The three great inventions.

The three great inventions of civilization were fire, the wheel and Playboy. At least that was what I felt the envied Hugh Hefner, an intrepid entrepreneur who in 1957 with a loan of $ 8,000 began the journey of an entire myth in the adult entertainment.

, Jean-Paul Sartre, Al Capone, George Wallace, Cassius Clay (Muhammed Ali), Orson Welles, Ralph Nader, Arthur C. Despite that image so that scoundrel owns the publication, all are dying to be interviewed by just being a regular reader and see that their pages have been interviewed personalities such as Fidel Castro, Malcolm X, Bertrand Russell, Salvador Dali, Martin Luther King Jr., Jean-Paul Sartre, Al Capone, George Wallace, Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Orson Welles, Ralph Nader, Arthur C. Clarke, Yasser Arafat, Stephen Hawking, Carl Sagan and John Lennon among many others.

Do you understand now why people compare Playboy for the articles?. Well, rather than buy, buy because the crisis and new technologies bare the results of Playboy in the second quarter.

The president and CEO of the company, Christie Hefner admitted that the accounts of Playboy reflect the change in consumer habits, as well as advertisers shift of advertising to other platforms, which has created a complicated environment for business publishers and television company, which has been "aggravated by the ongoing macro-economic climate."

Usually we cebamos with the construction sector, but with the change of cycle and habits of consumers, the entertainment industry is also suffering greatly. Just to look at the price of Tele 5 and Antena 3 to see that in terms of years we have fallen on the stock by 50%.

Today's ECB meeting touches in which members of the central banks will use to talk about their vacations, compared tan and keep interest rates during the remainder of the year. At least that's what the experts say. And look who Trichet wants to raise, but as it stands as the economy slowed, it's best to put the thing as it is not going to be something that will break. On the other hand, lowered latter's pretóleo could help calm inflation. But we will be attentive to his speech and read between the lines, where it counts.

And finally, an issue that we've talked a lot around here: Consumers are outraged because the fall in crude is not reflected in the price of gasoline.

The prices of petrol and diesel in Spain have fallen more than 5% from the highs that recorded in mid-July, due to the decline experienced by crude oil prices.

The Brent, the reference in Europe, has been positioned along the morning at 116.76 U.S. dollars, representing a decline of over 19% compared to the peak reached in last July, when it was over 146 U.S. dollars per barrel.

UPDATE: ECB kept rates at 4.25%

Written by Carlos Lopez on August 7, 2008 with 358 comments
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