Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Comment on Other's Work

Could not comment on other student's work - Google would not accept my account for some reason However, my comment is to Sarah Najm in our tute group :)

Awesome Space Sarah! Apart from dying every time my character stepped onto your circular planes, off the meeting space, towards Stephen Hawking's space especially; the studios are very well interconnected through the meeting plane. Overall the spaces are very intriguing, spicy-flavoured in coloured lighting and textures with an unexpected feminine touch. Cheers! Svet

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

EXP3 - POWER - Carlos Slim Article

Carlos Slim is the richest man you've never heard of
An interview with Mexico's Carlos Slim


Chris HawleyMexico City BureauMay. 30, 2007 12:00 AM

The Arizona Republic – News Online Print Edition

...Slim's holdings, in business and beyond, are now so vast that he sometimes loses track of what he owns. Yet, the small boy with the ledger notebook still surfaces from time to time. While speaking in his office, Slim impulsively decides he needs to know the value of his necktie, which was lying on a chair nearby.


He stabs a button on his intercom, reaching his assistant, Silvia Esparragoza.
"Silvia, how much do these ties cost there in Sanborn's?"
"Those ties cost, on average, 481 pesos," she replied.
"About 43 dollars," Slim said, figuring the exchange rate in his head. "Is that with tax?"
"Yes, with tax," she said.
"On sale or not on sale?"
There was silence from the intercom. "Um, I don't remember," Esparragoza said.
Looking disappointed, Slim flips the intercom off. "The tie is from Sanborn's, but the shoes I buy from Saks, which isn't my store," he said.Then he corrects himself."Well, we're partners, but it's not my store," he said, smiling.
In fact, the Slim family is Saks' biggest shareholder, with 17.4 percent of the U.S. company's shares...

Link Source: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0530carlosslim0530.html
Picture Source: http://www.chimpsternation.com/forum?c=showthread&ThreadID=1081&page=1

EXP3 - POWER - Ratan Tata Article


Ratan Tata, the soft-spoken man of steel

Hindustan Times — January 31, 2007

Ratan Tata showed in the wee hours of Wednesday that grace, composure and nerves of steel can sit easy on the same personality, as he marked an audacious milestone in his career as Tata group chairman by winning over Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus Group with a bid worth $12.1 billion
...
His grit and determination are best epitomised in what he said in an interview. "I am unfortunately a person, who has often said: You put a gun to my head and pull the trigger or take the gun away, I won't move my head." That is a rare insight into a man who protects his privacy, integrity and patriotism in equal measures.

Link Source: http://indica.co.za/tata_steel/media/20070201_steel.htm