45% of Shoppers Buy Items Online They Wouldn't In Person [INFOGRAPHIC]

Online shopping is discreet, easy and fast. It’s no wonder shoppers are filling up virtual carts instead of visiting brick-and-mortar shops.
Shopping online allows us to skip the lines, crowds, travel expenses and the hassle of parking. A recent survey conducted by Lab42 — a market research company — found 66% of consumers prefer web retailers. Nearly half of the survey participants complete 73% of their shopping online.

Savvy shoppers are also turning to web and mobile stores for bargains. Nielson recently reported nearly 50% of U.S. smartphone owners are using shopping apps each month, frequenting eBay, Amazon, Groupon and LivingSocial’s mobile stores. About 45 million smartphone owners access shopping-and-commerce apps each month.Lab42 produced the infographic below showcasing the findings from its online shopping survey. The company also explores the factors influencing online shoppers to make purchases.

Are you more likely to buy something online if offered free shipping? Tell us in the comments.

Source: 45% of Shoppers Buy Items Online They Wouldn't In Person [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Creation of money out of nothing - Financial Crisis

I found some nice and let say "funny" but truly videos, which you have to see them. About the crisis, money meaning, systems, bankers, investors, federal banks, central banks was written quite lot but not so much change, because people have to be keep in movement, ignorance, to not have a ideas to think about some consequences and connections, so giving so many toys, time consuming things on all kind of media and related things... Just not to starting put the puzzles together. Not think about their life  ?! # 

Understanding the Financial Crisis - very well explanation!

Banking the greatest SCAM on the earth !

Introduction

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Buddhism - Nothing but everything - Zen

Bodhidharma's definition:

A special transmission outside the scriptures;
No dependence on words and letters;
Direct pointing to the mind of man;
Seeing into one's nature and attaining Buddhahood.

Zen teaches that enlightenment is achieved through the profound realization that one is already an enlightened being.

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India´s richest starting to be poorer than 2010

India's richest are 20 pct poorer than 2010: Forbes
The country's 100 wealthiest individuals now worth a total of USD 241 bn, down from USD 300 bn in 2010
The combined wealth of India's richest people has fallen nearly 20 percent over the last year, due to factors including inflation, falling stocks and corruption, Forbes magazine said on Thursday. The business publication said the country's 100 wealthiest individuals were now worth a total of $241 billion, down from $300 billion in 2010, according to its India Rich List 2011. The number of billionaires on the list also fell from 69 to 57 in the same period, while the top 10 saw their combined wealth fall 25 percent from $150 billion to $113.6 billion.

"This has been a turbulent year for India's richest," Naazneen Karmali, the India editor of Forbes Asia, said.

"Despite the economy growing at close to eight percent, a spate of corruption scandals and rising inflation has taken a toll."

Massive corruption allegations, coupled with a downturn in the global economy and spiralling input costs, have affected demand and company earnings, as well as investor confidence on the stock markets.

Mukesh Ambani was India's richest man for the fourth year running, according to the Forbes list. The chairman of oil and gas conglomerate Reliance Industries had a net worth of $22.6 billion, down $4.4 billion from 2010.

British-based steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal was in second spot with a net worth of $19.2 billion -- a 26 percent fall from last year, as shares in his ArcelorMittal steelmaking firm plunged. Azim Premji, the head of India's third-largest software outsourcer Wipro, was in third with $13 billion, also down 26 percent.

The biggest name to be hit was Mukesh Ambani's younger brother, Anil, the chairman of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, who slid out of the top 10 for the first time.

He saw his net worth more than halved from $13.3 billion in 2010 to $5.9 billion this year, amid falling investor confidence and a probe into whether his firms were involved in a large-scale telecoms fraud.

