Brush up your Gold Facts
Did you know that all of the gold ever mined on earth fits into 3.5 olympic swimming pools? Brush up on your gold facts by checking out this insightful Gold Fact InfoGraphic provided by Number Sleuth....
View ArticleMonkey at Par With YOUR Stock Picking Ability
Want to build or preserve wealth? One way or the other stocks will pop up. Many of us, whether personally or professionally, also believe we are gifted with superior stock picking skills, however, that...
View ArticleStevia Partnership
Some roads are long and curvy, yet, it’s the result that matters! We are happy to announce that a strong partnership is in the making. Together with an international expat farmer in Uganda and, a UK...
View ArticleWhat if the Tables Were Turned?
So, I have been meaning to post this one for a while. Many of us will have noticed it all around us; veganism is shit HOT! Now, I’m not here to convince you one way or the other, yet, this PETA video...
View ArticlePPP: Not as Advertised
So, a few years back ‘we’ thought we had found the holy grail of development aid: Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). This structure was being sold as a win-win-win for everybody. The corporates,...
View ArticleHow This Tiny Country Feeds the World
The Netherlands, or Holland as many people know it by (difference explained here), is a relatively small country that ranks 135th in the worlds landmass rankings. Apart from their already tiny...
View ArticleWhy Some Countries are Poor and Others Rich?
Why some countries are poor and others rich is a question that few have a clear answer to. While the ‘answer’ certainly isn’t straightforward, it is generally accepted that there are three main factors...
View ArticleModern Wealth: Not Defined by Money
When Charles Schwab asked Americans to define wealth for its 2018 Modern Wealth Index, two of the top three most popular answers they received had nothing to do with money! What mattered most? Well,...
View ArticleSee How Far This Guy Has Come!
Life has many mysteries and one of them has to do with why certain people/companies achieve astronomical success while others don’t. Sure, the subject has been extensively studied and, of course,...
View ArticleThis Cap Saves Lives!
Sometimes a relatively ‘simple’ innovation can turn out to be an extraordinary find, especially when you consider that in the US alone, according to the The National Highway Traffic Safety...
View ArticleThe Inspiring Story of ‘Ubuntu’
So, the story goes that an anthropologist went to the Bantu tribe in Africa were he learned an interesting lesson. Below the story of his experiment and the unexpected outcome! An anthropologist...
View ArticleSwiss Share Selfies and Salary Information in Attempt to end Pay Discrimination
Swiss trade union Unia has spearheaded the creation of a new website inviting anyone in the country to post their salaries, accompanied by a selfie. The website zeigdeinenlohn.ch (meaning show your...
View ArticleJudge Absolutely DESTROYED Monsanto’s Subpoena on Avaaz!
So, Monsanto got a little upset with Avaaz, because in another successful campaign by Avaaz, they managed to convince the European Union to refuse to grant Monsanto a renewal license for its main...
View ArticleThe Business of Poverty and Food Companies
Food companies in industrial countries are registering almost no economic growth. That’s why large multinationals, like Nestle and Unilever, are now looking to make it big in new markets. Their latest...
View ArticleLegendary Deal-Maker Urges: Ditch Underperforming CEO’s Quick!
Henry Kravis is a Wall Street LEGEND! The firm he founded with his cousin George Roberts in 1976, KKR, now manages over $130 billion in assets. Kravis is worth an estimated $5 billion, yet, so it...
View ArticleSunday Quote
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. Ernest Hemingway
View ArticleHuman Population Through Time
Did you know it took ‘us’ 200,000 years to reach a population of 1 billion and that only 200 years later we reached 7 billion! Growth has began to slow, as women, on average, are having fewer babies.
View ArticleSunday Quote
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw
View ArticleIncorporating in The UK
Looking to incorporate a limited company in the UK? Look no further and check out 1st Formations. For as little at £11.99 (incl. Companies House registration fee and VAT) they will incorporate your UK...
View ArticleBunq Wants in on the Banking Revolution!
Revolut, N26 and many more new FinTech startups are wowing customers with their ’21st century’ banking solutions. Bunq wants a piece of that and provides some interesting new angles. Bunq is a Dutch...
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