From the monthly archives: July 2007
Buy Or Sell Online – the first online student market place, is attracting thousands of students eager to buy or sell items – from textbooks to iPods – to its free listings website which is exclusively for students. Almost 3,000 students from 100 universities around Britain have turned their backs on commission-charging online auction sites [...]
BSkyB has finalised a deal to buy Amstrad for £125 million. Amstrad, which was founded by the star of BBC1′s The Apprentice, Sir Alan Sugar, supplies about 30% of the set-top box devices for Sky. Orders from the broadcaster made up about 75% of Amstrad’s sales in the year to the end of June. Sir [...]
If you have a business you can add it to Google Maps for free. Each listing includes your address, contact information, hours of operation, payment methods accepted, a link to your web site and you can even upload photographs of your business. The listing is free however you’ll need to verify that your business address [...]
Anyone who knows me, will know i love butterflies and can name around 40 different types (and my mates mock me for this) so this is a inspiring story to hear how one man accepted a bet to start a business selling butterflies. Jose Muñiz’s career began when a friend bet him $100 that [...]
What an excellent story that turned one dumped guy into an entrepreneur. A diamond may be forever, but love and marriage sure isn’t. With an estimated 50 percent of all marriages ending in divorce, a new Web site, “I Do, Now I Don’t” is looking to capitalize on this more cynical side of diamonds. Founder [...]
Here are a few stories to remind any entrepreneurs on the way to making a million or even a billion not to get to comfortable! Here are a few billionaires that went bust: Sanjiv Sidhu has the bruises to prove it. He amassed a giant fortune through his software company, i2 Technologies, and in [...]
Thought i would publish a few money related facts – this comes after a conversation between a couple i know this weekend after some ale. These are based on American facts: More of our fantasies are about money… than sex. 65% of Americans would live on a deserted island all by themselves for an [...]
A virtual stock exchange where it tracks the occurrence of keywords in the news, and their prices rise and fall based on how often they appear. As in the real stock market, you build your portfolio with words that you believe will rise, and you win if your predictions prove right. Swedish investor Peter Ahldin, [...]
I had a very interesting chat with a gentleman this morning. He is a Dr and does a lot of work for the MoD and general Governments around the world. He was giving a speech on Government contracts. One person raised their hand and asked what the most bizarre contract or research project he [...]
An interesting article i looked at today, NSI – National Savings and Investments is trying to help reunite savers with £435 million that is sat in dormant saving accounts. Some of the money dates back to 1861 but a dormant account is any one that has been ignored for at least 15 years. One [...]
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