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19 Apr

The Blockchain Revolution Is About To Begin Predicts Jed McCaleb

The blockchain technology has allowed for cryptocurrencies to take the financial market by storm with more revolution being expected in the industry. According to Jed McCaleb who created Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange, the blockchain technology will in the near future lead to universal payments network. The co-founder and chief technology officer at Stellar said they are concentrating on generating a cryptocurrency network for cross-border payments. As a developer, he believes that the technology used in cryptocurrencies will change stock markets, global payments, and fundraisers. There will be public ledger accessible to all people, and that cannot be changed at random, giving people a chance to use dollars, euros and other things as they are used to.

Research has shown that initial coin offerings (ICOs) also known as token sales have raised a combined $9 billion in four years, revealing an untapped market in the financial system. It is worth noting that unlike capital ventures, token sales go to the retail investor directly who contribute to a project by buying digital coins. They appreciate in value with time giving the investor some future platform. They represent a new fundraising model that has been made trustworthy by the new MiFID II directive rules. They demand traders to specify new requirements for the minimum leverage value of 1:50 and bars bonus programs common to traders to curb fraudulent companies and fundraisers.

Jed McCaleb expects the blockchain technology will digitize non-crypto assets such as stocks. He believes all equity will be tokenized using the technology using a decentralize exchanges that will allow people to trade in a number of things. He quotes Securrency a Maryland based firm that is working towards allowing investors to buy stocks using bitcoin.

At Stellar, the lumens or XLM coins have entered into the top 10 of the most significant cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Jed McCaleb believes technology can reduce inefficiency and improve living conditions. He has a special interest in artificial intelligence which he believes can be used to alleviate some of the human problems serving as an adviser to MIRI.

Business Leaders, Finance by Gar

17 Apr

Betsy Devos – on topic article

Those who know Betsy DeVos well say she’s a force to be reckoned with. In the state of Michigan she’s known as a devoted go-getter, determined to bring about educational change. Even those who roundly against her political leanings describe her has pragmatic, kind and caring. Now that she’s serving in the capacity of Secretary of Education for the Trump Administration, people who don’t know her feel that she’s tone deaf and unprepared for the job.

DeVos lets all the criticism roll off her back. Moving from Michigan Republican Party chair to her current position requires a steep learning curb. DeVos says she’s ready. But some wonder if she has gotten in over her head.

DeVos was born in a conservative, wealthy family in Holland, Michigan in 1958. Her father, Edgar Prince, was a billionaire industrialist. But as rich as he was, her current husband’s family, the DeVoses, are even richer still. Dick DeVos is the heir to the Amway fortune. She, along with her husband have used their tremendous wealth to wield a great deal of political power.

Over the years, they have fought for charter schools and vouchers. In 2001, DeVos unsuccessfully attempted to have a bill passed to make tax payers foot the bill of charter schools. DeVos’s educational ideology shouldn’t be a surprised since it was adopted from the same ideals that come from her Dutch homeland. In the late 1800s, the liberals and the church fought over which educational system should reign in the country.

Trump tends to agree with this principle. Or at least, he pretends that he does. Many people argue that DeVos is blurring the lines between separation of church and state. But even those who agree with her views criticize her for the lack of oversight in charter schools.

Wayne State University Professor of Education Thomas Peroni says he is frightened over DeVos being at the helm of national education. He claims that her monitoring role in Michigan has caused great harm to the system. The bottom line is DeVos’s current job requires her to ensure that people from all backgrounds get the quality education they deserve.

But many point to some of DeVos’s “astonishingly ignorant” comments to show she’s completely out of touch. Her comment about HBCU’s being the pioneers of school choice did not bode well. A person who is considered head of U.S. education surely would know that HBCU’s were created because Blacks were denied admission into most white schools.

Despite it all, those who know DeVos are still rooting for her. DeVos’s classmate Noel Wollfins says he just hope she knows what she’s gotten herself into.

