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World BusinessTop 5 Most Devastating City Fires In History
Many species of the native Australian eucalyptus tree have developed a type of fire resistance. The tree can be largely burnt to the ground, and yet it can regenerate itself, slowly grow back from the tree itself, rather than from a seed. Great cities regenerate themselves in a similar manner after great fires. No matter Read more
World Business7 Commonly Overlooked Jobs That Pay Well
Doctor, lawyer, psychologist; most young people have a fairly good idea before they embark on their college careers of which jobs post-college pay the best. But what many people – college aged or not – don’t often realize is that there is a whole world of marginalized careers that pay very well. It’s just that Read more
World Business5 Tips For New Self-Taught Internet Entrepreneurs
Someone once quoted the late American President John F. Kennedy as remarking, “Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.” The same is true for teaching yourself the necessary skills to become an internet entrepreneur. Once you decide that you are “just good enough to get by Read more
World Business10 Ways for Businesses to Use Social Media Incorrectly
Social media marketing is one of the most effective ways for small businesses to expand a local reach to one that’s global. Even though social media marketing was slowly introduced in the early 90s with text messaging, the continuous stream of venues being introduced has made many businesses jump on the bandwagon in a frenzy. Read more
World BusinessThe 5 Most Impressive Structures Built by Bugs
Insects are ingenious construction workers with an array on impressive architectural wonders to their credit. The five most interesting insect structures include the termite mound, beehive, anthill, orb spider web, and caterpillar cocoon. A field of volcano-shaped termite mounds 1 Termite mounds Perhaps the most well known insect structures are termite mounds. The distinctive insect Read more
World Business10 of the Dirtiest Jobs in the World
Almost everyone grumbles to themselves about how they hate their jobs when they’re rolling out of bed after sleeping for what always seems like two hours too short. This is true whether a person is a server at a diner or the regional manager of a national restaurant chain. Most people don’t consider, however, that Read more
World Business7 Tips to Start and Grow Your Business on a Shoestring
Starting and growing a business can be difficult regardless of the country’s economic status. This difficulty, however, doesn’t prevent the over half a million businesses that open their doors every year. Unfortunately, many people just don’t have the capital to start their own business. There are people who save up money to start their own Read more
lifestyleThe 6 Most Troubled Countries of the Recession
A recession, generally speaking, comes about when economic activity begins to slow down. Things like employment, a person’s income, and business gains all plummet, causing the unemployment rate to skyrocket as well as making bankruptcies more and more common. However, some countries are affected worse than others. We will discuss this in more detail below. Read more
World Business10 Tips for Doing Business on Facebook
Facebook radically changed the online social experience, and now it’s reshaping the online business landscape. No longer just a place to check in with friends and play games, Facebook is quickly becoming a powerful marketing tool capable of reaching millions of people. The best part: it’s free. Everyone from small businesses to major corporations are Read more
World Business5 Tips to Take Your Business Online
Being online is essential for business growth and recognition especially in today’s marketplace with more and more consumers reaching to the web to find goods and services. For best results, the creation of this presence should be done right from the start up of the business, however it is never too late to establish a Read more
World BusinessTop 10 Biggest Financial Robberies In History
More than just robbing the local bank, these ten biggest financial robberies resulted in the loss of millions of dollars in the form of cash, paintings, gold bullion and more. Most required some level of creativity and while some got away with the act, others were not as lucky. 1. 2003 – Central Bank of Read more
World Business5 Parts of the World Worst Affected by Coastal Erosion
Coastal Erosion might not be the issue that most people think about on a daily basis. There are so many other things in the world that scare people such as the greenhouse effect, global warming, melting of the polar ice caps, tsunamis and the like. But Coastal Erosion is a massive, and arguably more immediate, Read more
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World Business[Infographic] All The World’s Gold
With gold prices skyrocketing by 400% over the past 10 years, do you ever find yourself wondering how much gold the world has produced so far? The best estimate as of 2011 would put the current amount of gold at a staggering 165,000 metric tons! More than half of the world’s entire gold reserve has Read more
World Business7 Dates to Remember in 2012
A new year is coming and hopefully it will bring us lots of happy experiences that we will remember over the years. We can’t predict the future but we already know of some events that will be on the news next year, take a look at some of them: 1 January 31 433 Eros, the Read more
World BusinessTop 10 Environmental Disasters of all Times
It’s not enough to do just the basic recycling efforts or planting a tree or stopping use of plastic bags. What we all should do now and then is cast a look at the horrendous damage man has created to his perfect environment. Understanding the extent of this damage helps us understand how much more Read more
World Business5 Tips for Small Business Optimization
At the present, there are a total of 29.6 million businesses in the US. And among consumers, 63% make use of the Internet in order to find information about local companies with 82% using search engines to complete their search. What those figures basically mean is that local businesses are at a great advantage. With Read more
World BusinessListen to me: Top 4 Ways to Practice Listening as a Skill
According to research, people listen to only about 25% of what they hear. Probably less if someone is listening to his or her spouse or children! Individuals have conditioned themselves not to listen; yet, listening is perhaps the most important single skill business men and women need when serving customers. Are good listeners born or Read more
World BusinessWorkplace Stress – 10 Workplace Situations You Should Avoid
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