Maybe if we all concentrate with Facebook to address this issue of the Russians meddling with our election process, we can conveniently forget the real (and much more alarming) issue of undue influence in our Federal Government by Big
Money Interests like the MIC.
Attempts to use Solyndra to tarnish the reputation of the entire clean energy sector are being backed by big
money interests like Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity.
Not exact matches
In a time when tech companies are starting to behave
like industry giants of the past, taking their
interests — and their
money — to K Street to influence legislation (consider Mark Zuckerberg's immigration lobby), it seems natural that several of these scrappy sharing - based start - ups are beginning to band together.
In the true indie spirit, though, none of the company's principals are much
interested in making the big
money through getting bigger or selling out in an acquisition,
like many of their forebears did.
At first, Al - Naji and his friends decided that they would use their own
money to fund the business, but when investors
like GV (formerly Google Ventures), Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Andreessen Horowitz began expressing
interest, they reconsidered.
«
Like brokerages, these trading websites make
money when people use their platforms, so it's in their
interest to convince you that you can beat the market,» said Roberts, who is now a consultant for car - ride service Uber.
Instead of paying
money for a click when someone was not
interested in ordering from your site, you could have spent your
money more wisely on a search term
like «order handmade leather journal online.»
As we drink beer in a glitzy rooftop bar, he complains that American investors seem more
interested in putting their
money in exotic financial instruments than in tangible assets
like hotels.
Brands
like Michael Kors and Kate Spade have been forced to sell handbags at major discounts as millennials lose
interest (and lack the
money to spend on the bags).
Along with stripping away the physical properties of banking, EQ allowed customers to move
money in and out of their account whenever they
like, without paying fees or sacrificing their
interest on savings.
That's why Western Union is
interested in a pilot program — on a system
like Bitcoin or Ripple, a transaction takes mere minutes to complete and at a much lower cost than traditional
money transfers.
«Some of that we can control by doing a good job and giving good value for
money; part of it will be external factors
like interest rates and population.»
However, if you rely only on pens, calendars, cups and
like items to create
interest in your tradeshow booth, you could be throwing
money away.
Dozens of funds have sprouted up this year to trade digital assets such as bitcoin, and some big - name
money managers
like Bill Miller and Michael Novogratz have also taken an
interest.
Sites
like Credit Karma are allowing consumers to not only view but understand their credit scores, and work toward a higher score so they can receive better
interest rates and keep more of their
money.
Following the
money is always the best way to see what
interests a rich man because it tells you two things — what he
likes as an investment for future growth, and what he sees as having reached the limits of growth.
But she still thinks «old
money tech» —
like Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)-- «that historically have been able to weather any rise in
interest rates will be direct beneficiaries of this capital expenditure spending cycle that we anticipate as we move into 2015 and 2016.»
There are a handful of half - literate posts from early 2003 in which Frind asks basic questions,
like «I am
interested in know how much
money sites generate off advertising.»
CONS:
Like hiding
money under your mattress, most checking accounts don't accrue any
interest and the all - too - easy access makes it easy to splurge your safety net.
The
money would be «just
like in the bank,» but it would be making better
interest.
Central bankers see it as a tool they can use to calibrate their economies,
like an
interest - rate adjustment or creating
money to buy bonds.
Thanks to websites
like Kickstarter and EquityNet, it's now easier than ever before to drum up
interest around your new idea or innovation and find small loans and pledges that supply the
money you need to take things forward.
A large company
like Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) can ride out the ups and downs, and it also benefits from lower oil prices (people have more
money in their accounts), an improving economy and an eventual
interest rate hike.
(«Purchases» do not include balance transfers, cash advances, travelers checks, foreign currency,
money orders, wire transfers or similar cash -
like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account,
interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.)
Savings accounts,
like a high - yield savings account from AmEx, offer a number of advantages that keeping your
money in a piggy bank or under the mattress simply won't provide — most notably,
interest.
Allocating
money for retirement can have the snowball effect — meaning it may not seem
like much is happening at first, but as a result of compound
interest, those savings will eventually build up to form a large base of cash,» he says.
To move that kind of big
money, Harris began an organizational expansion of the foundation when she took over in 2010, building an outfit that has gone beyond Bloomberg's core
interests of global public health and climate change to tackle new issues,
like overfishing.
In a zero -
interest rate world (Figure 7), these provide yields that are much higher than those found in more conventional investments
like U.S. Treasury bonds or
money market accounts.
