Posts in month: May, 2008

Till today, Metropolis Opinion has been writing many articles about macro economic to metropolis people. Macro Economics is good indicator for our daily life. Example if we know forecast and actual interest rate in the future, maybe we can plan our business well.Many Lectures said that Macro Economic doesn’t landing to our daily activities; I mean macro economic talks too unreal and abstract. We want something real in our life; example how to plan and run a small business. How we plan our financial, manage a business ECT.

By those reason, Metropolis Opinion will talk about micro economics, about our daily life. What we need and what real and useful information for us to use it.

I have no best idea for my metropolis opinion but one thing; I mean send and share information about what metropolis people needed. Metropolis People need information about best and cheap products, world trend, information about job, business, sharing opinion, community, vacation, weekend and more. Maybe education and school are available also in metropolis opinion.

I have seen in one of Blogcatalog discussion; talked about Baking soda. From all discussion, only baking soda topic that got highest replayed. Metropolises People need something funny, relax, and smart discussion after a busy week in office.

I have been subscribing news letters from huge and top newspapers, Reuters my favorite, LA Times, my opinion came from, and New York my business idea came from. I try to out amazing news from them so you can read it easily. Follow those link to go to the main source to read all news you want.

Today’s Headlines on Los Angeles Times

* New generation of L.A.-area Latino leaders aren’t as friendly toward ‘amigo stores’

By Hector Becerra

Cities like Baldwin Park are turning away from ethnic-oriented retail projects in favor of mainstream businesses. Starbucks is welcome.

* Account of cash for Olmert rivets Israel

By Richard Boudreaux

The testimony of a U.S. contributor that he gave the future premier cash increases the sense among Israelis that Olmert’s days are numbered.

* Supreme Court gives workers protection from retaliation

By David G. Savage

The justices rule that employees who say they were punished for complaining of bias can sue for damages.

* Senate Republicans block plan to improve medical care in California prisons

By Michael Rothfeld

Federal receiver could take $7 billion from state rather than borrow money if Republicans don’t change their minds.

* Lead exposure in children linked to violent crime

By Thomas H. Maugh II and Marla Cone

A study finds that even low levels can permanently damage the brain. The research also shows that exposure is a continuing problem despite efforts to minimize it. Read more »

When oil price became uncontrolled, more than half of populations are suffered. Expansions to find new oil mine is hoped to increase our stock.Who behind the uncontrolled oil price?

Many people suggest that running high oil price is caused by declined Dollar against major currencies. To day, oil price makes its new record again around $133 USD per barrel. Main factors they said is declined on dollar against major currencies, announcement from USA government about their latest oil strategies stock, high demand in China on oil.

I know well about supply and demand and equilibrium. While supply is running low (demand is constant), new equilibrium is running higher than before. Oil isn’t others goods like TV, Cellular, Coffee and more. Oil is very sensitive goods. Because the supply is running low in future; and demand is still up because of populations grow significantly; we see, if external factors harm the equilibrium, oil price becomes uncontrolled. Read more »

When the plan was decided, university students and citizens had been demonstrating against the plan. The plan was cutting the subsidy on oil price so Gas Price (gas, premium ect) will be sold up to 30 percent when before. The policy will active in near. According to government staff the new oil price will available on 23 may next year!Government excuses that Indonesian must accept the fact, government can’t stay longer while the oil price attacks their budget.

Demonstrations against the policy were happened in many places in Indonesia, Students in Makasar had been demonstration since 2 weeks ago. Others students in Java also turn to road, to shout their disagree opinion against the policy. Wife houses also objective about the policy; they was said, increasing the oil price make their budget consumption is lower (Purchasing Power Parity is lower), and the also scare with the fired from company because the companies is also attacked by high in Cost so fired are potentially happened to their husbands. Read more »

There are many tools to reduce the oil price impact. While oil price is running high, Indonesian Government decides to cut percentage of oil subsidy. The decision maker considers that our budget being attack by higher subsidy when oil price is still up.There is only one way to solve this problem, cutting the subsidy on oil price. Many phenomena have been showing that in many place in Indonesia, oil is hard to get and in gas station (SPBU-Indonesian) premium is being scare.

Unfortunately, the subsidy is government shortcut to make the problem easier looking. Government lets citizens to take the obligation. Government said, we have no money to subsidy, we must stick together and obligate to responsible.More…

Rizal Ramli, an Indonesian senior economist said on morning live interview on our local television; the government has poor brain to do this. He doest agree with government. He said, Subsidy is government shortcut to let and clean his hand.

Rizal Critique on Oil Subsidy Read more »

A short opinion from metropolis opinionBlind Fluctuate on oil price has been striking third countries very hard, especially Net Importers from Third Countries (Poor Countries or Developing Countries).

As we know oil is unlimited resources so in front, someday oil supply decline and people will find someone else to replace oil. Many inventions had been done; for example electric auto car, sun-power auto car, nuclear for electric and more. But so far, those new inventions have been proven well but those things are too expensive and seem quite familiar to us. Nuclear is last alternative to replace our oil problems. While nuclear is very cheap; nuclear is very dangerous and must taken careful. So far; nuclear has been installed in rich countries, such as Japan, America, Russia, and Europe.

Newer invention has raised, oil can be replace with plant-oil (I don’t the phrase). The invention had been people replacing their land for food to land for oil. Many farmers have been replacing their land for food to land for oil, because of business. So the impact is food production had run low in recent days. In third countries (poor countries), which have agriculture as their main sectors, in the past is net exporters replace to net importers food. Read more »