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  • Where do you Get the Most Vacation Days?
    October 25, 2009 | 1:30 pm

    From my own experience, I recognized that the number of vacation days can vary quite a bit depending on which country you work in. Mercer Consulting has researched the number of days off work among different countries, with Canada and the U.S. having a relatively low number of days off annually compared to other countries [...]

  • Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
    October 9, 2009 | 5:19 am

    Looks like barely one year after taking office Obama has been awarded the peace nobel prize, because of “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples” according to the Nobel Committee. There were 205 nominations, with Zimbabwe’s prime Minister and a Chinese dissident being among the favourites. When the Nobel Committee was [...]

  • Donkey’s Fur Dyed with Stripes to Look Like Zebra
    October 8, 2009 | 1:58 pm

    You think counterfeiting only happens with watches and other brand consumer goods? Well, then check out this: In a Zoo in Gaza two donkeys’ fur was dyed with black and white stripes to look like Zebras. Don’t believe everything you see I would say!

  • The 10 Richest People
    October 2, 2009 | 4:54 am

    Bill Gates tops the Forbes list of the richest Americans with a estimated Wealth of 50bn USD. He is also the wealthiest worldwide. The US investor Warren Buffet remains the traditional number 2, despite suffering losses in the financial crisis. His wealth dropped from 50-40bn USD. Because of the Crisis the total wealth of the [...]

  • World’s Top Countries for the Wealthy
    September 27, 2009 | 4:48 am

    Do you want to know where the rich chose to live? The Scorpio Partnership, leading business strategy advisor to the wealth management industry, has come up with a list of cities according to their “Mobile Wealthy Residency Index”. The  Index is the result of qualitative research by Scorpio Partnership with senior advisors to the world’s mobile wealthy [...]

  • Unactivated Credit Cards Misconceptions
    September 25, 2009 | 3:18 am

    You thought you don’t have to worry about new unactivated credit cards you just ordered? Think again. Just read an article giving the answer to that. While many credit cards cannot be used unless they are activated via activation phone call for example, many banks send credit cards that can be used for purchases even [...]

  • The Best Banks
    September 24, 2009 | 6:37 am

    You interested to know which are the best banks? Global Finance Magazine has compiled an interesting list, according to which the following are the worlds best banks in each segment. 1. Best Privat Bank: Credit Suisse – Zurich, Switzerland 2. Corporate Bank: JP Morgan Chase – New York, USA 3. Best Trade Finance Bank: BNP Paribas – Paris [...]

  • Are Accountants to Blame for Financial Crisis?
    September 23, 2009 | 6:06 am

    Some have blamed the accountants for the financial crisis. They claim that having been forced to measure the toxic assets at fair value and recognize large losses after adjusting the prices to fair value made it harder for companies to do business and raise capital. Are the accountants now to blame for the excessive risk taking [...]

  • David Walker Talks About the True Cost of the Health Care Reform
    September 13, 2009 | 3:16 pm

    The debate on health care is heating up. Views on Obama’s proposed health care overhaul vary. Some are excited and hopeful of the outlook of security and stability through coverage for the millions of uninsured Americans while others worry about increased influence of the government and increased costs that ultimately will be born by them. In [...]

  • Best Paid Bachelor’s Degrees
    September 3, 2009 | 2:17 pm

    I just checked out a slideshow on cnbc.com about the highest paid bachelors degrees in 2009, and I must say I am a little surprised about the pole position:  15. Civil Engineering $52,048 14. Information Sciences & Systems $52,089 13. Construction Science/Management: $53,199 12. Aerospace/Aeronautical/ Astronautical Engineering: $56,311 11. Engineering Technology: $56,447 10. Systems Engineering: $57,438 9. Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering: $58,358 8. Mechanical Engineering: [...]

  • FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments
    September 3, 2009 | 9:30 am

    FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2 On April 9, 2009, FASB issued additional guidance on recognition and measurement of impairment losses which allowed a more uniform assessment of impairment compared to the previous guidance and improving disclosure and presentation of other-than-temporary-impairments (OTTI). The market conditions in the financial crisis led to situtiations for some securities where [...]

  • Demi-Ashton Ratio as a Global Indicator?
    August 27, 2009 | 12:06 pm

    Just saw this guy Ajay Kapur, global strategists from Mirae Asset Securities on CNBC talking about this ratio of middle aged (40s) divided by young people in their 20s, named after the celebrities Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, whose ages are about 15 years apart. People in their 40’s have a lot of cash relatively speaking, and they [...]

  • Have The Rich Stopped Getting Richer?
    August 23, 2009 | 1:31 pm

    Another example of how quickly wealth can disappear. John McAfee, yes the entrepreneur who founded the McAfee Antivirus software company is now worth only 4Mio, after reaching a peak of 100Mio. Read the original story here. While the financial crisis has hit many rich people and reduced their wealth, and there has probably been some [...]

  • Iron Rice
    August 17, 2009 | 12:24 pm

    Recently, scientist at ETH in Zurich have engineered rice with a six-fold increased iron content (source). This was achieved by transferring two plant genes into the original rice variety. The genes include the information to produce the enzyme nicotianamin synthase, which mobilizes iron, and the protein ferritin, which stores iron. Considering that according to the WHO about [...]

  • Madoff to Die in Prison
    July 19, 2009 | 2:18 pm

    It is both impressing and repulsive at the same time to see how widespread this ponzi scheme reaches, a ponzi scheme constructed by a seemingly tactful and considerate character. A man, who started out as a bookkeeper before he became the non-executive chairman of Nasdaq. Now 71 year old Bernard Madoff took the money from [...]

  • TOS
    July 19, 2009 | 1:34 pm

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    July 19, 2009 | 1:08 pm

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  • How to Get Rich – and Happy?
    July 2, 2009 | 2:14 pm

    Before I go and outline ways how people get rich, let me highlight a few viewpoints about being rich. Pretty much everybody dreams about being rich, despite the saying that money doesn’t buy happiness. I am convinced that, unless you were struggling to survive every day because of lack of money, there is at least [...]

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    June 7, 2009 | 3:00 pm

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