Like many other Chinese developers, Country Garden has borrowed
money from overseas, which could leave it vulnerable to any weakening in the Chinese currency and to higher
interest rates in the United States.
In the mad scramble for loan creation during the final phase of the Housing Bubble, the government created an environment of essentially free
money by allowing the big agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (or Phony and Fraudie, as I often affectionately refer to them), to securitize loans to the bottom of the barrel risks with crazy terms
like no
money down and incredibly low «teaser»
interest rates.
He says the
money Xiaomi stands to make doesn't
interest him in and of itself; those in his orbit say it's more what the
money represents — the company joining the ranks of China's so - called national champions, the
likes of Jack Ma's Alibaba, Pony Ma's Tencent Holdings Ltd., and Robin Li's Baidu Inc. «I wanted to lead a Chinese company,» the 48 - year - old says, «to become No. 1 in the world.»
Interesting topic... I struggle with this idea because
like most people that I imagine read your blog, I earned the
money... creating a legacy of family who does not have to provide for themselves goes against my core beliefs.
I'm kind of
like you trying to figure out where to place «new»
money and maturing CD's in this low
interest environment.
«[I] f your view of the world is having a balance of
interests, a competitive marketplace, equal providers, equal parties coming to the table — whether it's a supply chain or a network of things
like sending
money back and forth or citizens working to solve village - level, regional or global level — this is technology can help implement that.»
«I prefer not to pick winners and losers when we're looking at cryptocurrencies
like bitcoin / bitcoin Cash... Both have merits but if I was putting new
money to work today... I would be a lot more
interested in buying a lagger that could attract inflows rather than something that's potentially overbought.»
A streamlined lending process, coupled with easy online access, allows customers to instantly qualify for no
money down loans with fixed
interest rates and multiple loan term options for both home solar equipment and various home improvement modifications
like energy efficient doors, windows, roofing and HVAC systems.
Like bridge loans, hard
money loans have short terms, higher
interest rates and
interest - only payments.
With other
money you get (
like your paycheck from work,
interest from your bank, or dividends paid from a stock you might own), it is different because that is
money you get to keep so the IRS will expect you to pay tax on it.
In 2015, news reports revealed that Uber had an operating loss of $ 470 million on $ 415 million in revenue, confirming suspicions that the company has been bleeding
money for the sake of achieving steep growth and acquiring market share.391 In China, the company has lost more than $ 1 billion a year.392 The strategy of aggressive price competition and brazen leadership coupled with soaring growth prompted immediate comparisons to Amazon.393
Like Amazon, Uber has drawn immense
interest from investors.
What is
interesting to see with this bitcoin hype is how uneducated writers still are when it comes to the question of what
money actually is — especially the assumption that
money, e.g. US Dollars, are tied to any real world values
like gold is one of these modern fairytales that is repeated often — I can not understand that even after the big corporate crimes (aka as «financial crisis») that US Citizens cost millions of dollars there is still such a lack of understanding of what
money actually is.
«The
money comes from
interests that have matters before the courts, and they'd
like to have those matters settled in their favor.»
Like banks, hard
money lenders will loan you out a sum of
money expecting you to later repay the amount plus
interest.
«Borrowing
money today is
like negotiating a pay cut with your future self (due to the
interest you'll pay)....
Like the Platinum Checking Package, the U.S. Bank Premium Checking Account also earns
interest at a 0.01 % rate, allowing your
money to grow.
A portion of the
money paid goes toward fees and
interest charges, and borrowers are free to use the remaining amount in any way they
like after they finish the program.
Congress must act by Sept. 29 to increase the United States» $ 19.9 trillion debt limit, in order to permit the government to continue borrowing
money to pay bills
like Social Security and
interest.
Some
money mistakes that spike stress levels —
like late payments, high
interest credit card debt, or plummeting credit scores — can take years to recover from or eliminate.
It is notable that the 3 - month Treasury bill yield dropped to 0.11 % from 0.15 %, which is actually a good sign in the sense that it will facilitate the willingness to hold the additional base
money the Federal Reserve has created in recent weeks without immediate inflation pressures, though it clearly comes at the expense of individuals on fixed incomes who rely on
interest on certificates of deposit and the
like.
Might also be
interesting to look at a comparison between the effects of inflation and the effects of fees on an investment portfolio — both are silent killers that can seem
like a small issue but (as you've demonstrated above) can cost one a lot of
money in the long run.
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