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2008-01-03 Home Front Economy

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Posted by lotp 2008-01-03 11:49|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Wikipedia on Louise Blouin MacBain the author of this free trade (no jobs for us unless filthy rich) article

Louise ThÃ©rÃ¨se Blouin MacBain (born October 15, 1958), is a Canadian magazine publisher and philanthropist. She is the CEO and President of LTB Holding, and the founder and chairman of the Louise T Blouin Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which promotes culture and creativity as forces for positive change.[1]

Louise ThÃ©rÃ¨se Blouin was born in Montreal, the youngest of six children. Having worked part-time as a book-keeper whilst at school, she went on to McGill University to study commerce, later switching to Concordia. She also studied on the Owner/President Management program at Harvard Business School.
Having married John MacBain, the two acquired Auto Hebdo, a classified car trading magazine, in 1987. With Louise MacBain as Chairman and CEO, the business grew into Trader Classified Media, which acquired around 400 classified-advertisement publications and â as an early adopter of the internet â 60 websites over the next ten years, with sales rising from $2m to $400m,[2] and focus expanding from cars to include boats, real estate and jobs. She later became CEO of international auction house Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, resigning the position after a year, before setting up LTB Media in 2003, and moving into art publications, acquiring Art & Auction, Gallery Guide, Museums, Culture & Travel, and Modern Painters within three years. She also founded ARTINFO (www.artinfo.com), an online portal for access to the world of arts and culture.
The Global Creative Leadership Summit

The Louise T Blouin Foundation's flagship event took place at Harold Pratt House, New York City in November 2006. Its stated aim was:

By bringing together influential leaders in business, technology, government, science and the arts, the Global Creative Leadership Summit, hosted by the LTB Foundation, hopes to unleash insights that will have practical implications for problem-solving across disciplines. How can business and government leaders benefit from knowing more about how the brain works? How can those who see the world differently come together to break through todayâs complex challenges?[4]

Notable speakers included:

* Nobel Laureates [b]Henry Kissinger, Richard Axel, James Watson and Eric Kandel[/b]
* Scientists V.S. Ramachandran, Mehmet Oz and Lisa Randall
* Spiritual leader Sri Sri [b]Ravi Shankar[/b]
* Journalist Arianna [b]Huffington[/b]; chess grandmaster Susan Polgar; then-Saudi Ambassador to the US[b] Prince Turki Al Faisal[/b]; artists Chuck Close and Richard Serra; CEO of the Blackstone Group Stephen Schwarzman; and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.

Her foundation in London

Posted by 3dc 2008-01-03 12:39|| 2008-01-03 12:39|| Front Page Top

#2 an economically strong China makes a strong America

Rubbish. An economically strong China means the Chicoms can acquire more weapons with which to threaten us and other friendly countries. An economically strong China demands more oil which makes it more expensive for us. Then they burn the oil and the coal without any environmental controls and the pollution blows across the ocean to us. So Ms. Louise one of these people who are willing to trade national security for profits...her profits that is...for my national security.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-01-03 14:48|| 2008-01-03 14:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Ebbang, there is another side to the argument. A wealthy China would not want to risk its position with a war. A wealthy China would have the discretionary income to deal with issues such as pollution. A wealthy Chinese population will demand it...they already are in the most egregious cases. It is a desperate China that is the most dangerous.

Posted by remoteman 2008-01-03 16:01|| 2008-01-03 16:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Somewhat ditto, remoteman. Chinese have a mind set that is on the opposite end of a Jihadi mind set on the life-death scale. An acid test is how well Chinese integrate in Western societies. They carry some cultural traits in the firt generation, but the 2nd generation is integrated through out, compared to someone from Islam-majority countries.

Not meaning that China should not be watched with a hawk's eye.

Posted by twobyfour 2008-01-03 18:28|| 2008-01-03 18:28|| Front Page Top

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