Am I the only one who feels a little uncomfortable when people joke about retail therapy? Did anyone else feel uneasy about the masses lining up for days to get their hands on an iPad as soon as they went on sale? Is our happiness really dependant on the power to buy items that will [...]
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I read something today that is a perfect reminder of something that I think is so very important. Trey Morgan wrote a post titled I’m richer than a Millionaire. He talks about a recent encounter with a mulit-millionaire. I don’t want to spoil it for you so please read Trey’s post. Once you’ve read the [...]
… and let’s push this thing down the hill. One thing history teaches us is that we don’t learn from history. Australia wasn’t hit as hard by the global financial crisis as other countries but we’ve certainly been affected. Now that there are promising signs of recovery, it seems that we’re getting ready to go [...]
It’s fairly widely known that Bill Gates has given away a large part of his $US40 billion ($AU48.7 billion) fortune in the fight against poverty and disease. Not content to miss the opportunity to do even more to make a difference, he’s once again encouraging other billionaires to follow his example and give away most [...]
I was reading this morning that a Swedish woman was rather surprised at her bank balance when she checked out her account on line recently. The balance was the equivalent of $1.76 billion higher than she expected. Cornelia Johansson logged on to her internet bank to pay some bills. I guess you could pay a [...]