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Education Reform by Gar

9 Apr

Hussain Sajwani Updates CNBC On DAMAC And Trump

CNBC covered the developments in Davos a couple months ago where the World Economic Forum was being held, and one man they ran into was Hussain Sajwani, the Executive Chairman of DAMAC Properties and its subsidiaries. They asked Sajwani if his ties to President Trump were going to cause any backlash against some of his vacation properties due to Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and he said that he believes despite the president’s hard line that his vacation properties have actually seen an increase of popularity. They also asked him if DAMAC had any new continents they had their sights set on. Sajwani said that they are currently exploring building major properties in the UK and possibly moving into North America, and he also said he’s considering selling up to 15% in ownership stakes in DAMAC.

Hussain Sajwani has been renowned as a property developer in the Arabian peninsula not only because of the quality and glamor of the buildings he’s had constructed, but also because he’s been known for some of the most sound financial management. In fact, DAMAC Properties has just about never been in debt, and his top management skills have even earned him recognition as one of the Middle East’s top CEOs in various business organizations. Some of the top properties he’s invested in include the Trump World Resort which he and the family of the current US President have partnered in, but he’s also investing in a project worth hundreds of millions known as AYKON City which is going be like a city within the main city of Dubai and will have high-rise hotels like none ever seen before. But Sajwani still points to his beginnings as being why he is where he is today.

Hussain Sajwani got his business degree at the University of Washington and actually started out in both the oil and the catering industry before going into real estate and hospitality. The catering business pulled in millions in revenue and he even was honored by the US Army for supplying food to troops stationed during Operation Desert Storm. It was in the 1990s that he started considering going into hotel and vacation property investments, and though he actually started the DAMAC holdings company back in the 1990s and bought the stakes in Anwar Tile that same year, he officially founded DAMAC Properties in 2002. In addition to the billions of dollars in property holdings he’s built since then, Sajwani is also a philanthropist who has helped the UAE’s Red Crescent program in helping refugees escaping from the Huda.

Business Development, Real Estate by Gar

9 Apr

Hussain Sajwani: Owner of DAMAC

Hussain Sajwani is the founder of the successful real estate company DAMAC Properties. He is also the chairman and the DAMAC Owner of the company. DAMAC deals in leisure, residential, and commercial properties in Dubai and the Middle East. Hussain Sajwani founded the company in 2002. DAMAC Properties is also part of DAMAC Group, which Hussain Sajwani founded in 1992. The company has done very well since its inception, it even made it onto the London Stock Exchange back in December 2013 and it was the first real estate company from the Middle East to do so. It also listed on the Dubai Financial Market Exchange in January 2015. DAMAC has built projects in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and plan on building more in those countries. They’ve even done some work in Lebanon, Jordan, and the United Kingdom, too. They built the DAMAC Hills golf community in Dubailand. This 42 million square feet community includes townhouses, mansions, and apartments and even some retail establishments all constructed around the 18 hole Trump International Golf Club Dubai. It was given the award for ‘Best Golf Development’ at the International Property Awards in London. DAMAC Properties includes 7 different hospitality developments that include hotels, resorts, and even hotel apartments. The company was also listed on the Forbes 2017 Global 2000 list as number one.

So who is DAMAC Owner Hussain Sajwani? He was born in 1954 and was raised with a humble upbringing. His family was hard working, middle class, and conservative people who above all else loved and focused on family. His father owned his own shop where he sold pens watches and also shirts and goods imported from China. By watching his father run his shop is where Hussain Sajwani learned to be humble. He watched and saw the risks that were involved with running your own shop. He also learned that he definitely did not want to follow in his father’s foot steps, although his father wished he would. He went on to college and got a degree in Industrial engineering and economics from the University of Washington.

Business, Business Development by Gar

9 Apr

Dublin AvaTrade Review Reveals Money Making Opportunity

How do the Irish make money? Well, they use the AvaTrade Forex trading platform. Can only the Irish use AvaTrade or is it available to anyone?

