Forex, a.k.a. foreign exchange, is the act of changing one country’s currency into another’s. Traditionally, foreign exchange was used primarily for commerce or tourism. Today, foreign exchange has created a speculative environment for trading currencies against one another. Investors can even trade currency CFDs, such as what is offered with Opteck CFDs. Forex Trading Strategies […]
The Next Horizon: 5 Ways E-Commerce Will Change in the Near-Future
To most people in the developed world, the time before online shopping existed was tantamount to the Dark Ages. Yet it’s only been a little more than two decades since Amazon sold its first book and eBay made history with the world’s first online auction sale of a broken laser pointer purchased for $14.83. Since […]
In Iraq, a Shoeshine Boy’s Brush With Danger
Iraqi teenager’s story of survival on the mean streets of Shia city. By Wisam Tahir in Nasiriya (ICR No. 304, 07-Sep-09) Shining shoes for a living outside government offices, Ali knows more than most 13-year-olds about the mysteries of Iraqi bureaucracy. “On their way into the building, people ask me which political party the top […]
Social Media Puts You in Charge of the (R)evolution
So I’ve been writing mini-rants, posting snarky comments and sending pointed tweets about the new media landscape for a while, and I decided to flesh out my thoughts more cohesively. The future of information. What should it be? We’ve already started down the road toward what will be a much more rigorous, wild, free flow […]
Pakistan, US in tacit deal Protest but let drones fly
The US and Pakistani governments have reached a tacit agreement on Predator (drone) strikes into Pakistani territory, under which Islamabad allows them while continuing to complain about them and Washington never acknowledges them, The Washington Post revealed in a report Sunday. Pakistan, however, rejected the report as false and baseless. The paper claimed that both […]
Afghan Bloggers See Trouble Looming
Posted by Joshua Foust to Global Voices Online If there is any one theme to emerge from the Afghan blogosphere lately, it is warning about the future. Sanjar starts things off by noting the slow degradation in Afghan-Western relations: No doubt that there are numerous foreigners who lets say deserve to be in Afghanistan, in […]