One of my fun, quick reads each month is Business 2.0. It is a magazine for investors and entrepreneurs alike. It costs me practically nothing to subscribe (under $10) and covers new ideas, products, industries, and inventors, presenting off-line and online start-ups. I worry about losing this wonderful magazine. It seems that it has been shrinking over the past couple of years.

During the heyday of the Internet bubble period I could not wait to plow into my Red Herring magazine -- it collapsed with 'Web 1.0'. It went bankrupt and was bought out, or perhaps absorbed by Business 2.0 and now I find this is struggling too. Perhaps there are simply too many business publications or just too few entrepreneurs. I subscribe to at least ten and read plenty more online. But that's me and I have managed to mix business with pleasure. All of them contribute to my investment knowledge and my writing.

The latest issue August 2007 touches upon global initiatives; Electric Cars from Norway sold over the Internet to order with interchangeable batteries the company will own; the worlds largest uranium mine, owned and operated by Cameco Co. (NYSE: CCJ) of Canada; MBA's heading to Africa to learn and to help, and a "carbon free city" planned for Abu Dahbi are some of the topics. They also discuss new internet companies and copy-cat companies around the globe.

Hopefully there are others out there interested in learning about intriguing new ideas beyond their own immediate realm that are close enough to be real...real soon.

Those of you who are new to BloggingStocks can check out my other stories and read Chasing Value or Serious Money to find more potential opportunities and verify my track record as well.

Sheldon Liber is the CEO of a small private investment company and the principal for design and research at an architecture & planning firm.