The Wall Street Journal
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Primary Evidence
"Steve Jobs liked sitting in the “number 1” seat at his favorite sushi counter and looking around the store. At one point, when asked why he did that, he said, “From here, when I look at the other guests, I can tell how the economy is doing.” There was an article in the American economic paper The Wall Street Journal about “Katsuzuki being the barometer of Silicon Valley’s economy,” but Steve seemed to have realized this earlier than the article. We also watched the changing tides of Japan and the U.S. from there."
"Across on the mainland lies another of Heatley’s ventures—Ōmarino—described by Sotheby’s International Realty as ‘one of the world’s last perfect paradises’ and by Heatley as a labour of love. Ōmarino, with its seven north-facing bays, was once an 809-hectare farm. It was bought in 1961 by an American, John Bentzen, who saw an ad for it in *The Wall Street Journal* and did not realise there was no road access. But on flying in, he fell in love with the property and bought it. Decades later, Heatley, also with a home in the Bay of Islands, got to know him and in time they entered into some investments together. Around 2001 Bentzen, then aged in his nineties, decided to sell the farm. He wanted $20 million for it. While the price was astronomical Heatley, who bought it with a small group of friends including Trevor Farmer, says he loved the property and did not even negotiate. The new owners initially intended splitting it among themselves but over time, as most of the others gradually dropped out, Heatley bought their shares and now his family trust owns 80 per cent and another family owns the remainder."
"Azcárraga sometimes differed from some government positions, but those disagreements rarely came to light. In private he expressed support for the legalization of drugs, a policy that a wing of the government viewed favorably but which publicly has been unacceptable. In the mid-1990s, Azcárraga told the U.S. financial daily The Wall Street Journal: “There is no way to stop the drug traffickers except through the legalization of drugs. There is too much money at stake.” That is what he thought, but he never took the initiative to start a campaign in this regard. He respected the official position."