Archive for May, 2009

Bird and Fortune on Sub Prime Crisis

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

‘Shall I jump out of the Window!’ - The Friar

Essential comic viewing from John Bird and John Fortune for understanding the sub prime crisis.

Counting Money in Different Countries

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

‘Money doesn’t count!’ - The Friar

Think that counting money is done the same way all over the world, well think again, counting money is done very differently depending on where you are. This video shows how counting money is done in Japan, Korea, China and Singapore, then in Afghanistan,Iran,India, Tajikistan and the Middle East, then in Russia, Mongolia, Poland and Eastern Europe, then in Turkmenistan, Kazakistan, Pakistan, and parts of Turkey, then in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and Egypt, then in Africa, then in America, Canada and England.

Interesting differences in the counting styles of the different countries, who would of known that there are hugh cultural differences in money counting!

Maintaining A Bad Credit Rating

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

‘There is a good reason for a bad credit rating’ - The Friar

And that reason is to ensure that nobody steals your identity! Clever, heh!