http://ift.tt/2uURcCS Counterfeit wine is a billion dollar market – approximately $3 billion per year says Maureen Downey, an expert on fake wine. One wine fraudster, Indonesian Rudy Kurniawan, is serving time for selling $500,000,000 worth of fake wine. Shanghai-based blockchain company BitSE and Direct Imported Goods (DIG), China’s largest importer of fine wines, are working […]Continue reading “Counterfeit Wines $1 Billion Market”
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State Financial Health Report
We’ve spent a lot of time of late discussing the precarious financial positions of states like Illinois, Connecticut and New Jersey which each suffer from their own myriad of financial threats including massive budget deficits, monstrous unfunded pension liabilities, pending debt downgrades, etc. In case you’ve missed those notes, here is a recap for your […]Continue reading “State Financial Health Report”
G-20 Events and Trump’s Attendance
First Lady Melania Trump and President Trump pose for a G20 group picture prior to attending a philharmonic concert in Hamburg Germany. Host Angela Merkel has selected Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (ends with Ode to Joy) as she hopes to spread her vision with “a hymn to humanity, peace and international understanding.” . *Note* There is […]Continue reading “G-20 Events and Trump’s Attendance”
Coal and more coal — The happy Quitter!
I am so excited! Coal is coming back. I am not sure when and exactly how, but we here in the U.S. decided to go back to basics -whatever that means. Screw the alternative energy, that’s horse-hockey. We don’t need windmills or solar panels, we need good, old coal for something -not sure what. via CoalContinue reading “Coal and more coal — The happy Quitter!”
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