Thursday, June 18, 2009

Greatest Songs of All Time

Very difficult ranking to choose the best songs of all time, but we did it by gathering information from different sources and picked all common songs which were in top 50 and 100 and the result is this unique list.

We don’t put numbers, as they are all unique and could be number one.

Sources:

The Billborad online magazine, Rolling Stone online magazine, Wikipedia, Telegraph newspaper, Squidoo website, Sydney Morning Herald newspaper

These are all MUST HAVE songs:

 

1

  • Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
  • Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
  • Imagine - John Lennon
  • Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
  • Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
  • Hey Jude - The Beatles  

2 

  • What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
  • One – U2
  • Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
  • Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
  • Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
  • Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
  • Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen 

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3 

  • Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
  • My Generation - The Who
  • Superstition - Stevie Wonder
  • Respect - Aretha Franklin
  • Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
  • Let It Be – The Beatles 

4

 

  • I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
  • Layla - Derek and the Dominos
  • Light My Fire – The Doors
  • Fall On Me - R.E.M
  • What'd I Say - Ray Charles
  • Black - Pearl Jam
  • Hotel California – The Eagles 

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5

 

  • No Woman, No Cry – Bob Marley
  • November Rain - Guns N' Roses
  • Yesterday – The Beatles
  • Life On Mars- David Bowie
  • Wonderwall – Oasis
  • God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
  • Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley

7

 

  • Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
  • London Calling - The Clash
  • All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
  • Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
  • Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
  • I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash

8

  • I’ve Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra
  • The End Of The Innocence - Don Henley
  • When Doves Cry — Prince
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
  • With Or Without You – U2
  • Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles
  • The Star - Vitas
  • White Room – Cream
  • Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
  • One – Metallica

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Having this collection is a MUST for everyone, these songs not only are strong in music, but they all make alive good memories of millions of people all around the world.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

The World's Most Powerful People

What is Power, have you ever thought that who is the one whose decisions may affect all of us in the world and 7 billion people around the world more than the others, if you guess of some people, they command respect and obvious admiration from their supporters across the world:

Please take a look at this amazing list published by Newsweek, which call the most powerful people, The Global Elite:

 

1- Barack Obama

US President obama 

The presidency of the 'intensely charismatic' 47-year-old Democrat will be judged on how he handles the economic crisis that now envelops the US and the world

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2- Hu Jintao

Chinese President jintao

Hu is the man behind the wheel of the world's most supercharged economy.

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3- Nicholas Sarkozy

French President  sarkozy

Sarkozy is credited with being the driving force behind the Elysee Palace once again becoming the most important address in Europe. During his six-month term as European Union president, Sarkozy faced down the Russians in Georgia and then helped pull together Europe's response to the economic meltdown.

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4- Ben Bernanke

Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reservebernanke

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5- Jean-Claude Trichet

President of the European Central Banktrichet

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6- Masaaki Shirakawa

Governor of the Bank of Japanshirakawa

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The trio above (number 4, 5, 6) have been working hard with their compatriots in China, India, Brazil and Mexico to avoid global economic calamity in perilous times like these.

 

7- Gordon Brown

British Prime Minister  brown

His time as Prime Minister has been of mixed fortune, facing repercussions of the credit crunch, the 10p tax rate row, a costly political battle over 42 day detention and by-election defeats, notably Glasgow East. Despite an initial increase in personal and Labour popularity following his appointment as Leader, Brown has presided over a decline in poll approval ratings, both personally and for the party.During mid-2008 speculation arose of a potential challenge to Brown's leadership.

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8- Angela Merkel

German Chancellor  merkel

Though Merkel, head of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, was forced into awkward compromises on taxes and welfare-state reforms, her 'country looks like a rare island of stability' in troubled times like these.

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9- Vladimir Putin

Russian Prime Minister  putin

may have officially stepped down from the post of President last May, but he remains firmly in power. With political opposition crushed and the media throttled, he's still in charge.

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10- Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud

King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia abdulaziz

Abdullah also serves as Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia and Commander of the Saudi National Guard. He is Chairman of the Supreme Economic Council, President of the High Council for Petroleum and Minerals, President of the King Abdulaziz Centre for National Dialogue, Chairman of the Council of Civil Service and Head of the Military Service Council.

His wealth is estimated at over $21 billion.

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We are providing some important people among 50 most powerful people, it’s worth looking at it:

 

11- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Supreme Leader of Iran

khamenei

 

13- Bill Clinton

42nd President of the United States

bclinton

 

14- Hillary Clinton

United States Secretary of State

hclinton

 

16- Gen. David Petraeus

U.S. Central Command

petraeus

 

19- Warren Buffett

Second richest person in the world

buffett

 

22- Bill Gates

Richest person in the world

gates

 

34- Steve Jobs

CEO of Apple Inc.

sjobs

 

37- Pope Benedict XVI

Pope

pope

 

39- Rupert Murdoch

Chairman and Managing Director of News Corporation

ruprt

 

41- Shahrukh Khan

Indian Actor

shahrukh

 

42- Osama bin Laden

Founder of the organization al-Qaeda

osama

 

46- The Dalai Lama

Religious leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism

Dalai 

 

47- Oprah Winfrey

American media personality, Academy Award nominated actress, producer, literary critic and magazine publisher

Oprah

They have the power to rule the world and affect the people, but we all hope that they could direct the world to peace and love.

