You want to save it? Buy some shares.

People are concerned with losing Anheuser-Busch to InBev. Not sure if the big boys are leaning one way or another, but I tell you what might help. If the good people of America who want to save it went out and bought some shares. Word is that SABMiller might be runner up choice so there might be no need for a proxy fight, but if you are worried about this grab some shares of BUD. The US dollar decline, along with other conditions, have made American companies cheap to foreign firms. I am not saying that this is bad or good, but just reality. Today, 1 Euro gets you ~$1.57. If i was InBev i might go shopping too! They already distribute Budweiser and Bud light in Canada, now they figure why not the US.



More Later

J$

Ronaldo

This past week we got to see Manchester United and Chelsea square off in Moscow for the Champions Leage final. I was pretty excited for the match because these are two great teams and they just wrapped up a damn close Premier League season. Good game. I just can't seem to like Ronaldo. For those of you out there who dont follow soccer too much he plays for Man. U. and has a kind of euro style mullet thing going on and he can never come through in the clutch. the final game came down to penalty shots. Ronaldo was up 3rd and when he got up there he did this stupid little stutter step thing. 1st of all, this looks stupid and i thin gives away your spot everytime, because it just gives the goalie that much more time to read your body. This totally plays to the keepers advantage. Secondly, if he made it there is a chance the ref would not allow it anyway. Needless to say, he missed, but he got very lucky and his team bailed him out. This is a guy who might get a contract that pays 280k USD every week! Ridicuous. Dont get me wrong he has talent, and i like seeing him in some one on one situations, but there is no need to give this guy that kind of dough. I will be excited to see what happens in the Euro 2008 tournament starting in a couple weeks. Always nice to have a little international competition mostly because i know the already low productivity in the european offices will fall even further. Alright folks. It has been a lazy, but good weekend in Brussels. there were some riots here, but nothing too exciting, which is a good thing.

In case you want to see the PK i was talking about. It takes place around the 3:10 mark. http://youtube.com/watch?v=kvnr-HgfzLA

hasta luego,
J$

EGYPT

Hello Everyone,
It has been a while since I posted, but hopefully some of you are checking back once in a while. I am rested and refreshed and looking to get going on some writing. Took a two week trip to Egypt, and went all around; Cairo, Abu Simbel, Aswan, (cruised up the Nile to) Luxor, and saw the Red Sea at El Gouna. Been out of touch with the world for a while, but saw that BIG BROWN (stupid name) took care of business a the Kentucky Derby. I also saw, sadly, that Eight Belles, did not make it. Always a sad affair, but part of the sacrifice that comes with the sport, just like any other.

Good luck out there if you are trying to handicap this NBA playoff season. I am not much into putting any money down on basketball, save the NCAA tournament. I will be back trying to give some more insight on the Egypt trip, the second and thirds legs of the Triple Crown, and the Champions League final coming up 1 week from today in Moscow (this should be good considering it was a fight to the finish between Man. U and Chelsea for the English crown too!).

Take it easy.

J€