fell to 3.1 per cent for the quarter ended 1 July, compared to 17.3 per cent for the same period in 2006. http://www.confectionerynews.com/news/ng.asp?n=78386-hershey-dairy-prices-emerging-markets
4.Starbucks increasing drink prices:The coffee conglomerate says by July 31 prices on hand-brewed coffee will increase by nine cents. The reason: higher dairy, energy and fuel prices. http://www.wwaytv3.com/starbucks_increasing_drink_prices/07/2007
5.Britannia adds to its dairy business:Britannia, which also makes bread, cake and cheese, is test-marketing yogurt in Bangalore and will extend it to other markets soon, Vinita Bali said We're looking at extending our dairy portfolio and evaluating other opportunities,"
6.Dairy farmers peturbed over rising milk prices, Reliance Retail moves into dairy sector: Dairy officials were quoted by the Financial Express as saying that rising SMP prices have forced dairies to increase price at least three times in last one year. Reliance Retail is at present procuring 10,000 litres per day at its procurement centre in Atmakur in Nellore district. The packaging, which is outsourced, is being done at Vikarabad in Ranga Reddy district. http://www.dailyindia.com/show/157970.php/Dairy-farmers-peturbed-over-rising-milk-prices-Reliance-Retail-moves-into-dairy-sector
Have some more black Coffee
This picture nicely captures the increase in the prices of daily need products. The highest being the orange juice concentrate and dairy.
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