Thanks to John Lennon:

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

 

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

World’s Best Tech Companies

Take a guess first. Which technology companies are the top performers worldwide? Google would certainly get some votes. Apple anyone? Maybe you think Research In Motion is leading the way.

This year BusinessWeek ranked companies on four criteria: shareholder return, return on equity, total revenues, and revenue growth. Those with the best aggregate ranking go to the top of the list.

Here is this practical list:

1- Amazon

www.amazon.com

Country: U.S.
Revenue (Millions): 19,920
Revenue Growth: 25%
Return on Equity: 23%
Shareholder Return: 2%

The Internet superstore nabbed the top spot for the third straight year thanks to strong revenue growth and stock performance.

the company has shown a knack for expansion, with its growing Web-services business and popular Kindle electronic reader.

2- Oracle

www.oracle.com

Country: U.S.
Revenue (Millions): 23,630
Revenue Growth: 12%
Return on Equity: 25%
Shareholder Return: -7%

Due to its domination of the market for database software and aggressive acquisition strategy, Oracle's revenues and profits have grown rapidly over the past five years. Its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems brings it valuable software, including the Java programming language. But Oracle will have to figure out what to do with Sun's struggling computer business.

3- SAP
www.sap.com

Country: Germany
Revenue (Millions): 16,093
Revenue Growth: 13%
Return on Equity: 27%
Shareholder Return: -9%


Last quarter, the software giant's product revenues plunged 33%, but revenues from services and support helped fill the gap. Adapting to hard times, SAP is pushing smaller and less costly software packages. Its biggest challenge looms in the future: Will it be able to manage an expected shift to cloud computing by companies that now do most of their computing in-house?

4- Inventec
www.inventec.com

Country: Taiwan
Revenue (Millions): 11,715
Revenue Growth: 45%
Return on Equity: 14%
Shareholder Return: -2%


For years, Taiwanese computer manufacturer Inventec operated in the shadow of larger rivals. Now, though, the Taipei-based company is on a roll, thanks to big laptop orders from Hewlett-Packard. The stock price has soared 125% so far this year and hit a 52-week high on May 19.

5- IBM

www.ibm.com

Country: U.S.
Revenue (Millions): 100,839
Revenue Growth: 0%
Return on Equity: 91%
Shareholder Return: -13%


Year after year, Big Blue seems to defy gravity. Right now, its software and services businesses are propping up a struggling computer hardware business. Acquisitions are a help. Also, the company is pushing a "smarter planet" strategy—providing the technology and expertise that companies and governments need to improve the effectiveness and productivity of their operations.

6- Bharti Airtel
www.airtel.in

Country: India
Revenue (Millions): 5,804
Revenue Growth: 46%
Return on Equity: 31%
Shareholder Return: -16%


India's largest cell-phone company is the world's third largest. Adding 3 million new customers a month in a very competitive market with the globe's cheapest call rates, Airtel has kept ahead of the crowd by pampering high-value customers with offerings like the iPhone and soon-to-be-rolled-out 3G networks. It crossed 100 million customers in May, and Chairman Sunil Mittal plans to double that number in as little as three years.

7- Quanta Computer

www.quanta.com.tw/Quanta/english/Default.aspx

Country: Taiwan
Revenue (Millions): 25,295
Revenue Growth: 5%
Return on Equity: 24%
Shareholder Return: 7%


Quanta has long been the world's top manufacturer of laptop computers. Like other Taiwanese manufacturers, Quanta has received a much-needed lift from netbooks, the new mini-laptops. Analysts expect the company to score another win with the launch later this year of slim new laptops by Acer and other customers using Intel's CULV (consumer ultra low voltage) platform.

8- Wistron
www.wistron.com

Country: Taiwan
Revenue (Millions): 8,859
Revenue Growth: 55%
Return on Equity: 19%
Shareholder Return: -11%


Wistron is another Taiwanese manufacturer riding the netbook boom, with the stock price almost doubling since the start of the year. The company, formerly the production arm of Acer until the PC maker spun it off in 2001, generated 80% of its sales from laptops last year. It also makes TVs and LCD monitors.

9- Tencent Holdings

www.tencent.com/index_e.shtml

Country: China
Revenue (Millions): 1,041
Revenue Growth: 87%
Return on Equity: 40%
Shareholder Return: 34%


Shenzhen-based Tencent is China's biggest Internet-chatting company. With more than 400 million Chinese youth using its QQ instant-messaging service (QQ is the name of Tencent's mascot, a cuddly penguin), it also has expanded into online games. Those moves have helped drive its Hong Kong-listed stock up 22% over the last year. In the first quarter of 2009, its net income beat analyst expectations, growing 95% to $152 million.

