The Euro reached a record high yesterday (Thursday), which was worth $1.4065. The Canadian dollar also reached a record high, which was at par with the American dollar for the first time in 30 years. Traders are now foreseeing a slower American economy and a more economic growth overseas. The falling dollar has had an […]

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BusinessTwins was started as a blog to keep you (our readers) informed on interesting and upcoming business stories around the world. It was also created to keep you informed about my brother, Dad, and I on our business journey.
My brother and I started researching how we could start a business about a year ago […]

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Everyone knows that if you aren’t a customer with Bank of America and use one of their ATM machines, you get charged $2.00. $2.00 is a lot of money, if you withdraw money 50 times a year that is $100 dollars – equivalent to 13.33 hours working a minimum wage job that pays $7.50 […]

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Burger King has pledged that they will start offering healthier fast food items for children under 12. They plan on offering flame broiled Chicken Tenders and apples that are cut to resemble thick cut French fries (laugh). I wonder if that is actually going to work.
12 year old: Mom are these fries?
Mom: Yes, […]

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On Monday European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet said that the United States market risks spreading throughout the whole nation’s economy. Trichet was speaking as head of the G10 group of central bankers from industrialized and emerging economies, who met at the Bank for International Settlements.
“There is a probability of fallout on the real […]

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Apple Inc., after announcing the drop in price of the Apple iPhone from $600 to $399, Steve Jobs CEO of Apple has released this letter to all iPhone onwers. If this doesn’t persuade you that Apple is the best out their right now I don’t know what will…

To all iPhone customers:
I have received hundreds […]

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Taxi Strike in New York City
Starting today at 5 a.m. eastern time there may have appeared to be a substantial amount of yellow cabs missing of the nearly 13,000. It is not really clear how many of the 13,000 are currently partaking in the strike but you can definitely see the difference at New […]

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Because of provisions made from bad loans, Freddie Mac, the second largest buyer of home mortgages has reported a second quarter profit loss of 45 percent. A year early for the three months ended June 30, the company had posted a profit of $1.4 billion or about $1.93 a share. However, this year […]

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From 1929 to the 1990’s the government kept the U.S. currency practically the same without any huge changes. After 6 decades of never changing its look the U.S. currency has gone through many makeovers. However, the best is yet to come.
The Bureau of Engraving and printing now plans on creating a redesign every 7-10 […]

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After 2 attempts in trying to acquire the London Stock Exchange, Nasdaq has given up.
On Monday the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. announced that they will abandon their efforts in acquiring the London Stock Exchange, and will sell its 31% in the U.K. market so that they can focus on their takeover battle for Sweden’s OMX […]

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