Foreign Spies Stealing US Economic Secrets

A report from the Office of The National Counterintelligence Executie:http://www.ncix.gov/publications/reports/fecie_all/Foreign_Economic_Collection_2011.pdf

The 12 Most Common Ethnicities in the US

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-12-most-common-ethnicities-in-america-2012-3#12-swedish-4088555-million-1

The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs

An article in the Harvard Business Review by Walter Isaacson...
http://hbr.org/2012/04/the-real-leadership-lessons-of-steve-jobs/ar/1

Are Facebook Users Nacissists?

How Many Facebook Friends Do You Have? Study Links Narcissism and Facebook Activity
by Suzan Clarke
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/many-facebook-friends-study-links-narcissism-facebook-activity-120546746--abc-news.html

The Ten Most Influential Financial Journalists in America

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-influential-financial-journalists-2012-3

On Charity & Pressure

Once people open their front door to someone seeking money for charity, the "social-pressure cost" of saying no is $1.40 to $3.80, a study concludes. More than half of all face-to-face donations are basically payments to avoid social embarrassment, researchers say.

I Gave at the Office
by Christopher Shea
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203370604577263320286138892.html

How To Be Creative

Perhaps this is why Stephen Hawking goes to strip clubs (http://www.inquisitr.com/198893/stephen-hawking-loves-strip-clubs-and-the-universe/)

"It isn't until we're soothed in the shower or distracted by teh stand-up comic that we're able to turn the spotlight of attention inward, eavesdropping on all those random associations unfolding in the far reaches of the brain's right hemisphre...This research also explains why so many major breakthroughs happen in the unlikeliest of places, whether it's Archimedes in the bathtub or the physicist Richard Feynman scribbling equations in a strip club, as he was known to do.  It reveals the wisdom of Google putting ping-pong tables in the lobby and confirms the practical benefits of daydreaming."

How to be Creative
by Jonah Lehrer
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203370604577265632205015846.html

On Spies & Divorce

On CIA divorces...

Under Cover, Under Stress: When It's Spy vs. Spouse
by Ian Shapira
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/cia-divorces-the-secrecy-when-spies-split/2012/03/05/gIQAPpBZAS_story.html

Boats Sold Per Year

I wonder how many boats are sold per year in the US (and the world).  Does the yacht industry have something like the auto industry does - the Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR)?

Some statistics, although none too recent, can be found here: http://www.rbbi.com/desks/mkt/stats/stats.htm

The Eight Most Expensive Dishes in the US

http://blog.zagat.com/2012/03/8-most-expensive-dishes-in-us.html

Japan Wants Cuisine Listed as UNESCO Heritage

Should food be listed as a global cultural treasure by the United Nations?  I'd go for it...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ju3-Wa_ZsfixTb-4IsSun8euC7Xw?docId=CNG.ed3fc3e016a720a3286d8f3516f0c011.161

Question of the Day: Winning the Lottery

What would you do if you won $10 million?  How about $50 million, or $100 million?

My first inclination would be to set up a comfortable life (house, cars, insurance) and then live a relatively normal life (except maybe some travel plurges)...The big choices would be about continuing to work and possible donations.  Also choosing a good lawyer, accountant, and financial advisor would be a priority...

Who would you tell?  Family?  Friends?  Colleagues?  Clients?  Who would you never tell?

Bloomberg Billionaire Index

Goodbye Forbes, hello Bloomberg...

http://topics.bloomberg.com/bloomberg-billionaires-index/

Fugu Licenses To Become Obsolete?

Tokyo To Drop Fuge License Ordinance Amid Decline in Fatal Diner Poisonings
http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/95083.php

Graphing the Future of the Porn Industry

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-execs-in-the-adult-entertainment-biz-think-3d-and-web-tv-will-shape-the-future-2012-3#3d-porn-is-not-expected-to-be-big-1