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Richest 62 people as wealthy as half world's population combined

Richest 62 people as wealthy as half world's population combined
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Franklean - Carpet Steam Cleaning in Sydney | Facebook indonesia richest 4 The four richest men in Indonesia own as much wealth as the country’s poorest 100 million citizens, despite the nation’s president repeatedly pledging to fighting “dangerous” levels of inequality.. Oxfam on Thursday highlighted Indonesia as one of the most unequal countries in the world, where the number of dollar billionaires has increased from one in 2002 to 20 in 2016. The development charity worked out that the four richest Indonesians – led by brothers Budi and Michael Hartono – control $25bn of assets, which is roughly equal to the wealth of the poorest 40% of Indonesia’s 250 million population. “Since 2000, economic growth has taken off in Indonesia,” Oxfam said in its report. Oxfam said that despite rapid growth in gross domestic product (GDP) – which averaged at 5% between 2000-2016 and caused the country to be included in economics Civets list of fast growing emerging nations – “poverty reduction slowed to a near standstill”.

Pure Financial Advisors Has $607,000 Stake in Home Depot Inc (HD) Pure Financial Advisors held its stake in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The hedge fund owned 4,591 shares of the home improvement retailer’s stock at the end of the fourth quarter. Pure Financial Advisors’ holdings in Home Depot were worth $607,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Shares of Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) opened at 119.23 on Monday. Home Depot (NYSE:HD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 17th. Several research firms have recently weighed in on HD. The Home Depot, Inc. This story was originally published by EMQ ( and is the sole property of EMQ.

an old tale For those of us with long memories and some sense of history, Bitcoin’s recent meteoric rise is both thrilling and terrifying. It has all the earmarks of a bubble. Bitcoin Bubble. The accidental alliteration makes it more attractive, but no more or less true. In the space of a few short days, the cryptocurrency, which people mine on their powerful computers, has gained thousands of dollars of fresh value. Bitcoin's historic run has an inevitable side effect—people wondering if they need to get in on this craze before it’s too late or too expensive (it is). But before you convert your life savings, consider the Beanie Baby Bubble, Tulip Mania, the Dot-Com Bubble, and even the more recent Housing Bubble, and how all of them shared certain attributes: Everyone is talking about it.People make critical life decisions based on it.There are extreme predictions for its future.Skeptics of its potential are shouted down. Then there's the predictions. Tale as old as time Babies and nets

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amazon empire Amazon has shipped more than 400 items per second at its peak. How did it grow from bookseller to retail giant? 954items shipped in the time you’ve been on this page Amazon now has domains in 15 countries, covering more than half of the world’s population The company’s steady migration across the world masks a more rapid growth of some of its services. AWS, the company’s cloud computing arm, and Amazon Prime Video, its streaming platform, are available worldwide, and just last week, Amazon launched a new feature to make it easier for users not served directly by its retail arm to fill their baskets anyway. Jeff Bezos has been so effective at branching Amazon out into new markets that the company has a recognised effect on the stock market when it announces it is entering a new sector. Amazon is now the fourth most valuable company in the world, valued at more than $700bn

10 Affordable Airbnbs in Sydney, Australia Aussies love Airbnb—the home-sharing site has seen listings more than double in the last year. And with more than 15,000 rentals listed on Airbnb, Sydney is one of the top 10 cities in the world in terms of number of listings. In some of the most popular beach suburbs, as many as one in five dwellings are listed on the site. Translation: It’s never been more affordable to take a trip to the land down under. And it doesn’t hurt that temperatures this time of year are averaging around 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Here are 10 of our favorite Airbnb rentals in the city. 1. Paste’s Airbnb columnist Erica Jackson Curran is a former alt-weekly editor turned moonlight freelancer based in Richmond, Virginia.

arnaque au carbone Depuis lundi 14 août, Le Monde propose une série en cinq épisodes sur l’escroquerie gigantesque qu’a été l’affaire des « quotas carbone ». Les sommes envolées donnent le tournis : au moins 1,6 milliard d’euros de pertes pour la France en moins d’un an, 6 milliards pour les pays de l’Union européenne. L’idée de départ se voulait vertueuse : pour limiter l’émission des gaz à effet de serre, l’Etat français crée en 2007 un grand marché des quotas carbone, BlueNext. Chaque année, des quotas étaient attribués aux entreprises les plus polluantes, qui pouvaient les revendre si elles n’avaient pas atteint leur plafond ou racheter ceux des entreprises qui n’avaient pas dépensé les leurs. Pour être encore plus citoyen, le marché s’ouvre à toutes les sociétés, qu’elles soient ou non identifiées comme pollueuses. Sans contrôles sur la réalité des acheteurs et des vendeurs. Le 9 décembre 2009, Europol, l’organisation européenne des polices, publie un communiqué dévastateur :

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