Shock horology - why the luxury time piece market is booming
Spike columnist JON MARSH explores the extremely silly world of Swiss watches - a land where profits increase like clockwork. Asia, and Hong Kong in particular, is still the number one region in the world when it comes to buying completely over the top Swiss watches, recent figures confirm. The Asian Very Conspicuous Consumption Index, the benchmark that measures extreme wealth and how it is flaunted throughout the region, also identifies the new rich in mainland China as the latest growth market for luxury watches and unseemly displays of... Read More

The Global Warming Denial Propaganda Campaign
Excerpt: The oil and gas industries have been spending billions to deny global warming because their profits will plummet when we make the transition to a low-carbon society.  But the facts speak for themselves, every single year since 1917 has been hotter than 1917. Every single year since 1956 has been hotter than 1956. Every single year since 1992 has been hotter than 1992. And on, and on. If we dramatically increase the carbon dioxide even more - as we are - we will dramatically increase the warming.   Read More  Discuss

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