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World’s 85 Richest Have the Same Wealth as 3.5 Billion Poorest

The combined wealth of the world’s richest 85 people is now equivalent to that owned by half of the world’s population – or 3.5 billion of the poorest people – according to a new report from Oxfam. According to the report, 210 people have become billionaires in the past year, joining a select group of 1,426 individuals with a combined …

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Did a culture of insatiable greed turn an entire generation into crooks?

Ilias Sourdis asks whether or not a lack of values, family love and a taught respect has created a generation of liars and cheats… (Source: Neos Kosmos – 16 Aug 2012) Many of my generation were born long before electricity had reached our rural areas and started our lives with many beautiful human values such as respect for self and …

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Wake up to the workforce reality, Gen Y

Author: ED LIVESEY Sydney Morning Herald – July 10, 2013 Georgia Leaker wrote of her experience being one of the nearly one in five under-25s unemployed in Australia. Now, a fellow 24-year-old job hunter responds. The interns and Gen Ys of the world are calling their banners. We have finished university, have experience through internships and applied for copious jobs …

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GENERATION Y BATTLES PARTNER VOID

WHY do those who seek long-term partners seem to be finding it so difficult? Over the past few years I have observed a pattern, reading and hearing comments from people in the up-to-35 age bracket that they cannot find partners. This view was reinforced around a dinner table recently, and I can’t easily identify the exact factors behind this situation. …

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