Yesterday’s astounding bid to pay $2.1 million to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett is staggering. Yet, the Chinese investment fund manager, Zhao Danyang, of the Hong-Kong-based Pureheart China Growth Investment Fund will most likely find it to be one of his best investments.

Suddenly, everyone (more…)

Listen to the mainstream media and you’d think the real estate decline in the U.S. (where it’s expected to see the percentage of drops in value will equal to the 1929 depression) was due to the subprime mortgages being extended to less than qualified buyers.

“Hold on,” says the World Wealth Report, released this past week by Merrill Lynch and Capgemini. According to their study, (more…)

WWP advertising agencies are working with Yahoo to develop a proprietary advertising media trading platform that will take advantage of Yahoo’s (more…)

Several airlines are now imposing fees on frequent-flier tickets, the latest move by an airline to squeeze more revenue from passengers to compensate for soaring fuel costs.

Additionally, there are several new services that you might want to look into where you (more…)

Given the skyrocketing oil prices, higher food prices and a government that seems woefully ill-equipped to tackle the big issues of the day, more people are making a fundamental shift in their (more…)

Contents in the June 24, 2008 Tuesday Barter Report, published by BarterNews magazine, include the following (more…)

From the barter desk of Bob Meyer…06/24/2008

Ozone Barter Becomes BarterVista

Ozone Barter has changed its name (more…)

If you are in retailing or have a service business, you know the value of repeat customers—those who come back again and again.

To keep your “focus” uppermost in your mind here’s a handy reminder that a (more…)

Issue #42

We did a piece on the NATE BANC (inter-member currency) that opened for business on July 4, 1997, with 51 barter companies as members. In its first month, the trade volume totaled $1.2 million.

Our cover story was on the International Barter Corporation; we interviewed CEO Steven White and Alan Zimmelman, VP of operations. White explained how he planned to build a national barter company by (more…)

Here’s a pretty exciting story about a restaurant that got the ground with virtually no cash. Trading future meals for commercial space, refrigerator, kitchen fixtures, tables (more…)