I remembered reading about a scam involving the Singapore Supreme Court or Subordinate court somewhere, and just one or two days later, I received the same call! It was a Chinese voice-automated phone call, and the caller ID showed the dialler came from overseas. It said something about me having a voice message at the […]
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Facebook’s owners are multi-millionaires, and if Facebook ever becomes a listed company, the owners are going to be billionaires. The founder is only 23 years old.
Yahoo founders were also young when they first started out.
A popular saying is that out of ten bald men, nine are wealthy. Since I’ve come across many rich people, all […]
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Still on Jumong, one of the tribes, Keru, lacked political power, but it sought to increase its wealth tremendously through trade. It was only with money that they could afford to buy weapons and hire mercenaries to fight for them.
Some other tribes suffered under Han oppression, and lost their tributes when robbed by bandits. I […]
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I had been watching Jumong, a Korean drama serial about a warrior prince who sets up a new nation in ancient Korea. There are more than 80 episodes, and I’ve finished 54. The lead actress, Soseno, has strong business acumen. One day, while trading, this tribe refused to pay double the usual amount for salt. […]
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Inflation is set to hit 5% next year in the first quarter. What does this mean? It means that if your returns from fixed deposits or investments are less than 5%, you actually lose money because the value of your money cannot keep up with the inflation rate.
Interest rates from fixed deposits have not increased, […]
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It costs at least $20 to watch a movie on the weekends. One ticket costs $9.50, and if you go with your partner, that would be $19. Another $1 for online booking, and that is $20. Some of you like to have drinks and snacks (that’s where the cinema operators make their money from, not […]
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I’d been speeding to work for a couple of days, because I had been waking up late, and it’s a bad move. I’ve been burning up the fuel far too quickly, and to my horror, my petrol bill came up to 33% more than the first time I bought my car, which was four years […]
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Would you spend $270k on a wedding when you can buy a house with that sum? It’s insane! Just on the wedding décor, this Singapore couple according to Wanbao spent $100k and the wedding dinner for 500 people cost $125k. They have gone to great expense, and as the article writes, this amount of money […]
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It is very easy to get a credit card nowadays. Whether you are a student who is not really working, or whether you are in the workforce, chances are you should be able to get a credit card quite easily. With the prevalence of online shopping, you definitely need a credit card. Even paypal requires […]
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The price of gold changes according to the growth in demand for jewellery. More people are investing money in gold jewellery, perhaps due to increasing affluence. Gold is considered a solid asset. With this increase, prices increase too.
Another factor that determines the price is the US dollar. With the weakening of the US dollar, people […]
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