Making Money Trading

AvaTrade was started up in Dublin back in 2006. It is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. You only need 250 units of dollars, euros or pounds to get started.

You can practice trades using a demo account. Try different assets or trade types. Make sure that you can create profitable trades before you use real money.

AvaTrade review is also nice because it allows you to use a number of external tools on their platform. You can use MirrorTrade or ZuluTrade on AvaTrade. Computer programmers can even use the API to customize their own trading configurations.

All Are Welcome

Many of the top Forex brokers are headquartered near Wall Street or High Street. While this can be advantageous due to the wealth of capital nearby, there can also be some political drawbacks. The Dublin-based AvaTrade Forex broker does not have any political blow-back.

This has allowed AvaTrade to expand by opening branches in Paris, China, South Africa and Mongolia. More than 200,000 members from around the world use this trading platform. This Forex brand is open to a wide variety of traders.

The cryptocurrency community also likes AvaTrade too. Why? AvaTrade added Bitcoin before others did.

When Bitcoin went up or down, their 200,000 members could profit. Since then, they have added Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Gold, Litecoin, Monero, Ripple and Ethereum. Bitcoin millionaires like AvaTrade.

Forex Annual Awards

Money deposit and withdrawal options include credit cards, bank transfer, PayPal or Payoneer at AvaTrade. Customer service is through live chat, phone or email. These solid features have led to FX Empire awarding AvaTrade with annual prizes from 2013 to 2016.

This AvaTrade Review found a prime money making opportunity using CFD trades. Every day powerful assets make news and if you know how the price will change, you can earn money. You can join others who make money trading binary options.

Business Development, Businessman by Gar

9 Apr

Ryan Seacrest – American Idol, Suits, and Fashion

Macy’s has a new partner in its stable. They have recently signed American Idol host Ryan Seacrest to create a fashion line. The fashion line will feature menswear. The suits are tailored to be fitted. The cuts are slim. The price range will vary at points that are accessible to every level of citizen in America. The details, fabric, and patterns of the suits have been selected by Ryan Seacrest and Christopher Bailey of Burberry. This level of quality has not been introduced into their other lines. The new line will be exclusive to Macy’s, and Ryan Seacrest will promote the suits. The line of suits also has accessories, cuff links, jewelry, ties, belts, and pocket squares to compliment each look. The tailored fit make the suits fashion forward, and the material makes them durable. They are designed to be worn formally or informally.

Ryan Seacrest was introduced to fashion by Christopher Bailey. He designed his suits when Ryan Seacrest was competing on American Idol. This was a great advantage for Ryan. His suits were tailored to fit his body, and they gave him a very slim profile. The slim fit and quality materials were the best features in Ryan Seacrest’s eyes. He admired the work that Bailey had done. After winning American Idol, Ryan Seacrest wanted the ability to provide the same level of fashion to his fans. He wanted the great suits to be widely available. Ryan Seacrest took Bailey as his mentor and began his journey into fashion.

Ryan Seacrest is a true entrepreneur. He works from morning until night. He rarely rests. Ryan Seacrest hosts a talk show, a radio show, daily philanthropist, and American Idol. His talk show is in Los Angeles, and American Idol is in New York. He will often fly overnight from one coast to the next to make each show. By creating his own fashion line, he has done America a service. His high standard of fashion will serve as an example of quality and good taste. There are more than 20 million viewers and listeners to each of Ryan Seacrest’s television and radio shows, and he has 12 television shows overseas.

Business Leader, Businessman by Gar

7 Apr

Securus Technologies works with Robert Johnson

The problem of cell phones in prisons is a chronic one. Access to cell phones by prisoners is a controlled privilege. Prisons officials outlawed access to cell phones by inmates without prior permission from the authorities of the facilities. The reason behind the strict rule is that some inmates are known to use cell phones in prison facilities to execute criminal acts outside the confines of the prison. Robert Johnson was a prison official charged with frisking prisoners to stop them from sneaking cell phones into correctional facilities. He was so good at what he did that the inmates never liked him. They used cell phones that had been smuggled in, somehow, to coordinate an attack that nearly killed him.

