Look... before you make waste.

twitter

Serious Business

Business & Finance

Dogloose recommends CurrenScene.com and DiamondBuyersClub.com

The Drunk In The Front Row

Written by: dogloose
Category: Serious Business
Hits: 3649

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

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

Written by: Edward Jay Epstein
Category: Serious Business
Hits: 3873

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

Page 1 of 2

Currency Blog

  • Is It Time to Redesign Card Technology for ATMs

    The oldest challenges in the ATM industry are the security of cash inside the machine and the guarantee that the withdrawer is genuine.

    Whereas the magnetic stripe has been used for a long time, EMV chip and PIN is now commonplace in the ATM industry for withdrawals in the U.K. and Europe. But the fact that EMV is not truly global as yet means that fraud can continue to take place.

  • Digital Currency 2014: A Year To Forget for Bitcoin

    If you're a devoted advocate of digital currency such as Bitcoin, then 2014 must have been a very rough year for you. That statement is even truer if you backed your devotion with significant investment in the digital darling. Bitcoin, which was introduced in 2009, performed so poorly last year that it easily qualifies as one of the World's Worst Currencies of 2014. From darling to disaster.

  • 15 Big Players in Banking Technology

    If you work in banking technology (or have ambitions to do so) these are people you should know. As investment banks increase their tech budgets and hire more and more people into technology functions, these are the men leading thousands of people or heading up new developments in financial technology.

  • What Does a Little Blue Box Have to do With ATM Channel Management?

    Do you remember the 1960's infamous little blue box? That plaything of the technically inclined from long ago was a pre-cursor to some of the security challenges faced by the ATM industry today.