Blogs Posts on "Growth"

the archbishop on growth by Make Wealth History on Nov 18, 2009Both at the individual and the national level we have to question what we mean by ‘growth’. The ability to produce more and more consumer goods is in itself and entirely mechanical measure of wealth. It sets up the vicious cycle in which...

The Queen’s speech – above all, ensure growth by Make Wealth History on Nov 18, 2009As parliament begins its next session today, the queen gave her usual speech outlining the various bills the government would be tabling over the coming months. There’s a summary of them here, and there are some welcome ideas – banning cl...

Top 12 Books for Entrepreneurs by Work Home Money on Nov 17, 2009Books are very much necessary if you are an entrepreneur. Probably you have decided to become an entrepreneur after reading only 1 (or may be 2-3 books) book. Books contain the previous experiences of entrepreneurs and the techniques and ideas to bec...

When You Don’t Know Where to Go, Just Move Forward by GuitarPlayerZen.com on Nov 16, 2009For a while I had been just giving guitar lessons, playing some gigs, and working part time advising a mid sized marketing/firm here in Dallas.  It was a lot of fun and even though I wasn’t making much money, my expenses were low, and I was re...

Slow Is Smooth And Smooth Is Quick – Making Money Quick Takes Time by Hackadelic on Nov 16, 2009In my prior post I talked about why it is a systemic property of making-money-quick programs to not provide a noteworthy oportunity for making any real money. Now making these considerations is not rocket science. How come there are so many who fall...

Online Advertising Stops Falling by Take A Plunge on Nov 11, 2009The third quarter has brought good news for the advertising world. After two quarters of dismal performance (annual declines), online advertising revenue seems to have stabilized in the third quarter. During this period, the online advertising revenu...

We Found Out by Al's Offerings on Business, Economy & Career on Nov 9, 2009It was 20 years ago today that the Berlin Wall fell, bringing to an end a 40-year demonstration project. The East Germans/Soviets wanted to show the world how well economists working for the government could run an economy.

Broader Measure of U.S. Unemployment Stands at 17.5% by Al's Offerings on Business, Economy & Career on Nov 9, 2009In all, more than one out of every six workers - 17.5 percent - were unemployed or underemployed in October. The previous recorded high was 17.1 percent, in December 1982.

Google Gets AdMob by Take A Plunge on Nov 9, 2009Google is buying mobile ad startup AdMob for $750 million. This is Google’s largest acquisition after its $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick in March, 2008. This is also the third-largest ever after the $1.65 billion YouTube acquisition in 20...

Five more banks fail – 120 for the year by Al's Offerings on Business, Economy & Career on Nov 9, 2009Banks in California, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota and Missouri were shuttered, costing the FDIC a total of $1.5 billion.