Convertible gold bars from Monex.

Do you find the headline strange?

“Convertible gold bars? What it can it be?”-is that your question? Monex, the pride of America in the precious metals industry offers Monex certified gold bars. Each bar weighs 10 ounce of pure 0.9999 fine gold bullion. These are among the purest gold bullion bars available to investors today. Each bar is certified, with its weight and purity guaranteed by Monex, and each bar is further hallmarked by Heraeus, one of the world's leading refiners, and the 800 year-old Austrian Mint, one of the world's leading minting institutions.

That itself is a cool deal –right? Now, here comes the convertible aspect. These gold bars bought from Monex can be converted at any time into pure one-ounce Vienna Philharmonic gold coins with no commission at current market rates.

I am certain that this is the first time you are hearing about this amazing deal. Wait! There is more surprise for you. I would urge you to call 1-800-444-8317 now and get in touch with a Monex representative and inquire about availing "internet-only" incentives.

At times of necessities, we need not dispose of the 10 ounce gold ingot. We can opt for this conversion and sell only a few coins to meet our cash shortage.

Do you know the jumping beans?

The home page of the yahoo today featured an answer on Mexico jumping beans. Since this is the first time I am coming to know about the jumping beans, I did a research and find the result amazing.

It is not the beans that are jumping but a live 'larva' of a moth that has gotten into the seed as an egg that is causing the jumping movement.

The live larva when exposed to the heat twitches and spasms, pulling on the treads on which it attached itself to the walls of the bean seed and thus causing the characteristic hop.

Even the mild warmth of our palm makes the larva move inside the seed. Even when the outside temperature is cool, one can notice the movement because of the ultra violet rays of the sun.

The jumping bean capital of the world:
The Mexican Jumping Bean comes from the mountains in the states of states of Sonora Sinaloa and Chihuahua; indeed, Álamos, Sonora, claims to be "the jumping bean capital of the world".

Here is a video clip of the jumping beans in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4GEGbUaQDM


Courtesy: Yahoo, Wikipedia and YouTube

FaceBook says thanks.

Before I tell you something about the company behind FaceBook, it will be useful to know something about FaceBook, the fastest growing social networking web site.

This website boasts of 59 million users currently and there is already a rumor that Microsoft is salivating even while thinking about acquiring it. Hey, this is just news that I read somewhere in the web, so don't take it seriously.

Now about the investing company:
The man behind the scene of FaceBook is Mr. Peter Thiel and he is reported to be the owner of
Founders Fund, a venture capital organization.

He first laid down $500K for this project. I think that has increased to 50 times in value on paper.

He was formerly the CEO of PayPal Inc.

Ack: WSJ