DE QUEM É ESSE SOM? #2 | OS SONS DOS ANIMAIS | ADIVINHAR O SOM COM LEO E LULLY|| APRENDER BRINCANDO

The American economy is starting to crack. September’s jobs report was abysmal, while hourly wages crept lower and 350,000 people dropped out of the labor force. For the U.S. economy, at least, it seems low rates are here to stay…

The fall in prices of the Indian rupee has been a reason of concern over the past few years for the Indian government. Just a few years ago, India was trading 1 USD for 50 rupees; today though, it stands at Rs 66/-. Quite a sharp change to say the least!

The immigration debate is not based on race, but on economics with 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. who have come for a better standard of living. People from other countries can earn more money here than where they come from. (President Bush said that he wanted a guest worker program to have illegal aliens

The Middle East is sometimes viewed as an economic failure story. But at the Western fringe of that region, a new global economic powerhouse is rising – Turkey, the transcontinental country positioned strategically between Asia and Europe. With a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of USD786 billion for 2014, the nation opens its doors to investment across multiple sectors. Will Turkey continue to be a safe haven for investment and can it be a springboard into Europe and the Middle East?

Beyond the shores of Africa when the average person thinks of entrepreneurship, investment and management behemoths – arguably, names like Jeff Bezos, Richards Branson, Steve Jobs and even the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson will come to the mind of the average Jo. These names – over time, have come to be associated with stories that originally spawn from big dreams. Dreams that may one day well become myth to generations yet unborn. But to us, the witnesses of posterity, we are like insects caught in the amber of the events of our time. Track these events and you will find an origin story of a spark of genius that grew so bright and hot that little suns soon were birth and with them came galaxies. Those galaxies soon had smaller but not lesser stars who seem to trail in the wake of the suns they revolve around. In simple words, a lot of witnesses of our generation have come to aspire to be like Richard Branson and Steve Jobs just to mention a few. A lot will try but not all possess that spark required to carry them all the way; for those who come close, theirs will be to become the little stars that stand apart from the pack.