Securus Brings Robert Johnson into Its Fold

Robert Johnson has a first-hand experience regarding the dangers that lurk behind mobile phones reaching inmates in correctional centers and prisons in the US. His story has been on the lips of many people for seven years now. Securus Technologies is a company that has been granted the mandate to provide digital technology security to many government institutions and in correctional centers in the US. The company handles security and advice on the same for over 2, 500 government agencies. It has over 12, 000 000 inmates covered under its security systems. There are some prisons facilities that have not yet contracted the services of Securus Technologies to prevent illegal access to mobile phones in prison cells in though. Robert Johnson now works with Securus Technologies to prevent inmates from accessing cell phones in prison cells. Mr. Johnson was once a victim of his trade when inmates meted out revenge on him for preventing them to freely access mobile phones. He was shot six times in the head; he “died” several times but finally cheated death. He works with Securus as a consultant. He lives to tell the story of his ordeal but vows to take the game to a higher level by ensuring that prison facilities are cell phone free.

Wireless Containment Systems

Securus landed, firstly, a deal to provide paid calls to prisoners in the US correctional institutions. The company was soon requested to help the prisons authorities to stop inmates from accessing cells phones illegally. It has since invested in research and digital technologies to deliver the service. Securus has developed something called Wireless Containment Systems. The company says it is installing a system designed to detect wireless phone signals headed into the prisons cells. Securus calls the system a controlled access for preventing cell phone calls by inmates. The officials say that the system is a powerful cell phone network with the ability to tap all incoming and outgoing calls by inmates. The system provides the Securus technologies monitoring team with the option of either terminating the call or allowing it. The system is set in such a way that it only allows known phone numbers to go through.

Inmate Communication by Gar

22 Mar

Meet the Music Producer Guru: Clay Hutson

The music industry is exciting and very competitive. There are a lot of changes that happen in the industry every day, and this means being the best at the game to have more clients. As much as it is about the money, it is crucial that the feelings and the thoughts of the clients are also considered to give a sense of completion. Clay Hutson is among the popular people in the music industry, thanks to his commitment and dedication.

Clay says that before beginning his firm, he was employed severally and held multiple positions. He learned a lot during this time, and the knowledge he gained has been indispensable. During the financial crisis, Clay decided that beginning his venture was the right path to take.

Clay Hutson explains that everything that is important in an event is planned prior. He, therefore, wakes up at 6:30 a.m. to get to the venues before the event begins. He begins by writing down the schedule of his day, he then works through the plan and then consults with his crew to see that everything goes as planned by enlightening them on the process. This ensures that he is productive in his job and the crew is focused as well. During the show, Clay Hutson is busy trying to plan on what the crew should do after the event.

Clay Hutson is cautious and is very calculated in everything he does. He describes himself as the individual who will go to the extent of knowing all the measurements of the doors to see that all the instruments fit. He brings ideas to life through visualization. He sees the lighting he needs to see and listens to the sounds that he wants to hear. His past experiences have also attributed to the success his achieving.

Productivity is of the essence to every foundation. The factors that boost the productivity of individuals vary from one individual to another based on their lines of work. Clay Hutson ensures that he is always a step ahead of himself. When he has a journey, he plans his entire day. He sees that even the most minor details are accounted for in his schedule. By so doing, he takes less time when delegating duties to his crew members, making things to run smoothly.

Clay’s advice to his younger self is to be completely honest with himself and everyone around him. He would also tell himself to put his family first. Learn more: https://www.crunchbase.com/person/clayton-hutson-1a2e

Music Entertainment, People by Gar

20 Mar

Dr. Sameer Jejurikar: The Plastic Surgeon With A Good Heart

This includes parts of the face such as brow, cheeks, chins, and lips. Similarly, he is the ideal man to take care of your breasts, various body parts, and the skin.

