YouTube to turn a profit with Googles help
Google have insisted that they will make YouTube into a profitable enterprise, although the CEO Eric Schmidt was careful enough to keep clear of saying exactly when and how this is likely to happen, although it was suggested that it would be losing hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone.
In fact, the current estimates [...]
Will there be one world currency
The value of currencies have had a serious knock on effect on commerce throughout the world and indeed have to take part of the blame for the current financial crisis that still effects a great deal of the world.
However, if there were a world currency would things have been different?
Surprisingly it is the Chinese who [...]
Treasure hunter uses Google Maps
Google maps are great for finding directions from one place to another. However, could this be the first time that this service from the search engine has been used to find lost treasure?
The case comes up because of a legal battle, which has started, between a 39 year old musician and filmmaker and the representatives [...]
Hillary Clinton to become Sec of State
Could Hillary Clinton become the most powerful woman in the world, it would seem so because the word is that she is about to accept the role of the Secretary of State in a move by president elect Barrack Obama to consolidate his government with former rivals for the presidency.
This job would her well because [...]
£5,000 billion to world banks
In recent times, we have seen the government hand out billions of pounds to the banking industry and we used to think that their Christmas bonuses were on the large side; this takes all of that to another level.
However, we seem to be talking in billion now as if they were pounds, so much money [...]
Wall St Bankers to get £40 Billion
Despite all of the talk of how the banking industry has been suffering, it seems that the government cash handouts designed to keep the banks afloat in the US, is not really been going in the places that some people think.
It has been estimated that around £40 billion is going to be used pay the [...]
How not to plan your business
Having a business plan is one of the more important yet boring propositions that a business needs to do, it can be used to provide an insight into how the business is set to grow and expand. However, for some businesses, producing the business plan can go wrong in many ways and here are some [...]
October 1, 2008The biggest robbery in history?
Most people who know of Michael Moore will also know that he is one of the more outspoken people around, sometimes he has a point and sometimes he may get it wrong. However, this time he is targeting the current financial crisis.
To him this is not a financial crisis, rather it is a plain and [...]
What a bank doesn’t say
Everyone knows that banks and actually most large businesses never tell their customers the entire truth; they like to tell a story, which is reassuring to their customers. If the truth was known then maybe people would not shop or bank anywhere and that would just not do.
Below are some points which the banking industry [...]
China set to lead manufacturing
Next year will be the year that China overtakes the USA as the biggest manufacturer of goods, this was always going to happen, but the experts had initially predicted that this would actually be taking place in four years time.
The main reason for this jump is being put down to the economy in the US [...]
Dollar still struggles against the Peso
As oil prices begin to slow down, in fact, there has been a slight decrease in the price of a barrel of crude, however the US Dollar is still struggling against most international currencies but what is truly painful for the American is that the Mexican Peso is continuing to get stronger against the Dollar.
At [...]
Solar power to take off in Japan
Japan is one of the countries which has to import a lot of their resources such as raw materials and in particular fossil fuels, which puts a massive strain on the country as they are forever scratching around for the best deals, but at the time are at the mercy of someone else.
This could account [...]
The plan to save Battersea power station
A £4 billion plan to save Battersea power station before it falls down has been unveiled, but I order to save the power stations which is one of the most easily recognisable sights on the London skyline the sight is going to have to change dramatically.
The project will include an underground link, three thousand homes, [...]
The world’s largest arms dealer is?
Well in 2007 the world largest exporter of weapons is the UK! Surprisingly according to the UK Trade and Investment (UKTi) exports of arms came to a massive £9.7 billion, more than the US, who most people think are largest arms supplier in the world.
However the sort arms that we are talking about here are [...]
The real price of oil
Nobody can escape the talk of oil these days, no matter where you are located, oil and the price of oil has an impact on virtually everyone’s lives in one way or another and yet there is talk that the price of a barrel of oil could be as much as sixty per cent of [...]
May 19, 2008How much should we be saving?
If we knew the answer to this one, then we would all be safe from worries of what is going on in the world, when a credit crunch happens as it is doing at the moment. But even if there was some magic solution that we could follow and in the event that we make [...]
May 13, 2008Clintons in debt to $20 million
When running for the most powerful job in world, allegedly! You would have thought that the candidates may have had some sort of grounding in how to run an effective campaign, these cost huge amounts of cash, which is where the fundraising comes in.
Yet, despite having been given millions of dollars from her backers, it [...]
Business backs Brown
It has been said recently that the tax changes would force many business and business people to think about living abroad. If this happened it would cause the government and country some serious problems, but it would seem that the Prime Minister Gordon Brown has the support of some the countries top business people.
A lot [...]
Lipstick clue to economic state
There are many indicators which can be used to determine the state of the economy, one of the most accurate signs is high street shopping. This is because of the spending involved, but even though the spending is down in the amount spent, the actual high streets are still full of people shopping.
This goes to [...]
Making ends meet
It has to be a sign of the times as people are having to dig deep and begin to sell off some of their assets, but this is not for profit or to pay for a holiday of a life time, no this is simply in order for some families in the States to survive [...]