10/5/07: ""When 67-year-old British banking scion Sir Evelyn Rothschild first set eyes on 44-year-old Lynn Forester at the 1998 Bilderberg conference—the matchmaker was none other than Henry Kissinger—she was already a woman of major means."...
Now they're buying their own climate forecasting company with petty cash not spent on political campaigns.
1/31/11, "Even the Rothschilds are weather obsessed," WSJ Deal blogs
"Evelyn de Rothschild and Lynn Forester de Rothschild said they are buying a majority stake in weather-data service Weather Central L.P., marking a significant expansion of the Rothschilds’ investments into media and information.
The couple’s private-investment company, E.L. Rothschild LLC, is slated to acquire 70% of Weather Central, which provides weather forecasting services and graphics to local television stations and TV programs such as ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
- Ms. Forester de Rothschild, a former telecommunications executive and a prominent
Democratic fund raiser, is CEO of E.L. Rothschild. Evelyn, her husband, is chairman of the investment company and was chairman of the NM Rothschild & Sons investment bank until 2007, when he cashed out his investment. His cousin, Baron David de Rothschild, now runs the investment bank.
E.L. Rothschild also holds the couple’s investments in the U.K.’s Economist Group and agricultural company FieldFresh Foods, majority owned by India’s Bharti Enterprises....
The remaining 30% of Weather Central will be owned by the company’s management, including CEO and founder Terry Kelly, who will continue to oversee the company....
Ms. Forester de Rothschild said with the fresh investment, she believes Weather Central will further expand its services into international TV channels. Ms. Forester de Rothschild also said she expects to sell weather data to insurers, commodities traders and other investors whose holdings or assets can be impaired by storms or other severe weather. And she said she hopes Weather Central can take advantage of people seeking out personalized weather information in more places, from smart phones to Internet-connected television sets."...
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The company serves Communist China as well:
"Weather Central sells data and interactive weather graphics to broadcasters in countries from North America, where it is the largest in the market, to China, where the government "treats weather data almost like military state secrets," said Terry Kelly, its founder and chief executive."...
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Hubby down with catastrophic man caused climate change (translation: America must pay):
"Sir Evelyn said that "as weather becomes more extreme around the planet, with greater human and financial ramifications, we believe that Weather Central will play a major role in mitigating damage and improving lives"."...
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Continuing on the theme of "we are do-gooders," as Bilderberg/global warming types think of themselves, the wife says:
""We like to do good by doing well, and we think we're investing in companies that are making a positive impact on the world," she said."...
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Reference: 2/1/11, "EL Rothschild buys stake in Weather Central," Yahoo Finance, FT.com
Reference, 10/5/2007, "An interview with Lady De Rothschild," Portfolio.com
Reference: 11/24/10, "Maldives May Consider Tourist Tax on `Rich' Visitors to Reduce Emissions," Bloomberg (mentions Rothschild family carbon-auditing)
via Tom Nelson
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