How Consumers Around the World Spend Their Money

This pseudo-map shows how people spend their discretionary income – the cash that goes to clothing, electronics, recreation, household goods, alcohol – depends a lot on where they live. People in Greece spend almost 13 times more money on clothing as they do on electronics. People living in Japan spend more on recreation than they do on clothing, electronics and household goods combined. Americans spend a lot of money on everything.

via www.nytimes.com
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The Cost of Sending Money Home

Some 192m migrants 3% of the world population sent remittances totalling $316 billion to developing countries last year, according to the World Bank. The cost of sending remittances is negatively correlated with the number of migrants and service-providers in a country; the more competition, the lower the cost. this chart shows, for each country, which is the most expensive country to send $200 to.

via www.economist.com

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Putting The "Gold" In Your Golden Years

When you’re in your 20s, saving for retirement is possibly the most boring subject on the planet. Start young, and you could retire a millionaire by saving just several thousand dollars a year. Start late in life, and you could wave hello to the senior special at Denny’s some 50 years down the road. In this infographic, mint.com've mapped out the significance of starting to save for retirement as early as possible, along with a simple how-to guide on the main retirement-saving vehicles at your disposal.

via www.mint.com

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How Do Couples Divide Their Money?

Few topics ignite as much curiosity and passionate discourse as that of handling money in a relationship.

Should couples merge all their finances, or should they take a “mine, yours and ours” approach? How large of a purchase can you make without discussing it with your partner in advance? Should you merge credit cards? To get a better idea of how couples throughout the country perceive their financial lives and how they manage their joint money, see mint.com infographic.

via www.mint.com

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Financial Flops of The Silver Screen

Creating a big, expensive epic that flops at the box office has got to be embarrassing. Depending on how bad the movie is and how badly it flops, it can destroy careers...

Do the biggest box office failures lose a few million? Ten million? More? Much more.

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Billionaires' Favorite Politicians

The billionaires on the Forbes 400 list have given more than $30 million to politicians and political action committees since 2006, along with millions more in soft money to politically active groups. Although Forbes 400 members give about 15% more money to Republicans than Democrats, they fund groups across the political spectrum.

via www.forbes.com
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