Financial News: Bitcoin and Financial Issues Around the World
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2014-03-31 16:22:34 UTC
- Modified: 2014-03-31 16:22:34 UTC
Bitcoin
UK
Most of its workers cannot afford to live with dignity; they earn no more than €£5 a day in an industry worth more than €£28bn across Europe, the report points out.
Ukraine
"The IMF realises that these reforms may cause considerable hardship for millions of Ukrainians, in a country where the average GDP per capita is $3,867."
EU
Three quarters of Europeans think corruption is a "major or widespread" problem in their political institutions, according to research published Tuesday (25 March).
North America
By the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire had become a has-been power whose glory days as the world’s superpower were well behind them.
They had been supplanted the French, the British, and the Russian empires in all matters of economic, military, and diplomatic strength. Much of this was due to the Ottoman Empire’s massive debt burden.
In 1868, the Ottoman government spent 17% of its entire tax revenue just to pay interest on the debt.
The Rwandan/Ugandan invasion has opened up the DRC’s wealth to unlimited plunder by Western mining companies...
Earlier this month, a bank teller accidentally deposited $31,000 into a teenager's bank account. The teen did the sensible thing and immediately started buying shit, spending more than $25,000 in just ten days.
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