Archive for September, 2011

Generation X is most exposed to debt problems

GENERATION X, being people aged between 30 and 50 are struggling with debts more than any other sector of the Australian population.  In fact experts are believe that these people can well be renamed to Generation Debt. A new survey for bank RaboDirect found approximately 40 per cent of Gen X say their financial situation [...]

Jim Rogers: I Have No Confidence in the US Dollar But Own USD More Now Than Ever

Jim Rogers on CNBC talks aboout him being short stocks in Europe, America and even in the emerging markets. He is long commodities as protection and also long US dollar. Rogers long term prediction on the US dollar has never been optimistic. He has told many times that the long term forecast on US dollar [...]

MDM Engineering is awarded feasibility study for project in Tanzania

MDM Engineering Group Limited, the British Virgin Islands-incorporated company focused on mineral process engineering and project management, announced that it has been awarded the feasibility study for a 2.4 million tonnes per annum CIL gold plant, for the Tanzanian project of African Barrick Gold (ABG). ABG is the largest gold producer in Tanzania with a [...]

S&P downgrade Italy’s sovereign debt

Credit ratings agency Standard Poor’s (SP) has today downgraded Italy’s sovereign debt by one notch to A from A+, and kept it on a negative outlook. The agency cited weak economic growth prospects, which may impact on the country’s ability to reduce its deficit. The Italian Senate recently passed a tough austerity budget, which proposes [...]

The One Thing You Absolutely Positively Must Do To Get Yourself Out Of Debt

For most people, getting out of debt is their dream. And also their worst nightmare! Unfortunately, if all you do is dream, you’ll never get yourself out of debt. Life doesn’t work that way, unless you lucky enough to live like Major Nelson from the old “I Dream of Jeannie” TV series. There are many [...]