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Another reason for Gliga's success is more prosaic--the price. The four grades of handcrafted violins (school, student, professional and maestro, ranging from $50 to $1,500 wholesale) are extremely competitive compared with the cheap but poorer quality Chinese-made fiddles currently bagging some 65% of the market or with the sports car--like prices of German and Italian models. Low production costs in Romania give Gliga a competitive edge even though its employees--considered an elite work force--earn twice the national average of $100 a month...
...quarter's surprisingly strong 2.4% GDP growth rate. It's also apparent in the panic prevailing in the gloom-loving bond pits on Wall Street, where traders have sent long-term interest rates soaring. With times getting better, you would think investing would be getting easier. But nothing looks cheap. Even after steep declines, many stocks remain expensive relative to earnings. Bonds are a death trap during periods of faster growth. Real estate never fell. Money-market yields barely cover a fund's expenses. So you have to look beyond the traditional stocks-bonds-cash-real estate mix to find...
...interested, there are a few angel funds raising money, including the Mid-Atlantic Group Angel Fund cstarr@ipphila.com) Nashville Capital Network nashvillecapital.com and South Florida Angel fund newideacenter.com) This is serious hands-on investing, but at least you know you're getting in cheap...
...markets in a sluggish world economy. U.S. telecom-equipment maker Motorola says sales of its mobile phones in India increased 200% in the first six months over the same period last year. Tearing a strategy page from its very successful China playbook, Motorola targets youngsters with cheap phones. In June Motorola joined up with Bharti to offer phones at $64? an offer it claims is the cheapest in India. "The attitude of the young generation is to enjoy life and spend money," says Pramod Saxena, president for Motorola in India. "We're looking at India as a major growth market...
...while converting public buildings like schools into temporary shelters. Foreign investors might get spooked by the chaos and yank money from South Korea. Then there are the long-term problems of integrating the high-tech South Korean economy and the more primitive North Korean one. The new flood of cheap North Korean labor and land would potentially depress wages and property prices in the South. Plus, South Korean industry might stamp out the North's own, less efficient businesses?a plight experienced by many East German companies...