Some successful international businessmen come from humble beginnings. In the United States, the "American dream" has been partly based on stories about making it from rags to riches. In other countries, there are similar success stories involving prominent billionaires. Such entrepreneurs often use …
10 Reasons Why Apple Pay is a Game-Changer
I have been waiting for this day for a long time (just ask my wife): The day when one mobile wallet becomes THE mobile wallet. The day when consumers ditch plastic cards and choose to pay via mobile phone. The day when merchants have a reason to invest in new point-of-sale technology. The day …
If You Need A Great Book, Read ‘The Everything Store – Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon’
"I'm sorry, did I take my stupid pills today?" "If that's our plan, I don't like our plan." "Do I need to go down and get the certificate that says I'm CEO to get you to stop...?" "Are you lazy or just incompetent?" "If I hear that idea again, I'm gonna have to kill myself." "Why are …
Teaching Kids the Benefits of Economizing
Author Bio: The writer has been linked to the financial industry and as a parent understands the value of educating children on better spending habits. She writes and lectures on financial issues on a broad range of topics and takes a keen interest in educating children to be financially …
Payday Loan Cap FAQs – Everything You Need to Know
Author Bio: Carrie Wilson is a financial journalist and freelance writer who produces financial and consumer affairs articles for some of the UK’s most authoritative websites. The Financial Conduct Authority, the regulator responsible for keeping the payday loans industry in check, has unveiled …
How Multinational Corporations Get Rich via Income Shifting & Offshoring
Imagine by some turn of good fortune you earned $5.19 billion over the course of four years. What would you expect to pay in taxes? At least 40 percent or so, right? While that is the case for individuals, cunning corporations with earnings of that caliber continue to pay alarmingly paltry tax …
Hunting for Treasure at Home
While you might think of your home simply as somewhere you and your family live and go about your daily lives, you might not have seriously considered that as well as being that already mentioned, it’s also somewhere where you keep all of your most treasured belongings. Ultimately, this means that …