The 10 richest Indians are:

1. Mukesh Ambani (Reliance Industries Ltd) $22.6 billion

2. Lakshmi Mittal (ArcelorMittal) $19.2 billion

3. Azim Premji (Wipro) $13.0 billion

4. Shashi and Ravi Ruia (Essar Group) $10.2 billion

5. Savitri Jindal (O.P. Jindal Group) $9.5 billion

6. Sunil Mittal (Bharti Airtel) $8.8 billion

7. Gautam Adani (Adani Group) $8.2 billion

8. Kumar Birla (Aditya Birla Group) $7.7 billion

9. Pallonji Mistry (Shapoorji Pallonji Group/Tata Group) $7.6 billion

10. Adi Godrej (Godrej Group) $6.8 billion

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Be here now, Ram Dass

I think you shut have a look on this book: Be here now, from Ram Dass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Here_Now_(book))

Ram Dass-be Here Now


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Mumbai Protest Leaves Two Dead - WSJ.com

MUMBAI—Two people were killed and 65 injured Saturday when a protest in Mumbai turned violent, a senior police officer confirmed.
The protest—over the suffering of Muslims in India's Assam state and neighboring Myanmar, newspapers and television stations reported—drew hundreds of demonstrators to a central green called the Azad Maidan Saturday evening. It turned violent suddenly, prompting police to fire in the air and use batons to disperse the crowd, police and a witness said.

Source: Mumbai Protest Leaves Two Dead - WSJ.com

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Apple´s case against SAMSUNG - Apple have Samsung´s internal 132 pages report

Apple holds the trump cards in their hands AGAINST SAMSUNG - complete report about COPYING the iPhone by Samsung and how much copy new GALAXY. Read it !

Apple vs. Samsung patent case is never ending story and now coming some new facts. From internal 132 pages Samsung´s report is black and white written that the new Samsung Galaxy must be very close to iPhone, like this, like that, in software, in design. Yes, Apple´s claims: it is Samsung´s report and you can make your opinion...

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Ten fastest growing economies in the world 2012

Well, the BRICs (Brasil, Russia, India, China) is going on their way, but let´s focus globaly and get some vision in the future of 2050. Here is some overview where will be the best of 300-trillion USD rise in the world, the GDP now and 2050. Focus on the following emerging markets. 

Fast growth countries : 

1. China
2. India
3. Philippines
4. Egypt
5. Malaysia
6. Peru
7. Bangladesh
8. Algeria
9. Ukraine
10. Vietnam
11. Uzbekistan
12. Tanzania
13. Kazakhstan
14. Ecuador
15. Ethiopia
16. Sri Lanka
17. Azerbaijan
18. Kenya
19. Bolivia
20. Jordan
21. Uganda
22. Ghana
23. Paraguay
24. Turkmenistan
25. Honduras
26. Serbia

What makes economies grow?
Clearly, this is a question Western policymakers are grappling with right now. If we step away from the cyclicality, there are two ways economies can grow; either add more people to the production line via growth in the working population, or make each individual more productive.


What else is important ?
OPEN THE EYES ... AND ...

Yeah we need Education - Democracy - and we need more better attitude

The most potent recipe for growth is a country that scores highly on the fundamentals discussed but currently has low income per capita. These economies should deliver the highest growth in income per capita as they ‘catch up’ with those with similar fundamentals. Economies with poor governance and low education will remain stuck in this low-income trap. This has been the position a number of African nations have found themselves in for so long.


Developed world
Countries in the developed world might be considered to be at the technology ‘frontier’. With income per capita already high, these economies do not get any ‘catch up’ boost so rely on the other variables in the model (education, rule of law, etc) for technological progress to deliver further gains in individual prosperity. That said, there are still large variations across the developed world with real income per capita in Portugal at just over USD11.5k compared with USD37k in the US. Those with similar economic infrastructure to the US but with lower income per capita will therefore get a ‘catch up’ boost. This explains why the model provides higher income per capita forecasts for the likes of Spain and Greece, which may seem implausible given their current difficulties. 

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