Helping the needy

Inside the highly successful plastic surgeon lies a very passionate philanthropist. As part of his giving to the less fortunate, he is actively involved in numerous medical missions.

For example, he takes part in an annual medical mission under the auspices of Smile Bangladesh in the name country. He is also on hand to assist the less fortunate in the local communities of Dallas and Plano, his practice locations.

Professional certification and hospital affiliations

Sameer Jejurikar is fully certified with active licenses to operate in Michigan and Texas. He maintains professional membership in numerous industry organizations.

Some of these include the American Society of Plastic Surgeons including the Dallas chapter. He is also affiliated with the American Medical Association.

Sameer Jejurikar has numerous hospital affiliations in Dallas, Plano, and Frisco in Texas. Some of these include Baylor University Hospital, Pine Creek, Forest Park Medical Center, and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital among others.

Recognition

Sameer Jejurikar has authored numerous peer-reviewed medical publications. Similarly, he posts extensively online on the subject of plastic surgery. He has also been featured in journals such as PubMed, Aesthetic Surgery Journal and Microsurgery among others.

The plastic surgeon is highly ranked as one of the leading physicians according to patient testimonials. This indicates that patients have satisfying experiences with the doctor.

Doctor by Gar

14 Mar

Luiz Carlos Trabuco Cappi

The Bradesco Bank is a large bank. The bank has grown since it started. The current president of the Bradesco Bank is Luiz Carlos Trabuco Cappi. Cappi has been working at the Bradesco Bank for more than half of his life. He began at the Bradesco Bank when he was 17 as a clerk. He was able to work as a clerk at the bank and obtain his college education. He received his bachelor’s degree and masters degree in Sao Paulo which is where he was born and has lived for a long time. He works to give beck to the community he grew up in by working and contributing to a bank in the area.

After he worked at the Bradesco Bank for almost two decades, he got a position as Marketing Director. He worked as the Marketing Director for eight years before he became the Chief Executive Officer of Bradesco Life and Foresight. Bradesco Life and Foresight is a private pension company. In 1998 Cappi became the Managing Director. He was eventually selected to be a member of the Executive Vice President Board. In 2003 Cappi became the President of Bradesco Insurance. In 2009 after many years of hard work Cappi became the President of the Bradesco Bank. His time as president will come to an end on March 12, 2018. On March 12 the newly elected president Octavio de Lazari Junior will take over the seat of president at the Bradesco Bank.

Octavio de Lazari Junior has been an employee at the Bradesco Bank for over 40 years. He began working at the bank as the Agency Manager. He became the department director for the Department of Loans and Financing for the Bradesco Bank in 2010. In 2012 he became a member of the Board of Executive Officers. In 2017 Lazari became the Chief Executive Officer of the Bradesco Group. When he becomes president, he will still do his duties as the CEO of the Bradesco Group. Until he takes over the positions as president, he will fulfill his duties as the Executive Vice President and the Chief Executive Officer of the Bradesco Group at the Bradesco Bank. One key component to Octavio de Lazari’s selection was because of his positions outside of the bank such as the head of a Brazil association. Lazari is great because he holds leadership positions outside of the bank which shows that he is a great leader.

Octavio de Lazari’s selection to be the president was quite shocking. He seemed to be underqualified when the committee first began the selection process. He was not their first choice or even in the top choice. The Succession and Appointment Committee of the Bradesco Bank is in charge of selecting the heir. They look for the person who shows the best chances of advancing the company. For example, Cappi made major advancements for the company while he served in leadership positions before president so they knew he would lead the company to success.

Learn more about Luiz Carlos Trabuco Cappi: http://www.infomoney.com.br/assuntos/luiz-carlos-trabuco-cappi

Business in Brazil, CEO by Gar