Business Sport (without the tie!)

Somewhere over...

Fishing - Sport?

Docas de Alcântara

Last Flight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYAXxCWAAxM

Wrist Wach

Simple Overview

Today, the most common type of watch is the wristwatch worn on the wrist and fastened with a watchband made of leather, nylon or other plastics (then called strap), metal links (called bracelet) or even ceramic. Before the inexpensive miniaturization that became possible in the 20th century, most watches were pocket watches, which had covers and were carried separately, often in a pocket and attached to a watch chain or fob.

In the 21st century, technological advances in metallurgy, composite materials development and physical vapor deposition greatly influence watch design and manufacturing. Solid stainless steel, titanium, tungsten carbide, carbon fiber, high-tech ceramic and ion plating processes dominate a considerable market share of today's modern watch-making industry. Sapphire crystals are often incorporated to complement and enhance the durability of a quality watch.

Most inexpensive and medium-priced watches used mainly for timekeeping are electronic watches with quartz movements. Expensive, collectible watches valued more for their workmanship and aesthetic appeal than for simple timekeeping often have purely mechanical movements and are powered by springs, even though mechanical movements are many times less accurate than quartz movements. The most accurate watches have radio-controlled movements that are miniaturized, portable versions of radio clocks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch

FinanceYahoo

4:20 pm : The major averages closed modestly higher Friday as some upbeat corporate news eventually helped investors look past mixed economic data.

With the Fed recently increasing its attention on raw material prices as the chief influence on inflation, the market's early focus was on the March PPI report. Core PPI in March checking in unchanged was initially comforting; but the soft number, coupled with rising food and energy costs, did not exactly signal that inflation is back under control.

Another report showing erosion in consumer sentiment and that one-year inflation expectations are at the highest level in eight months also sidelined the bulls in early action.

Be that as it may, investors gradually embraced leadership in two of the S&P 500's most heavily-weighted sectors -- Financials and Health Care. The latter got a huge boost from Merck (MRK 50.20 +3.84), which opened up 6% at a three-year high after upside Q1 and FY07 EPS guidance prompted an upgrade from Goldman Sachs. By far today's best performing Dow component (+8.3%), Merck accounted for more than half of the Dow's 59-point advance.

Financials garnered some early interest following reports that SLM Corp. (SLM 46.76 +6.01) could be taken private in a deal worth $30 bln, including debt. ABN AMRO (ABN 48.28 +2.49) confirming receipt of a joint letter from three potential acquirers late in the day gave the sector an added lift.

The Quiet American

Saigon, 1952, a beautiful, exotic, and mysterious city caught in the grips of the Vietnamese war of liberation from the French colonial powers. New arrival Alden Pyle (Brendan Fraser), an idealistic American aid worker, befriends London Times correspondent Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine). When Fowler introduces Pyle to his beautiful young Vietnamese mistress Phuong (Hai Yen) the three become swept up in a tempestuous love triangle that leads to a series of startling revelations and finally - murder. Nothing, and no one, is as it seems, in this adaptation of Graham Greene's classic and prophetic story of love, betrayal, murder and the origin of the American war in Vietnam.

Voltámos aos tempos de Loucura...

Jogo da Bolsa 2007

https://www.ljcarregosa.pt/ljc/col/public/JogoBolsa.tea

Patrocinado por MG

Sony Ericsson W300i

100 - Elmo Tribute

PARABÉNS!!!

Centésimo post, e o blog ainda funciona...(?!)

Cartier 1899-1949. O percurso de um estilo

ExposiçõesDe 15/02/2007 a 29/04/2007

10h00 - 18h00

Sala de Exposições Temporárias do Museu Gulbenkian

A exposição “Cartier 1899-1949. O Percurso de um estilo” reúne um conjunto excepcional de 230 jóias, relógios e objectos pertencentes à Colecção Cartier, bem como algumas das aquisições de Calouste Gulbenkian, pertencentes à Fundação. São ainda expostos desenhos originais - alguns dos quais associados ao coleccionador -, moldagens e diversa documentação.

A Colecção Cartier tem sido exibida nos últimos anos nos mais prestigiados museus do mundo, de que se destaca, o Museu do Ermitage, São Petersburgo, o British Museum, Londres, o Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nova Iorque, o Museum of Fine Arts, Houston e o Museu de Xangai.

Organizada pelo Museu Calouste Gulbenkian em colaboração com a Colecção Cartier e a editora Skira, que publica o catálogo, esta iniciativa integra-se nas comemorações do 50º aniversário da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.