From modern apartment living for the average family to millionaire homes, don't think Turkey has neglected luxury design. The most notable shift in this sector was in the coastal resort of Yalikavak. Years ago, wealthy people came flocking from around the world when they built the marina, whic...
Wealthy Europeans paid dearly for the import all the way from Central America, but eventually, prices fell as more countries planted cacao trees in their own territories around the Equator. Remember, this was still a drink — and a gritty, unrefined one at that — but a series of inventions...
Turkey Peak are either idle or exhausted. Nevada is the other major producer of the country, with more than 120 mines producing large amounts of turquoise. Unlike elsewhere in the US, most of the Nevada mines were mainly used for their turquoise gem and very little was retrieved as a by-...
wealthy families are joining in. “The new generations of these families are leading the charge, restructuring their ancestors’ investment portfolios towards more sustainable approaches,” says Vial. The president of Chile’s NAB,Horacio Pavez, helms the family officeNapali. The NAB is angling to...
Deadly outbreaks have plagued societies for centuries. But they can lead to medical breakthroughs—if we learn the right lessons from them.
The region's standing on both of those pillars is elevated by the rank- ings of the wealthy hydrocarbon exporters near the Persian Gulf, countries that employ large contingents of foreign workers. In the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Qatar, the majority of the populations were born abroad...
They loved the drink once it was sweetened, and sadly for the Aztecs, that soon meant enslaving them to keep up with demand overseas. Wealthy Europeans paid dearly for the import all the way from Central America, but eventually, prices fell as more countries planted cacao trees in their own...
“Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time.”– Margaret Bonnand “Making money isn’t hard in itself. What is hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting your life to.”– Carlos Ruiz Zafon “Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have...
Less wealthy countries of Europe (by per capita GDP) tend to have longer work weeks. For example, people in the Balkans—including Türkiye, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Greece, and Romania—all put in an average of 40+ hours a week at their main jobs. Search: RankCountryAverage Weekly...
Gaius Petronius Arbiter’s literary masterpiece “The Satyricon” captures this typical social dynamic of Roman society in mid first century AD with the character of wealthy Trimalchio, who tells a slave to bring him a “piss pot” so he can urinate. In other words, when nature called, revel...