Financial markets:
"As the run on Lehman showed, when confidence goes, liquidity follows suit. Conversely, the system's inherent upward bias - even in the era of short-selling, more people make money if markets go up rather than down - gives investors a strong incentive to believe good news" - Francesco Guerrera, "If the crisis is over, it may be the time to start worry", FT, June 20, 2009
"The recession is a great equalizer" Lex Column, FT, June 20, 2009
Healthcare reform: "content matters more than form, and (that) what is best must give way to what is feasbile" - FT Editorial, June 18, 2009
China: China seems to be indulging an obsession with size, just when the rest of the world is learning the virtues of moderation. A natural consequence of the wealth effect. "When the basic needs are met - a car, a house, food - what shall we do with our extra money? Spend it on beautification."
Megan Fox on Acting
"We actors are kind of prostitutes. We get paid to feign attraction and love. Other people are paying to watch us kissing someone, touching someone, doing things people in a normal monogamous relationship would never do with anyone who's not their partner. It's really kind of gross." - British GQ, July 2009
Subaru Outback: driving for the experience
Subaru Outback : the nich for Subaru is what is calls "experience seekers" or, as Mr Mahoney puts it, "people who are going throug life collecting experiences (driving the manual transmission for experience) and not necessarily possessions (luxury cars)."
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