A Brief History of the Recession provides a short explanation for the 2008 financial crisis. Written and directed by Don Sherwood.
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Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
The Evolution Of Online Banking
Online banking is becoming much more common. Whether for the convenience or the control, online banking is an aspect of banking that nobody can resist. It comes with a number of advantages, attracting more and more people to join the bandwagon. In particular, it allows businesses and individuals to save a lot of time.
Since the early 1980s, innovations in online banking have made it easier for people to manage their money. You can pay your bills online and access a record of your checking account transactions online. You can see how it all started in this visually-rich infographic.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
The Earth Index
Eardex is a free web portal providing an overview on the cost of living in all towns and cities, regions and countries of the world. For this purpose, the database collects and shows the local prices of more than 40 specific products. Eardex is the perfect source of information for backpackers, tourists, business travelers, expats and globetrotters of all kinds.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Batman's Crib: The Real World Value Of Wayne Manor
For more than 70 years Batman has lived at Wayne Manor, 1007 Mountain Drive, Gotham City. Wayne Manor has never been for sale, but one has to wonder... what would the Wayne Manor cost, and what would you get for your money?
(thanks Nick)
The Rising Cost Of The Olympics
With the 2012 Summer Olympics starting next week, take a look at how some of the countries that have hosted the big games in the past have stuck to their budget, or not - as you'll soon see. Also take a look at what the 2012 Olympics is expected to cost and how it will be the most expensive games to date.
(thanks David)
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Entire Home Made From 1 Billion Decommissioned Euro Notes
Ever wonder what happens to misprinted currency? In the case of decommissioned Euro notes, the money gets shredded and formed into a papery brick. The blocks hold no monetary value and are likely viewed as useless hunks of paper by the masses, but not to Irish artist, Frank Buckley.
Buckley collected the pulped bricks totalling over 1 billion euro's worth of paper shredded to build his art installation.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Monopoly Properties Based On Today's Market Values
We were both renters and landlords, we fought over who could be the 'car' and we hid stashes of $100s under the board. Monopoly took hold on generations as one of the most famous board games in the world.
Wouldn't it be fun to put on a top hat or thimble and take a spin around the board to revisit the properties that made up Monopoly. And try and make comparisons between the properties that Monopoly was originally based on and those same properties as they exist today. Some interesting tidbits and some surprises, too.
(thanks Nick)
Wouldn't it be fun to put on a top hat or thimble and take a spin around the board to revisit the properties that made up Monopoly. And try and make comparisons between the properties that Monopoly was originally based on and those same properties as they exist today. Some interesting tidbits and some surprises, too.
(thanks Nick)
Saturday, June 23, 2012
10 Of The World's Most Expensive Beers
Beer is the world's most widely consumed alcoholic beverage; it is the third-most popular drink overall, after water and tea. And it's usually pretty cheap. But not always. If you like sampling new beers or hate having money, you might want to try one of the world's most expensive beers.
Friday, June 15, 2012
10 Awesome Credit Card Designs
The average American carries between 3 and 4 credit cards in their wallet. While most of these cards are the standard lender-issued cards with a generic design and the credit card company logo in the corner, more people are realising that something so prevalent in their everyday lives can be used to reflect their personality, just like this selection of ten stylish cards.
(thanks David)
Friday, May 18, 2012
A Completely New Way You Buy From Stores
Postmates is already one of the most talked about startups in Silicon Valley, but now it has a brand new app that's going to change the way you purchase goods from stores. It's releasing the Get It Now application, which will let you use Postmates to order just about anything - from food to a MacBook Pro - and have it delivered to you in under an hour.
You give Postmates a credit card number, and it authorizes your account for the cost of whatever you're purchasing and gives a courier the ability to use that cash to buy the good. For now, Get It Now and Postmates are only available in San Francisco.
(via Business Insider)
Thursday, May 17, 2012
How Much Are You Worth To Facebook?
