| by Gary Scott
* Part #1: Here’s
a business where you can make money from dough!
* Part #2: Beware of electronic storage. See why.
* Part #3: See how you can pump up your profits with water pumps
here.
Masapan is made in a village near us called Calderon. This offers
all types of export profit potential as this craft is a cultural
expression which has been passed down for generations. The masapan
crafts are original products, multicolored and perfect for decoration.
All products are hand made with quality prime material that is
non-toxic, to protect health and the environment.
The craftsmen have developed an infinite number of beautiful designs
with all types of themes for Christmas, Valentine’s Day,
Mother's Day and Easter. This pasty material is made into flowers,
dolls, chess pieces, statues, figurines and so much more. If you
can name it, the craftsmen can make it out of this flour dough
material which dries rock hard. They make them into bracelets,
necklaces, pins, refrigerator magnets, earrings as well. Prices
are really, really low plus the artisans can create new designs
according to your specifications.
Here is some masapan
One delegate at a previous course saw masapan flowers
and thought they could be excellent gifts to pin on hotel bills
presented to departing guests. He bought a batch and gave it a
try. They were wildly successful. Everybody loved them so he started
selling them to other hotels. He pays between seven and twenty
five cents for each piece and sells them for a dollar up to $1.95,
making as much as 2,800% on his money in a month!
Learn more about masapan
Visit Calderon, see and learn more about masapan. Join Merri and
me and in Ecuador on our Import/Export
Expedition.
Part #2: Travel is good for your wealth
and health as it expands your horizons. But you must take care! This
site reported how Houston customs
officers lost my passport
The message stressed how vital it is to keep your eye on this
document and to have backup ID data when you travel.
Readers shared some interesting insights one of which suggested
having a Gmail account from Google of scans of everything in the
wallet; credit cards, passport, etc.
Another reader now shares a warning about this and writes:
“Hi Gary, Fun thread and slightly scary. One thing that
concerned me was the travel tip about using Gmail to store documents.
I work for Yahoo and we have a similar mail product and I would
never use any of them to store this kind of information. They aren't
all that safe, it's probably not an awful risk but there isn't
much security online and no way would I ever put credit card information
in so open a place. You may want to add a caution to the next email
to people as a lot of times they don't realize how open the internet
is. Even the best secured sites are clamping down on storing financial
information nowadays as it's all pretty hackable. The government
is also getting access to gmail as we speak so again, not a fun
place to keep things. I personally take photocopies and hold them
on my person or leave copies at home with a relative. My husband
and I carry a passport copy for each other so we are cross covered.
Happy travels!”
Part #3. “Technology gives and technology
takes away.”
Not a bad thought!
This is one reason I recommend investing in water technology.
Technology has allowed our global population to grow but this has
created enormous water shortages.
A March 17, 2006 article by MARION LLOYD for Houston Chronicle
Foreign Service, entitled VIOLENCE IN MEXICO CITY Suffering ...
for water highlights this problem.
According to the article a billion people lack clean drinking
water and 2.6 billion are without adequate sanitation. The problem
is expected to get worse over the next two decades.
The articles says: “In the Mexican capital, tomorrow's crisis
is already here. Parts of the metropolis are sinking by as much
as a foot a year because of over-exploitation of aquifers. More
than 1 million residents lack water in their homes. And fights
about water are getting increasingly violent, with some experts
warning of a future ‘water war.’
“Mexico City's water troubles go back 500 years, when Spanish
invaders seized the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. Built in the
center of five interlocking lakes surrounded by canals, the city
was an engineering marvel. But the Spaniards, who preferred dry
ground, immediately began draining the lakes — a Herculean
task that continues today.
“Now the city — which sits in a volcano-rimmed valley
8,000 feet above sea level — is plagued by water shortages.
“One-third of the metropolitan water supply is piped in
from the Cutzamala River basin about 80 miles away, and it is then
pumped thousands of feet over mountains. The rest comes from dozens
of underground aquifers beneath the city.
“However, over-exploitation of the aquifers — where
water is extracted faster than it is replaced naturally — has
caused the city's porous soil to dry up and compact. As a result,
the city is sinking, wreaking havoc on the underground infrastructure
and causing pipes to crack.” Article
from Houston Chronicle
All this pumping of water caught my attention as the same day
I read an article about the global pump industry and hot it is
repositioning itself to take advantage of growing demand.
Learn more about investing in water. Join Merri, Thomas Fischer
of Jyske Bank and me at our next International Business and Investing
Made EZ course in North Carolina.
According to that article the global market for pumps will rise
from $27 billion to $31 billion in 2007. The market for pumps in
the water
industry a multi-billion dollar concern and is growing.
Companies serving this market include ITT
Industries (NYSE:ITT) the world’s largest pump manufacturer.
Japan’s Ebara Corporation is another. Another historical
example of consolidation in the U.S. pump
Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) also moved into the pump business with the
acquisition of Ingersoll-Dresser Pumps.
There are a few remaining independent pump manufacturers such
as Gorman-Rupp (AMEX:GRC), IDEX Corporation
(NYSE:IEX), with its Warren Rupp and Viking Pump units,
Flowserve (NYSE:FLS), and Pentair (NYSE:PNR), with the
Myers and Fairbank Morse brands as well as diversified manufacturers
offer water pumps in addition to other products. These include
Crane (NYSE:CR), the Davis EMU the Sethco division of Met-Pro (NYSE:MPR),
the Moyno unit of Robbins & Meyers
(NYSE:RBN) and SPX Corp (NYSE:SPW).
Watch these companies for merger and acquisition opportunities.
ITT looks especially interesting. Named by Fortune magazine as
one of the best managed companies its Fluid Technology segment
contains ITT's pump businesses, including brands such as Flygt,
Goulds, Bell & Gossett, A-C Pump, Lowara and Vogel.
This makes ITT the world's largest pump producer. You can learn
more about these subsidiaries. Until next message, may all
your international investments flow like water!
Gary
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