NEWS
Ugandan Government Asked to Support Entrepreneurs
08.07.2014
Economists have asked Ugandan government to support local startup/young entrepreneurs saying it is important because entrepreneurs stimulate equitable redistribution of wealth and income.
Speaking in Kampala during the launch of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development report on economic development in 2014 recently, the principal research fellow at Economic Policy Research Centre Dr. Ibrahim Kasiryesaid while entrepreneurs promote capital ...
Bitcoin: A Means for Community Independence
08.07.2014
Revolution is underway - with some research and a little technical aptitude, distributed forms of money such as bitcoin can be used as the digital equivalent of cash, offering the potential for anyone to bank themselves without relying on traditional financial institutions. According to the article on the Bloomberg site, innovative wallet technologies mean anyone can store vast amounts of ...
In China, 1,600 People Die Every Day from Working Too Hard
07.07.2014
Chinese banking regulator Li Jianhua literally worked himself to death. After 26 years of “always putting the cause of the party and the people” first, his employer said in June, the 48-year-old official died of a heart attack rushing to finish a report before the sun came up. China is facing an epidemic of overwork, to hear the state-controlled press ...
American Revolutionary Independence
07.07.2014
The event we celebrate on the Fourth of July is not America’s victory over Great Britain. The British weren't defeated until September 3, 1783.
July 4, 1776 is the day the Continental Congress ratified the Declaration of Independence. That’s the day we formally declared ourselves independent and laid out the egalitarian principles on which our country was founded. This date marks ...
Canadians Have Billions in Unclaimed Assets
07.07.2014
Millions of Canadians unknowingly have billions of dollars worth of their money and assets being held by companies and government agencies, available for recovery.
The Bank of Canada alone is holding nearly $1 billion from bank accounts and Canada Savings Bonds, but experts estimate unclaimed assets across the country could top $4 billion to $7 billion.
Canada is way behind other developed ...
