Second economics in the World

According to statistics at the beginning of August 2010, China surpassed Japan and became the second largest economy in the world.

100 yuan = 14.75 USD

Posted by andrew, Augosto 17, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Who Says Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees?

If your parents are anything like mine, they probably told you money doesn’t grow on trees more than a million times, when you were growing up. Well I can’t wait to show them how wrong they were all those years. And I'm not about "wish tree in England"...

In an attempt to “wake up people’s lazy money”, RaboDirect, an Australian online bank sponsored a special experiment that fulfilled the financial fantasies of hundreds of passers-by – a real-life money tree. The event took place in one of Sydney’s park, where a tree was covered in $5 bills, from its lower branches to the top. People were secretly filmed, to see how they would react to such an unbelievable sight.

Believe it or not, the first 100 or so people who walked by the money tree flat out ignored it. Some of them didn’t even notice there was anything odd about the tree, a group of joggers was to busy running to stop and check it out, and passers-by who did stop to analyze it, just took some photos and left empty handed.

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Posted by andrew, Luglio 23, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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At marketplace in China

Seller of watermelon looks at the Yuan on the market in Changzhi, Shanxi Province. Once China has raised the yuan to the dollar, the national currency of China reached the highest level against the U.S. currency since 2005.

Posted by andrew, Giugno 23, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Greenback and Hawaii

During WWII, with fears that Japan would overrun Hawaii, the US decided to issue the $1, $5, $10 and $20 Emergency Federal Reserve Notes with the word "HAWAII" overprinted on the front and back to make each note distinctive enough so that they would know if large amounts were being used to fund the enemy war effort:

Posted by andrew, Giugno 22, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Jewelry and banknotes

One belgian designer creates jewelry using banknotes of different countries. The result is very interesting and unusual. Can you guess which currencies are used? The first is simple:

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Posted by andrew, Giugno 21, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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In coffee shop, Cuba

20+ pesos for ice tea

Do you know, that in 1993, during the period of economic austerity known as the Special Period, the US dollar was made legal tender to encourage hard currency to enter the economy. The dollar became the currency used to purchase some non-essential goods and services, such as cosmetics, and even non-staple kinds of food and drink. In 1994, the convertible peso was introduced at a par with the dollar. On November 8, 2004, the Cuban government withdrew the U.S. dollar from circulation, citing the need to retaliate against further U.S. sanctions.

Posted by andrew, Maggio 4, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Money Honey, Glows In The Dark!

If you're out by the toll booth and there's no light in your bag, car or the rat-hole toll booth then you may well end up overpaying or underpaying and embarrassing yourself in the process. So we have this awesome concept from China that has currency notes that glow. How cool is that? If will make Uncle Scrooge's room look like a bio-waste plant with all the glowing green.

Notes that emit a soft glow, just enough to ensure you hand out the correct note; nothing more nothing less.

So will we see luminous money in the future? Never know. I feel that we're already in the future.

Posted by serge, Aprile 13, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Fashion and money

Katie Derham poses in a £50,000 dress made of money to launch a lottery show.

The People's £50 Million Lottery Giveaway will pit worthy causes against each other in a public vote. And these environmental projects must prove they deserve to win £50million. Derham said: "It's going to benefit people for a long time".

If our ladies think it is not so attractive we have another one:

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Posted by andrew, Marzo 24, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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