Ten years ago, a New York real estate developer named Bruce Ratner fell in love with a building site at the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn. It was 22 acres, big by New York standards, and within walking distance of four of the most charming, recently gentrified neighborhoods in Brooklyn — Park Slope, Boerum Hill, Clinton Hill, and Fort Greene. A third of the site was above a railway yard, where the commuter trains from Long Island empty into Brooklyn, and that corner also happened to be where the 2, 3, 4, 5, D, N, R, B, Q, A, and C subway lines all magically converge. From Atlantic Yards — as it came to be known — almost all of midtown and downtown Manhattan, not to mention a huge swath of Long Island, was no more than a 20-minute train ride away. Ratner had found one of the choicest pieces of undeveloped real estate in the Northeast.

Few companies from emerging markets have grown into successful multinational enterprises. One business that has is the packaged-goods company Grupo Bimbo. Founded in Mexico in 1945 by Lorenzo Servitje, the publicly traded company now holds the title of the world’s largest baker, with sales exceeding $10 billion in 2010. Just over half of those sales came from outside its home market—namely China; many Latin American countries, including Argentina and Brazil; and the United States. The company trades under several well-known brands, including Entenmann’s and Thomas’ in the United States, and the ubiquitous Bimbo brand in Latin America.

Gotham Media Ventures www.gothammediaventures.com Gotham Media Blog For information about becoming a conference sponsor, please contact Gordon Platt Email: gothammedia @gmail.com Telephone: 917-710-2747 September 2011 We expect that this email will reach many of you at the the beach, in the country, or perhaps somewhere exotic, where we hope you're having a terrific summer break. At Gotham Media, we're busy prepping for a busy fall season, and we just wanted to send advance word about our first fall event, to be held on September 21. Come the early fall, it will be time once again for our annual ArtINVEST event. It's described below, and we very much hope that you'll be able to make a date to join us for our third annual program and wine reception.      ArtINVEST and Wine Reception September 21, 2011 ArtINVEST 2011 – September 21, 2011   ArtINVEST 2011 and Wine Reception This third annual art investment symposium will bring together leading figures from the worlds of art and finance to discuss the hottest trends in the art world and to lend insights into what's likely to happen over the course of the next year. The panel will also discuss how to start or expand a collection with an emphasis on building and preserving value. Moderator Timothy Speiss Partner and Chairman, Personal Wealth Advisors EisnerAmper LLP   Panelists Include   Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn Salon 94 (www.salon94.com)    Michael Plummer    Co-Founder, Artvest Partners LLC   Sebastian Cwilich  COO, Art.sy    Mike Moses  Co-Founder, Mei Moses Fine Art Index   Registration is complimentary but seating is limited   Register @ www.gothammediaventures.com        Venue: EisnerAmper LLP 750 Third Avenue (Bwt 46th and 47th Streets)   New York City Date:  September 21, 2011 6:30pm-8:00pm  SPONSOR

]]> http://www.myglobalhustle.com/wp/2011/08/17/digital-cocktails-art-investment-and-tech-921/feed/ 1 http://www.myglobalhustle.com/wp/2011/07/22/the-wild-wild-world-of-the-chinese-contemporary-art-market/ http://www.myglobalhustle.com/wp/2011/07/22/the-wild-wild-world-of-the-chinese-contemporary-art-market/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:02:44 +0000 !YG http://www.myglobalhustle.com/wp/2011/07/22/the-wild-wild-world-of-the-chinese-contemporary-art-market/

Really good article in the new issue of the Economist about the evolution of the Chinese art market. Check it out. -YG (@youngglobal)

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