Online Gold Buying

A friend, who lives in another city, sent me a text message last month, telling me to buy gold. He also gave me a stock counter to follow but because I have had a hectic month, I totally forgot about them and only remembered when he followed up with me last evening.

I told him that because I was busy, I forgot to check out his tips. He was surprised because he thought that because I am connected to the internet the whole day, I would be able to monitor gold and the stock. I couldn’t. Besides, one could easily buy gold and also stocks online, without having to leave the house!

Well, what to do? I missed the boat, I think, though I haven’t actually checked the current prices yet. I guess I will have to read more about gold investment just in case he tips me off again.

One in Five US Divorces Involve Facebook

The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers ran a survey recently and found out from divorce lawyers that one in five divorces in the United States involve the social networking website, Facebook.

While Facebook is a great way to reconnect, maybe have used it to reconnect with old flames and rekindled that flame. Facebook has been cited as evidence of infidelity, either through status updates, messages on the wall or photos. These result in irreconcilable differences.

MySpace is next after Facebook, with 15%, Twitter is third with 5% and 14% belongs to other social media networks.

I remember the priest saying that married couples should stay away frm Facebook because it is the cause for divorce but I think that old flames are rekindled so easily because these people wanted it.

Miley Cyrus No. 1 Celebrity On Yahoo Search

Miley Cyrus is the number one celebrity searched on Yahoo! I have to admit, I have not searched for Miley Cyrus for the past year and even if I search for her, I wouldn’t be using Yahoo! This means I am not part of the statistics.

I am not surprised, though, that Miley Cyrus is the top searched celebrity, at least on Yahoo, since she has had such a great year career wise, with so many things going on for her. And then her parents’ divorced also threw her in the limelight.

Having just turned 18, she is legally an adult now and I expect she will be in the news a lot more, as fans become more and more curious about her.

Buy Gold Coins

I met up with my friend over the weekend and I asked him if he could recommend me a stock. He is a risk manager, you see, and I figured that he would have some inside tips or something. However, he didn’t give me any tips but instead ask me to buy gold coins if there is a good opportunity,

I know that gold is hot now but I think the price has gone up too high for me to “chase”. I thought that I wouldn’t be able to own gold but now that I have this suggestion, I wonder why I never thought about it in the first place. Buying gold coin is significantly cheaper than buying gold bullion! And it is just as valuable.

Now that I have a new target, I should start looking at them and see how many gold coins I can buy with my budget!

Breast Cancer Campaign Calls For Boob Shots

A breast cancer campaign that is being run by a New Zealand female-orientated website is calling for readers to submit photos of their breasts to be posted online and that every 50 photos uploaded, they will donate $1000 to a breast cancer charity organisation.

While raising breast cancer awareness is certainly a good cause, and this campaign has surely raised awareness of the public to breast, I am not sure if people are looking beyond that. There surely is a better way to create awareness of breast cancer than getting naked boob shots online and have them end up on porn sites?

Obviously this topic has raised a furious debate between believers and non-believers of the method this campaign is being run. Like I said, the cause is good but there are many other ways to handle it.

Groupon Rejects Google’s US$6 billion Purchase Bid

Groupon has finally come to a decision on Google’s bid to purchase the daily deals company and Google has been given the kick. It looks like Groupon, with 33 million subscribers in 35 countries around the world, does not think that US$6 billion is enough.

Groupon, which is short for “group coupon”, sends out emails to subscribers to let them know of a new deal and the deal is only activated when a certain number of purchasers is achieved. This is unlike the other coupon business model where discount coupons are purchased outright.

Frankly, I think that it’s silly that virtual companies can be valued billions of dollars. Web users come and go, internet companies come and go. Just look at the so many internet companies that have busted, and to think that Yahoo! and AOL, just to name two veteran internet giants, spent hundreds of millions of dollars acquiring web properties. MySpace, what?

Reading Up On Gold Bullion

My mother told me that she has some savings and since she has no use for the cash now, she would like to keep it safely. She asked me for my opinion and I told her that perhaps she should buy gold bullion. I am not asking her to, because I believe that investment is something personal and should be decided by herself.

However, I did tell her that buying gold bullion is very easy now and could even be done online. There are a few reputable authorized gold dealers which she could check out. It also makes sense to read up on buying gold. I believe that even if she is a small time investor, she still needs to be informed on what she is going into.

Luckily my mother can speak English so it’s easy for me to guild her on where to go to look for information on gold investment so that she could read all about it.

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