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Wise Investments Upon Reaching Retirement Age

Wise Investments Upon Reaching Retirement Age

Whether we like or not, all of us would definitely reach the age of retirement. It isn’t something to be feared though if you have prepared for it properly. Savings and investments would really matter when it comes to choosing the retirement life that you want. It’s for you to choose and to and to [...]

Apple Still Dominates The App Store World

Apple Still Dominates The App Store World

Despite the increasing number of competitors, Apple Inc. remains to lead the app-store world. It has maintained to have the highest percentage of sales last year. According to the IHS, Apple was able to have the 82.7 percent of the app store market last year. Although is lower compared to its 2009 percentage, its rivals [...]

Chinese President Visits USA For Business Deals

Chinese President Visits USA For Business Deals

Just recently, China’s president Hu Jintao had a meeting with US President Obama for some business talks. The two countries might have contradicting principles in so many things but they need to accept the fact they need each other to survive in this world. After series of serious effects of the great recession, the American [...]

IMF Agrees To Cancel Haiti’s $268m Debt And Allows $60m Loan

IMF Agrees To Cancel Haiti’s $268m Debt And Allows $60m Loan

The International Monetary Fund agrees to cancel Haiti’s $268m debt. It has even allowed $60m loan to the impoverished Caribbean nation. The two decisions created a strategy to support the nation’s reconstruction plans. Six months ago, a devastating earthquake left some 230,000 people dead and more than a million homeless. Fortunately, the international community made [...]

8 Indian States Poorer Than Africa’s 26 Poorest Countries

8 Indian States Poorer Than Africa’s 26 Poorest Countries

8 Indian States Poorer Than Africa’s 26 Poorest – A new measure of global poverty has found that eight Indian states account for more poor people than in the 26 poorest African countries combined. The study found that the Indian states which include Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have 421 million poor people. This [...]

FIFA World Cup 2010: McDonalds and Coca-Cola Participate With Contour Glasses

FIFA World Cup 2010: McDonalds and Coca-Cola Participate With Contour Glasses

FIFA fever has already started to scatter in the whole wide world. Different souvenir items has already been made from key chains, shirts, caps and a lot more. It feels so good to have these items most especially if you were able to purchase it in place itself. McDonalds, a world famous fast fast food [...]

McDonald’s Corporation Refunds $3 To Customers

McDonald’s Corporation Refunds $3 To Customers

One of the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, McDonald’s Corporation is providing $3 refunds to every consumer who purchased “Shrek Forever After” drinking glasses. The glasses were recalled last week because it contained cadmium which is very toxic. These promotional glasses were being sold for $1.99 with a food purchase and $2.49 [...]

Maytag Dishwasher Recall: Over 1.7 million recalled

Maytag Dishwasher Recall: Over 1.7 million recalled

Because of fire hazard, over 1.7 million Maytag Dishwashers was recalled. The recall was announced Thursday and they said that the company has received 12 reports of electrical failures in the dishwasher heating element that led to fires and damage. One kitchen fire caused extensive damage, the agency said. Fortunately, no injuries have been reported. [...]

Bank of Japan Increases Stimulus Measures

Bank of Japan Increases Stimulus Measures

Bank of Japan (BoJ), Japan’s central bank increases its stimulus measures to further encourage finacial institutions to lend more. The stimulus expanded to 20 trillion yen (£145bn; $220bn) an amount being offered as short-term loans for banks. However, BoJ still recognizes the pressures brought upon by deflation. BoJ encourages the uncollateralized overnight call rate to [...]

UK lottery winner scoops £84m

UK lottery winner scoops £84m

A Briton has scooped £85million in the EuroMillions draw – the biggest jackpot in UK history. The incredible prize had not been claimed last night and there was no indication whether the winner had even checked his or her ticket. The unnamed winner, who has yet to come forward, trumps the previous UK record holder [...]

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