The euro fell on Monday, hitting a record low against the Swiss franc and dropping against the yen as investors grabbed perceived safe-haven currencies on concerns that the euro zone debt crisis could worsen in the near term. read full article at reuters.com
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A MILLION dollars in investable assets might not buy the retinue of flashy flunkies that it did in 1956, but it is still a reasonable definition of wealth. Millionaires increased in number almost eveywhere between 2009 and 2010, according to a report by Capgemini and Merril Lynch released on June 22nd. Among the more interesting nuggets in [...]
National Geographic mashed together income-level and population distribution to make this beautiful map.
May 31, 2011 by Timothy Bosworth · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Money, Shares, Wealth, Wealth Cycles
Filed under: Money, Shares, Wealth, Wealth Cycles
London equities continued to make broad-based gains on Tuesday, with banks and miners driving the FTSE 100 back towards the top of its well-worn trading range. The benchmark index returned from its long weekend break up 0.9 per cent to 5,989.0, a gain of 50 points. The fresh advance came after a 1 per cent [...]
Whichever type of mobile business you own, it has now become much easier to accept payments from your customers. When your business revolves around jobs at many different locations, the best form of payment has always been cash or check but now you can accept credit cards as well. With a mobile credit card processing [...]
We recommend you go and see the film Inside Job. If you don’t know, it’s about the sub-prime mortgage disaster. It’s a really interesting look at what happened within the financial services that eventually effected the entire world!
Riva’s Iseo is their new 27 footer that blends old world craftsmanship with the clean, immaculate lines of modern design. In a nod to its heritage, Riva enveloped the boat in mahogany wood then completed the look with stunning twenty coat varnish. As for power the boat will be available in three engine options with [...]
The number of millionaires is forecast to rise 72.5% to 65.5 million worldwide by 2020 from about 38 million this year. In the United States, home to nearly half the world’s millionaires, the increase is expected to be even sharper: a 96.2% jump to 20.6 million. The estimates of household wealth are based both on [...]
With the new film coming out shortly, we thought we’d give you a taster of what we think will be another icon film about money, greed and success. For those who don’t know what Wall street is all about. Essentially it’s about a young and impatient stockbroker who is willing to do anything to get to [...]
Back in April 2010 we showed you the Sunday Times UK Rich list. Well if you were impressed by the regional differences in wealth, your going to be amazed at the global differences in wealth. Below is a short list of some of the worlds billionaires. For those of you who can’t comprehend that amount [...]
This is a guest post by Dan Lewis is an industry veteran, having worked in the credit card processing industry for many years, most recently as an independent sales representative for North American Bancard When preparing a start-up budget, one part of the document will “inevitably” be the costs and expenses that you will incur in the course [...]
Cool short video post that asks the question: “How many false starts have you had?” Check out the clip:
What is more valuable, water or wine? The answer is based on your perception. To a starving child, clean water may save his or her life. To a wine connoisseur the wine may be a vintage and therefore be valuable. Once again it’s all down to perception. The same rules apply in business. Your customers perception of you will be [...]
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