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| The World Of Currency And Forex | All over the world people use different currencies to get by in their everyday lives. Most people only ever use the one, and only develop an interest in another one when it comes to vacation time. But for some people the world of currency has a daily fascination that could make them money. While it is one of the riskiest ways to try and make a profit, the world of foreign exchange trading (otherwise known as Forex) has an undeniable attraction that appeals to a lot of people all around the world. Read more... | |
| A new world order? | The Arab leaders wanted to know how to set about creating a single currency that could be used throughout the Gulf States. This currency would be used in all of the 6 nations that commonly form the Gulf States. These are the most powerful of all the oil producing countries in the world and are namely, United Arab Emirates, usually referred to as UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait. These countries are all part of the Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. Read more... | |
| Where have all the billionaires gone? | Everywhere in the US people are being told that the dollar is weak, people haven't saved enough for their pensions, the price of oil is going to go sky high and as if that weren't enough, in addition the housing market is still flat. In fact, there seems little respite from all the weeping and wailing about the state of the economy and what the US should do to fight back and start to see its dollar regaining at least a little strength. Read more... | |
| Time to Unite the British Pound | The official currency used in Britain is British sterling, with the pound being the recognisable face of British sterling. Officially its full title is the British Pound Sterling and it is denoted by letters GBP, which refers to Great British Pound. It uses the symbol £. The UK has strongly resisted joining the euro, preferring instead to use its official currency as it has done for over 1000 years. Despite the fact that the rest of Europe uses the euro, Britain is still proud to use its pound and sees it as quite a symbol of its national identity. Read more... | |
| Are we moving towards a cashless world? | Increasingly we hear about electronic money and are urged to make payments online, to pay by card, to do anything to do with money, without actually having to handle it, go to the bank or do anything remotely money oriented. Read more... | |
| What will solve the credit crunch? | The credit crunch happened as a result of lenders taking risks and lending to people with poor credit ratings and/or lending at a higher rate of interest. People struggled to make the payments. Then foreclosures started, shortly afterwards the housing market was affected and the crunch happened, all in the period of a few months. Read more... | |