Dubai has become a world leader in business, trading, tourism and development structures. These global distinctions have given success to Dubai and made it vibrant and business friendly city with a successful record of its construction development projects. The vice president and the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Makhtoum is making every [...]

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Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his investment company said Monday they are investing a combined $300 million into Twitter, giving the microblogging site a cash boost as it looks to entice more users and paying advertisers. The joint investment with Alwaleed’s Kingdom Holding Co. follows months of negotiations and represents a “strategic stake” [...]

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Basically, after years of making economic decisions that we were warned were short-termist, the long term has finally arrived. The failure of the so-called super committee to agree on other spending cuts has finally brought the axe down on U.S. defense spending, and it’s really going to hurt this time. Oddly enough, I’m not talking [...]

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From the European Central Bank headquarters to the halls of the Senate floor in the United States, debt, deficits, and austerity measures are all on the minds of leaders all over the world due to the ongoing world-wide recession. Many facets of the economic crisis have been examined, however, the role of credit rating agencies [...]

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During the first six months of the year, foreign direct investment dropped due to the viability of emerging markets, according to Politico. According to the report, through June FDI totaled $76.2 billion. That is about $10 billion behind the pace set last year. Instead of investing in the U.S., the money is being spent in places [...]

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Mutual funds continue to perform poorly. Overall, their track record is poor even compared to the Dow Jones index. About eight out of 10 have a lower return than its corresponding index. Although a very small percentage of them are rewarding, I’ve still haven’t met a well off person who made their money from mutual [...]

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On February 25, 2010, I wrote about Manosa Properties’ project – Lantana Lane Townhome Community in New Manila, Quezon City. It’s a low density boutique townhouse project consisting of just 14 units on a 3,171 square meter of flood-free real estate. In that post, I emphasized that the company is a real estate development manager, [...]

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The real estate boom in India has grown bigger and bigger. Not only the metro cities, but even non metro cities seem to have caught the real estate bug. The latest in line is the city of Imambara, Lucknow. This capital city of Uttar Pradesh has been witnessing a massive surge in the real estate [...]

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Over the course of the past few years, we’ve seen a dramatic rise in the usage of “non-traditional” marketing and customer service tools, primarily via social media. Be it a rapid response team ready to meet customer’s issues head on, or a marketing department that’s gone from a heavy reliance on outbound to a lead [...]

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Any financier investing in Canada should consider investing in Money Market Funds. These funds invest in short-term securities such as certificates of deposits and treasury bills. In essence, these funds are short-term loans used by the Canadian government and Canadian businesses. This can be a good investment option if you expect that the money may need [...]

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The number of bankers’ acceptances issued by banks has seen a very steep increase this year, displaying the largest increase in recent years. The latest available figures show an entire one percent increase on the number of bankers’ acceptances issued in this year alone. In the current financial climate, while most growth in the financial [...]

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The banks in Canada are much more regulated than those in the United States, making them (and thus Canada’s economy as a whole) a much more stable investing environment. The CDIC, or Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, protects Canada’s banks and operates in a similar manner to the FDIC in the United States. When one considers [...]

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The unparalleled status of gold has made it one of the most sought after elements in mining stocks. While other elements don’t always see positive growth, gold has been seeing growth on a consistent basis. Since gold prices have now crossed the $1,400 level per troy ounce, it has made Gold Mining Stocks a great [...]

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Silicon Valley Bank is my bank of choice when it comes to startup banking. The SVB Accelerator program is pretty sweet choice for startups. No need to go to branches and wait forever to deal with some issue. Great online customer service. No monthly fees. And most importantly great value add in terms of advice, [...]

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There was a comment on some old post of mine from Seeking Alpha where the reader questioned the gold in the vault for the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD). He said something like if you want your gold, will it be there and I think he was implying the same for the other physical gold ETFs. [...]

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Internet businesses have finally arrived, says Michael Lazerow, CEO and founder of Buddy Media, a Facebook marketing company. Unlike in years past, we finally have multiple private web business earning hundreds of millions in dollars. At we’re only getting started, which is why it’s not crazy for Zynga to have a $10 billion valuation. Or [...]

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Have you noticed lately that real estate investments aren’t being discussed as investment vehicles for the highly-leveraged; in fact, I think I’ve read more data about unleveraged real estate investments in the past two weeks than I have my whole life. Back to Boring When it comes to investing, those who do it best say [...]

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Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) is a manufacturer and marketer of commodity petrochemicals, including olefins, aromatics, polyethylene and polypropylene plastics and a range of specialty products. It also has interests in electric power generation facilities. This company has raised dividends for 28 consecutive years. The stock currently yields 3% and trades at a P/E of 14. [...]

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What will it take to have an exceptional asset management business in 2011? A consensus on 4 “must-have” capabilities has emerged as well as the likely winners. Introduction: Within the first few weeks of 2011, there is an emerging consensus on the asset managers that are likely to have the strongest business in 2011. Publications [...]

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Immigrants coming to the United States to start a new company may be able to benefit from the EB5 investor program. This Immigrant Investor Visa allows immigrants to earn their Green Card Visa by investing in American businesses. Filling out USCIS form I-526 starts the process. Once the form has been filled out, it must be mailed [...]

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