ShortFormBlog: Japanese electronics giant Olympus Corp to lay off thousands -
- 2,500 jobs cut to offset recent financial setbacks source
» The layoffs follow a recent settlement between Olympus and former-CEO Michael Woodford, who sued the company for unfair-dismissal following his firing in October 2011. Woodford is responsible for unearthing massive…
That’s great. What do you guys think?
(Source: College Humor, via moneyisnotimportant)
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Ah…man. :/
The feeling’s mutual. Mr Hollande and Mrs Merkel are clashing over Eurobonds, and more.
ShortFormBlog: All hands on deck: Police chief deployed ten officers to find son's iPhone -
Perhaps the true reason why our economy is STILL down is because most people don’t understand that everyone has to be on a budget nowadays…
..and why criminals still run free.
- cause In January, a freshman at a California high school found that his iPhone, which had Apple’s Find My iPhone software installed, was missing from his locker. He informed his father, who happens to be the Berkeley police chief.
- reaction Chief Michael Meehan put ten officers on the case,…
Most recent financial discovery to date! and very excited about it (since I am not that great at saving)!
Smartypig is a new online way to easily make a goal of saving, but instead of just creating a goal and putting the trust of you to deliver (which likely doesn’t happen for kids like me since all we want is to have the nicest clothes and the admiration of our peers), they actually transfer your money into a separate bank account that saves your money at a 0.7% interest rate. I think it’s cute and so far with my registration, this website seems incredibly safe. In fact, I can’t even register yet because I didn’t answer a question right!
Hopefully you’ll have better luck than me if you try it out. Appeals to all those who have weary wallets that are sick of having empty bellies.
The best ways to save as a student during the summer.
I’ve been scouting for good ways to save. Hopefully this helps!
Some Ideas of What You Should Do to Make Yourself Financially Happier -
This article does a really good job in giving you some endorsed (very likely) but still useful tips as to what banking accounts or savings you should be using if you’re a college student, at home parent, or a no credit/undercredit person. For me, I believe all three scenarios are impactful since there is me and my mom (who has been a homemaker for a while) that can relate to the article.
Have fun saving! :)
5.20.2012
By Diamond
Wanda Group Chariman Wang Jianlin
We hear about China’s positive GDP every year and Chinese company’s continue to buy out foreign companies worldwide. For those of us that live in the US, the AMC brand that we all know will soon be owned by a Chinese company. Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Corp. will be acquiring AMC Entertainment Holdings in a deal worth about $2.6 billion, the two companies stated this Monday.
I really like her tags for her blog lol. “Should have called it Zune” and “Late to the Game”.
Also.cl-ran: Meet Microsoft’s new social network, so.cl. Appears to be Google+, in Microsoft form. Enjoy.