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Investing in ForEx - How Forex Trading Works 2006-07-13 04:56:44 1] INTRODUCTION
Forex Market
Forex (Foreign Exchange) is the name given to the “direct access” trading of foreign currencies. With an average daily volume of $1.4 trillion, forex is 46 times larger than all the futures markets combined and, for that reason, is the world’s most liquid market. In the past, forex trading was limited largely to [...] Read more:Investing
, Trading
, Works
Investing in ForEx - Forex FAQ’s 2006-07-13 04:51:53 What is Foreign Exchange?
Foreign exchange is the simultaneous buying of one currency and selling of another. The world’s currencies are on a floating exchange rate and are always traded in pairs, for example Euro / Dollar or Dollar / Yen. With a daily average turnover of approximately $1.4 trillion, the foreign exchange market, also known [...] Read more:Investing
How to Make Chocolate Shapes and Molding 2006-07-12 04:47:44 MELTING CHOCOLATE USING MICROWAVE
Average melting time (on high - 100%) for chunks of chocolate to melt are: (picture from Chockulit website)
1 ounce = 1 minute
2 ounces = 1.5 minutes
3 ounces = 2 minutes
4 ounces = 3.5 minutes Read more:Chocolate
Starting a Medical Transcription Business in Philippines 2006-07-09 04:41:39 Medical transcription is tagged as the next bright spot after the call center boom. From nine companies in 2001, the industry has grown to 40 this year. Data from industry group Medical Transcription
Industry Association of the Philippines
, Inc. (MTIAPI) showed that the country is taking in less than one percent of the United States [...] Read more:Business
, Medical Transcription
Mussel (Tahong) Culture 2006-07-08 04:29:11 Mussels are among the many invertebrates under the Phylum Mollusca. Their wide distribution in the coastal areas of the Indo-Pacific region makes them the most easily gathered seafood organisms, contributing a significant percentage to the world marine bivalve production. In the Philippines, approximately 12,000 MT of mussels were produced in 1987. This amount consisted only [...]
How to Make Buko Pie 2006-07-06 04:25:04 Two things I have in mind whenever I heard the word Laguna - hotspring resorts and buko pie! Visiting Laguna is not complete without buying a box of buko pie and the mere mention of it makes my mouth drool. Selling buko pie is a good business too. Here’s some of the recipe’s I dig [...]
Everything Online Internet Cafe Franchise 2006-07-04 04:20:46 If you are interested in franchising an Internet
Cafe, you might want to check on this.
What they are offering:
Internet Café Plus in a box powered by PLDT MY DSL and get quick returns from your investment. Now you can offer popular internet services like surfing, email, online gaming plus low cost international calling services & [...] Read more:Everything
Making Miso from Soybeans 2006-07-03 04:18:36 Miso is a fermented soybean paste, essential in Japanese cooking. It has the consistency of creamy peanut butter and will keep indefinitely, refrigerated in a closed container. Color, flavor and texture vary depending upon the base used in fermentation (rice, barley, soy), the amount of salt added, and the amount of time it is [...]
Beauty Salon/Parlor Business 2006-07-02 04:01:48 “…In the Philippines, manufacturers and advertisers are eager to tap into the youth market, especially when it comes to personal care products. After all, the youth market is huge. In 2001, about 57 percent of the population was under 25; 15-24 year olds made up almost 20 percent. Also, “me” products such as cosmetics, haircare, [...] Read more:Business
, Beauty
, Salon
How to Make Gelatin (Gulaman) from Seaweeds 2006-07-01 03:57:41 Seaweeds must be harvested from the sea very early in the morning or while the tide is still low. (Read Farming Seaweeds here)
Procedure:
Wash the seaweeds very well, drain and dry (Spread over a wire or bamboo screen for the purpose) for a week.
To remove the fishy odor and taste, soak and dry the seaweeds in [...]
Food Cart/Booth Franchising Investment 2006-06-30 03:51:16 GlobalPinoy Chamber of Small and Medium Entrerprise is a non profit organization with the aim of ‘Creating Jobs Through Entrepreneurship in Small & Medium Enterprises’. This NGO is based in Quezon City, Philippines and started in September, 1990 as FILOVE International.
One of the services they are offering is “Instant Negosyo” - an affordable food cart [...] Read more:Booth
, Franchising
Watermelon (Pakwan) Culture 2006-06-29 03:33:27 Watermelon, commonly known as “pakwan” in Tagalog, is probably native to Africa. It is mainly eaten as dessert fruit. The rind is made into preserves and pickles; the seeds are processed into butong pakwan. In 1982-83, the area planted to watermelon was 15,410 hectares with a total production of 75,650 metric tons of fruits; but [...] Read more:Watermelon
Setting-up a Drugstore Business 2006-06-27 03:31:51 Are you planning to venture into drugstore business? I found some tips and guides on forums that might help you decide. Read on.
“Magandang umaga po sa lahat ng kapwa ko entrepinoy. May konti po akong ibabahagi sa inyo regarding drugstore business para mapag aralan po ninyo ang ganitong uri ng negosyo. Ito po ay mula [...] Read more:Business
, Setting
Banana Chips, Pastillas, Wine, Sauce, Vinegar, Figs 2006-06-26 03:26:18 Bananas can be process into different kinds of food (you can even used the peelings!) - a good source of income for a home-based person.
