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: Written by: dogloose; Category: Serious Business; Created: 05 July 2019; Hits: 3706

Back when I was in high school my guitar instructor gave me a lead about a local band that was looking for a guitarist. So I call them them up, speak to the manager and arrange for an audition. On the day of the audition my mom drives me down to Park Slope, which at the time was not such a good part of Brooklyn. I meet the band and the manager and I pass the audition. Boom! I’m in a band!

Read more: The Drunk In The Front Row

: Written by: Edward Jay Epstein; Category: Serious Business; Created: 15 March 2017; Hits: 3918

In spite of ups and downs over decades the price of diamonds has remained essentially stable and under total control of nothing short of a racket. Created and managed by the De Beers cartel, the value of what were once just rocks in the ground has risen to the point where they are now coveted and revered around the world. And once you buy one, well, it's yours - forever! In the February 1982 issue of The Atlantic magazine, noted author Edward Jay Epstein laid out how it all began in a piece entitled: Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? The story is both fascinating and revealing.

Read more: The Diamond Invention - Forever Means You Just Can't Sell 'Em

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Currency Blog

How Merchants Can Boost Business with a Cash Discount Program

Today there are a multitude of ways to pay – cash, check, credit card, debit card, mobile and online, which is convenient for the younger, tech-savvy generations. However, integrating complex payment technology that requires an overhaul of existing hardware and software can challenge a business owner’s ability to keep their business viable.
Tokenized securities on blockchain are here. And they’ve been around for a while

Remember tokenized securities or securitization with tokens on blockchain?

With the entire year in crypto defined by a maelstrom of projects embarking on decentralized finance (DeFi) aspects to their products, it can be easy to forget that previous advancements in blockchain-based technologies have continued to make great headway in terms of adoption and application.
Banknotes are symbols, a cashless society would kill them all

Banknotes have taught us the value of money, they are a way to pass on a country’s history, to remind us of our past... and yet their future is very uncertain. Several countries have promised that they will soon be cashless. Banknotes will progressively disappear but the public might be unaware of the aftermath of such a change. Thanks to investigative journalist Ryan Martin for this insightful look at what might be in store in a cashless society.
2016 To Be The Year Of Cashless Countries: Clear As Water? Or Baseless Fodder!

Hearing the story about the coming of the cashless society, and how more and more countries are about to forego physical currency is nothing new. That story has been told ever since the first electronic payment technologies were developed. However, as 2015 comes to an end, some countries such as Australia and Sweden are making headlines as they are about to take that first big step and possibly go cashless in 2016. What are the implications... and will it finally happen?