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...traded REIT that owns movie theaters, recently ventured into the vineyard business, purchasing at least three vineyards, all focusing on upscale grapes. Chief executive David Brain believes demographics will drive that sector for the next 10 to 15 years, and he expects average annual returns of about 10%. The demand has pushed the price per acre in Napa Valley's premium vineyards to between $200,000 and $300,000, up from between $125,000 and $180,000 in 2002, according to Tony Correia, president of Correia-Xavier Inc., a property appraiser in Fresno, Calif. Flush boomers are fueling demand...
There's also a supply-cycle risk in the industry, which tends to overproduce, often related to the timing of newly planted vines. New plantings generally take three to five years to bear enough fruit to turn a profit, and demand for a particular grape can dry up in that time. Investors are betting that high-end wine is less susceptible to oversupply, primarily because there are only limited areas in the U.S. and Europe where land and climate conditions are right for growing high-quality grapes...
With its purchase of Numico, which Mills criticizes as too expensive, Danone is betting that demand for healthy food is going to outpace consumers' desire for another chocolate-chip cookie. "We were more and more convinced that due to health issues, long-term-speaking, cookies were going to be in trouble," says Sacchi. He cites increasing health awareness, increasing government regulation, increasing focus on disease prevention, the changing needs of aging populations, particularly in Western Europe, which accounts for 40% of Danone's sales, and the spread of diet-related health problems as factors. "In some countries," says Sacchi, "obesity...
...debate is more than philosophical. Even before the recent Minnesota bridge collapse, commuters in crowded corridors from Atlanta to northern Virginia knew that our infrastructure needed investment and that capacity hadn't kept pace with demand. It hasn't helped that many state politicians have been just as reluctant as Congress to raise gas taxes. Or that thanks to the surging price of materials like petroleum and steel, the cost to build highways has jumped 43% since the beginning...
...official Turkish position is to demand that the Iraqi Kurdish authorities act against the PKK. "The central government in Iraq and the regional government in northern Iraq must put a thick wall between themselves and the terrorist organization," Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said Tuesday, referring to the PKK. "Those who are unable to distance themselves from terrorism cannot avoid being adversely affected by the struggle against terrorism...