Category Archives: Business

Good Friday Landslide in Tibet China

It was reported that on Friday, March 29, 2013, a portion of the mountain in Tibet, particularly Gyama village in Maizhokunggar county collapsed with mud, rocks and debris swept through a mine buried the 83 miners on their camp, while 1 miner escaped the tragedy as he was away from the camp to buy tents. ABC News reported that about 4 square kilometers of area was covered by the landslide.

Banks in Cyprus March 2013 Crisis

On March 16, 2013, the banks in Cyprus were ordered to close down the banks to avoid depositors from withdrawing their money from the banks as officials of Cyprus were still looking for ways to raise 10 Billion Euros needed for the bailout loan to help the sinking banking sector float again. On March 28, [...]

Smart Ka-Partner Rewards Program Raffle Draw 2013

Smart Ka-Partner Rewards program 2013 has started already. All Smart load retailers are earning points from the load they sold. Accumulated points can be redeemed into raffle tickets. The first raffle draw for this year will be on April 15, 2013. All tickets redeemed before or on March 31, 2013 will be included on the first raffle draw.

When the Sequel is Better than the Original: Refinancing with HARP2.0

Back in 2009, millions of homeowners were underwater owing more than what their homes were worth. As a result, they didn’t have the option to refinance their homes and the banks wouldn’t help them. The government hoped to help 4 million homeowners by launching HARP (Home Affordable Refinance Program), but it only helped roughly 1 million of the projected 4.