In an effort to keep up with demand, Makers Mark is watering down its bourbon to 84 Proof.

That’s correct, there’s a farm in Britain growing the notoriously-difficult-to-cultivate Wasabi.

As Art Values Rise, So Do Concerns About Market’s Oversight by By Robin Pogrebin and Kevin Flynn

“The art world feels like the private equity market of the ’80s and the hedge funds of the ’90s, it’s got practically no oversight or regulation.”

image: Morons by Banksy

Inside the lucrative world of ecstasy smuggling

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Or as the world’s press has dubbed Uruguay’s Jose Mujica, ‘the poorest president in the world.’

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Of Diamonds and Sharks: The Trials of Art Superdealer Larry Gagosian By Eric Konigsberg

“I don’t know what ‘loyal’ means” — Larry Gagosian

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This February, Virgin Atlantic is dipping its wings into the commercial art world and putting on a selling exhibition of Ben Eine’s art in its upper-class clubhouses at Heathrow and JFK airport.

Atari’s U.S. Operations File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in a move to become independent from their French parent company.

Cannabis

Makes sense.

The Wall Street Journal visits ESPO’s Creative Outlet aka the ICY Signs Shop

The viral intentions of this are annoying, but it is very successful in its simple explanation.

The Power Of Selling Out: Your Customers As Political Capital

Peter M. Brant interviews Larry Gagosian

Mr. Burns explains the Fiscal Cliff.

Warren Buffett stops by the NY Times Opinion Pages

Legalize it, tax it, and then use that money to create a functional public healthcare system. This opinion article should have added in that idea.

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The Wall Street Journal profiles KAWS.

Market Watch

(note: legal pot is not brown)