BANANA CHIPS
Sweetened or salted banana chips are prepared from hard, green Saba or Cavendish. Read more:Chips
Sweet Potato Contains Anti-aging Nutrients 2007-06-22 11:15:39 Sweet potato is a health vegetable rich in antioxidants and other nutrients useful in maintaining a healthy body.
A new study conducted by the Rural Development Administration (RDA) of South Korea shows that sweet potato contains antioxidants such as chlorogenic acid, isochlorogenic. Read more:Sweet
, Potato
, Sweet Potato
Learn Basic Ikebana Styles 2007-06-20 11:14:21 What is Ikebana?
Ikebana, one of the traditional arts of Japan, has been practiced for more than six hundred years. It developed from the Buddhist ritual of offering flowers to the spirits of dead. By the middle of the fifteenth century, with the emergence of the first classical styles, ikebana achieved the status of an art [...] Read more:Basic
, Styles
Wonders of Mangosteen, Explored 2007-06-19 11:13:05 Mangosteen, a delectable tropical fruit, has many beneficial properties including antioxidants and xanthones, unique biological compounds that can be kill cancer cells.
Dr. James Duke, who worked for the US Department of Agriculture for 35 years, explained that antioxidants help the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory, immune, and nervous systems. Read more:Wonders
Growing Gladiolus 2007-06-18 11:11:03 Like most flowers, gladiolus carries a distinct elegance. Its flower come in different colors and shapes. In fact, they can be in all colors except true blue. But some of the violet shades appear to be blue under subdued light.
A quite popular flower, gladiolus becomes very much in demand during the month of November.
Gladiolus varieties. [...] Read more:Growing
Want to be a Millionaire? Plant Tuba-Tuba 2007-06-17 11:07:50 Want to be a millionaire? Stop wasting precious money on lotto or get-rich-quick schemes such as those being peddled by swindlers through text messaging. Why not try planting tuba-tuba?
According to Bukidnon Rep Juan Miguel Zubiri, tuba-tuba, whose scientific name is jathropa curcas, is a “fast-growing small tree whose fruit actually a nut, can be processed [...] Read more:Millionaire
, Plant
Coconut - The Tree of Life 2007-06-16 11:05:32 The Coconut Tree (Cocos Nucifera L.) is called “The Tree of Life” because of the endless list of products and by-products derived from its various parts. Food, shelter, fuel - name it, the coconut has it.
The coconut industry is considered a major dollar earner that provides livelihood to one-third of the country’s population.
Mutual Funds: What Are They? 2007-06-15 11:03:38 A mutual fund is nothing more than a collection of stocks and/or bonds. You can think of a mutual fund as a company that brings together a group of people and invests their money in stocks, bonds, and other securities. Each investor owns shares, which represent a portion of the holdings of the fund.
You can [...] Read more:Mutual
, Funds
, Mutual Funds
There’s Money In the Ink 2007-06-13 11:02:28 The money is in the ink. This is what Terrence Iwamoto, vice president for international sales at Computer Business Works Inc. in Asia, said at the launch of the company’s universal ink refill system. Citing the significant difference of the size of ink cartridges then and now, Iwamoto said that printer companies are now [...] Read more:Money
How to Make Ginger Tea (Salabat) 2007-06-12 11:01:05 Here are two products that you can do with your abundant harvest ginger.
Instant Ginger
Tea or Salabat
Simply follow the following procedure:
1. Select good quality young ginger rhizomes. Clean and remove bruised and spoiled particles, then, wash the weigh.
Lecture on Financial Literacy Basics (Video) 2007-06-11 11:00:20 Financial literacy is the ability of individuals to make appropriate decisions in managing their personal finances. Raising levels of financial literacy is now a focus of government programmes in most countries. - An interview with Mitchell Freedman, CPA/PFS (photo from nasbe.org)
What are the most common financial problems you see?
How can emotion affect the way we [...] Read more:Financial
, Basics
Natural (Biological) Pesticides 2007-06-11 10:57:57 The use of commercial pesticides kill, not only the target insect pests, but also beneficial insects like spiders, grasshoppers and others. Besides this, it leaves residues in the plant where it is sprayed, and is harmful to the person spraying. If inhaled, pesticides can cause cancer in [...] Read more:Natural
, Biological
Cakes and Pastries Business 2007-06-10 10:57:22 These days, there is much demand for high quality and delicious cakes and pastries. Cakes
and pastries have become staples in special occasions such as birthdays, weddings, debuts, baptism, anniversaries and the like.
Because of Filipinos natural love for celebrating special events, there is big business in cakes and pastries. At present, bakeshops continue to mushroom [...] Read more:Pastries
, Business
Packaging Style of Binalot Fiesta Foods (Video) 2007-06-09 10:53:06 Here is Mr. Basil Soriao General Manager of Binalot FiestaFoods
discussing the success of their business and how they get the idea of binalot concept. Now with 28 stores across the Metro Manila. Binalot also now accepts franchising. Read more:Packaging
, Style
How to Make Flip Flops (Video) 2007-06-09 10:52:25 Who would have guessed that this footwear created for the urban poor of Brazil would be the next hot fashion item? This flip-flop has indeed gone so far from the land of Samba. Call it the next miracle product likened to the biggest selling jeans in the planet, Levi’s 501. Read more:Flops
Jolina Magdangal’s Boutique Business (Video) 2007-06-08 10:51:48 Jolina Magdangal discusses her own business on how she get the idea on her boutique business. How and why it started and the current trend of the same products and items in the market. Read more:Business
, Boutique
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