Tomorrow, Facebook is expected to go public at a valuation around $100 billion. That's what Facebook is worth to the market. But how much are you worth to Facebook? Take this quiz called the 'Val-You Calculator,' which, based on your answers to seven questions, determines the dollar value you represent as a user. I'm not using Facebook but I'm still worth $2.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Tipping Etiquette Around The World
A tip is a sum of money tendered to certain service sector workers for a service performed or anticipated. Such payments and their size are a matter of social custom. Tipping varies among cultures and by service industry. Here in the Netherlands tipping is not mandatory or customary. Service is included in the given prices and rates, but leaving a tip is considered a kind gesture.
Tipping Etiquette Around the World.
Friday, April 13, 2012
11 Things You Might Not Know About Income Tax
Every American's least favorite day of the year is just around the corner. In commiseration, here are some things you might not know about the income tax.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Smallest US Town Sold For $900,000
Buford, Wyoming, the smallest town in the USA has sold at an auction for $900,000. The winning bidder, Pham Dinh Nguyen, flew to Wyoming just for the auction from Vietnam, where he is General Director of International Distribution Services Co.
The town includes a school house, a petrol station, a three-bedroom home with a cabin and a general store. Don Sammons, Buford's ex-owner and only resident, auctioned it at a starting price of $100,000. He is quitting his unofficial role as 'mayor' to move on.
20 Ways To Spring Clean Without Spending A Cent
Spring cleaning isn't exactly fun, but it's a necessary evil that can be made a lot more pleasant with the use of natural, non-toxic products that won't leave you with a headache or require a costly trip to the store.
If you've got baking soda, vinegar, lemons, an old towel and a handful of other common household items, you can give your house a fresh start without spending any money at all.
Friday, March 23, 2012
The 6 Most Extravagant Royal Gestures Of All Time
Being a member of royalty entitles you to a life of luxury and leisure; one where extravagance is as every day as eating. Raised in regal surroundings, royalty are used to an environment of ostentation and grandeur. It is easy to understand why when a royal makes a gesture, it is equally grand as their upbringing. But some royal acts are so extravagant as to defy expectation.
(thanks Danny)
Friday, March 16, 2012
Raise A Glass To Alcohol Taxes On St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day is upon us. But there's more than just green beer, green attire and tacky green accessories to think about on St. Patrick's Day; there's plenty of green cash-money involved when you raise a glass to celebrate March 17th. In honor of St. Patrick's Day, this infographic breaks down alcohol taxes in the U.S. and around the globe.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
The World's 6 Richest Pets
People love pets. From the ordinary to the exotic, humans love to look after other species, whether they are as common as a cat or as endangered as an eagle. We often devote more time and affection to our furred and feathered friends than we do to our own kin.
This is especially true when it comes to this list. Here, you will find a profusion of pampered pets. Featuring cats and even a chicken, this list of the world's richest pets shows that although we love many of the planet's inhabitants, dogs really are man's best friend.
Friday, March 9, 2012
6 Most Expensive Cribs In The World
A lot of people are interested in what very, very expensive houses look like, and that is all well and good. What's weird is the mind boggling extent to which people will go to bling their homes; this list features both a T-Rex and a Velociraptor as elements of interior design.
Here are the six most expensive cribs in the world.
(thanks Danny)
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
$2,500 A Month On Rubber Bands
A story about Pablo Escobar, the head of the Medellin drug cartel in Colombia. Escobar had so much money that he was spending $2,500 a month on rubber bands, necessary to bind the money together. To those of us who are not kingpins of the cocaine trade, spending $30,000 annually on rubber bands seems like a huge expense. But for Escobar, it was a rounding error.
Escobar stored his money in a warehouse. But the warehouse had a rat problem, and Escobar lost about 10% of his wealth to these rats. They'd enter the warehouse at night and feast on the portraits of Benjamin Franklin captured within each rubber band.
(thanks Stanley)
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