– “The days are long gone when “emerging markets” could be seen as a single asset class”
-Hyperbole,hyperbole: “The Death of an Asset Class?” by Keynes’ euthanasia of the rentier, no less – by GMO’s James Montier
– “Google plans to make real-time translation devices that will translate language for simple conversation across language barriers.”
– Lisbon architect Nuno Simões’s series of staircases and walkways at an historic cave near Évora, Portugal (via Dezeen).
-“Overpay for the thing that is toughest to get” – Brooklyn Bridge Venture’s Charlie O’Donnell on the Tumblr deal.
–Frank Quattrone’s investment bank boutique Qatalyst Partners were the only bankers involved in the USD $1.1 billion deal.
-Ahead of tomorrow’s Bitcoin and the Future of Money talk, Wired UK guide to Bitcoin.
-“We want to traffic in areas where there is not a lot of capital chasing for returns”,
-“Hackers are the animals that can detect a storm coming or an earthquake…there are two big things hackers are excited about now: Bitcoin and 3D printing.”
-“Trust is good, control is better” – list of all Borgen episodes (with the opening quotes),
–This is probably one of the best, most subtle and intelligent reviews of Upstream Color, one of the most interesting films of the year.
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