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How a Passion Based Business Can Grow Your Income
The activities and pastimes you get up in the morning to be able to do are a source of happiness and gratification in your life. They can also be swapped into a personal annuity to grow your income. The passions we’re talking about here include your... (Continue reading)
Undervalued Currencies: China’s not alone
LiveSecureTeam – Currencies are a confusing lot. “Any review of currencies is full of contradictions and paradoxes,” said Mark Konyn, CEO of RCM Asia Pacific. Nonetheless, we’re going to give it a go. Konyn gives me a good guide as... (Continue reading)
1,200 NASA workers to be laid off
LiveSecureTeam – More than 1,200 NASA workers will be laid off Friday, despite Congress passing a $19 billion budget for the space agency two days earlier. Lori Garver, NASA’s deputy administrator, said Thursday she didn’t believe the bill would affect... (Continue reading)
U.S. targets China’s yuan
LiveSecureTeam – Lawmakers say China’s currency is unfairly cheap and passed a measure Wednesday that opens the door to tariffs that aim to help U.S. companies compete. The legislation, which authorizes the Commerce Department to impose duties on imports from... (Continue reading)
North Korea — outsourcing hub?
LiveSecureTeam – As North Korea’s ruling elite gather for a rare conference of the country’s ruling Korean Worker’s Party, the world is watching for clues on the future of this secretive country. But a few western entrepreneurs with businesses in... (Continue reading)
Blackberry launches Playbook rival to iPad
LiveSecureTeam – Research In Motion, the Canadian maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, introduced its first tablet computer on Monday at a developers’ conference in San Francisco. But in a return to its roots, the company said that the new device,... (Continue reading)
Dow set for best September since 1939
LiveSecureTeam – The summer has come to an end, and so has the market slump that came with it. With little on tap to challenge the recent rally, stocks are on track to close September with the biggest monthly gains... (Continue reading)
Obama presses Wen over currency at U.N. side meeting
LiveSecureTeam – President Barack Obama urged Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to speed up the revaluation of his nation’s currency, telling him in a two-hour meeting Thursday that the slow pace of reforms was affecting both the global and U.S. economies,... (Continue reading)
Recession officially ended in June 2009
LiveSecureTeam – The Great Recession ended in June 2009, according to the body charged with dating when economic downturns begin and end. But the news is little comfort to the millions of Americans still out of work, underwater on their... (Continue reading)
Despite tensions, U.S. governors flock to China
LiveSecureTeam — In the midst of tense U.S. Congressional hearings on China’s currency last week, four U.S. state governors — including California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty — were in China hoping to cement business relations. More... (Continue reading)