10- Acer
www.acer.com

Country: Taiwan
Revenue (Millions): 14,276
Revenue Growth: 18%
Return on Equity: 14%
Shareholder Return: 3%


The popularity of netbooks has lifted Acer into a tight race with Dell for the No. 2 slot in the global PC market, behind Hewlett-Packard. The Taipei-based company, known for its bargain-basement prices, is pushing a multibrand strategy in the U.S. with its Acer, Gateway, and eMachines brands. Acer reported a 31% drop in earnings for the first three months of the year, to $60 million, but analysts are hopeful about its new laptops, which are lighter and more energy-efficient than slim machines of many rivals.

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Finding reliable and fast-growing companies to work for is a difficult task to do, the companies above proved that they have been born to grow and grow, so flow with this growth…



Sunday, May 31, 2009

World's 10 Most Expensive Streets

You may have heard lots of information about richest people in the world or most expensive houses or most expensive cars, but where do these richest live, where are their sweet homes located or while coming out their car park, which streets do they drive through, Yes, here is the list of Most Expensive Streets in the world conducted by Wealth-Bulletin:

 
1- Avenue Princess Grace, Monaco

$190,000 per sq/m

Named after the iconic Hollywood star Grace Kelly, who was married to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, the palmed-lined Avenue Princess Grace is the world’s most expensive street.


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Currently, a 213 square metre four-bedroom apartment is on the market priced at $41m – or a staggering 190,000 per square metre.

 

2- Severn Road, Hong Kong

$121,000 sq/m

Hong Kong’s Severn Road is located in the city’s most exclusive district, The Peak, at the top of Hong Kong Island. Residential property on Severn Road, named after a British colonial administrator, commands some of the most spectacular urban views in the world, overlooking the city’s skyscrapers and across Hong Kong harbour to Kowloon.


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A billionaire mainland Chinese businessman recently bought a 312 sq/m apartment on Severn road for $38m.

 

3- Fifth Avenue, New York City, USA

$80,000 per sq/m

Fifth Avenue, New York City, has the most iconic status of all the streets on the list.


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Some apartments are likely to sell for as much as $60m at exclusive addresses like Plaza Apartments, linked to the famous Plaza Hotel, and 834 Fifth Avenue, where the press baron Rupert Murdoch bought an apartment for $44m in 2005.

 

4- Kensington Palace Gardens, London, UK

$77,000 per sq/m

 

The rich in London might be feeling the cold breeze of the credit crunch and faltering property prices, but the super rich in the capital are still paying out-of-this world prices for the most expensive houses in town.

It’s estimated that you would need around $200m to buy one of the smartest Victorian mansions on KPG, as estate agents call it. Estate agents believe the 5,100 square metre virtual stately home in central London would go for at least £200m ($396m) in the current market.


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Lakshmi Mittal, the billionaire steel magnate, owns two houses on KPG which the Russian and Israeli embassies are at either end of the street. He bought his first house there and paid £57m for the 18 bedroom mansion.

 

5- Avenue Montaigne, Paris, France

$54,000 per sq/m

Avenue Montaigne, in Paris’ 8th arrondisement and near the Champs-Elysees has some of the most exclusive shops in the city.


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It makes up “The Golden Triangle” with the Avenue Champs-Elysees in the east and Avenue Georges V in the west.

 

6- Ostozhenka, Moscow, Russia

$40,000 per sq/m

Many of Russia’s rapidly growing number of billionaires have apartments on the Ostozhenka street known as the Golden Mile, which runs along the Moscow River.


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Apartments overlook famous Moscow landmarks like the Kremlin and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.

 

7- Via Suvretta, St Moritz, Switzerland

$38,000 per sq/m

The winding Via Suvretta in the ski resort of St Mortiz is the most expensive street in Switzerland.

 


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Many prominent billionaires have holiday homes on the Via Suvretta, including Lakshmi Mittal and the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Other residents include Luca Bassani owner of Wally Yachts, which makes some of the most expensive super yachts in the world.

 

8- Carolwood Drive, Los Angeles, USA

$30,000 per sq/m 

Carolwood Drive in Beverly Hills has some of the most sumptuous residential properties in America, including Fleur de Lys, a 45,000 square metre mansion modeled after Versailles and is currently on the market for $125m.


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Fleur de Lys, owned by Suzanne Saperstein, the former wife of billionaire David Saperstein, has a ballroom with ceiling frescoes, a pool house with kitchen, massage room and gym, a three-bedroom manager’s house, staff quarters for 10, a nine-car garage, and a jogging track.

 

9- Wolseley Road, Sydney, Australia

$28,000 per sq/m

Wolseley Road in Point Piper has enjoyed a long-standing reputation for being the country’s ultimate address. Properties on the road have some of the best harbour views of any city in the world, with stunning scenery across to the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House.

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Craig-y-Mor is a non-waterfront house on Wolseley Road. Australia’s most expensive residential property, sold in 2008 for $32.4m


And Surprisingly:

 

10 -Altamount Road, Mumbai, India

$25,000 per sq/m

The tree-lined street in the south of the city has always been a popular choice for homes of India’s very rich.


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The street was catapulted into the ranks of the world’s most expensive when India’s wealthiest individual Mukesh Ambani unveiled plans last year to build a residential apartment block on the street at a cost of around $1bn. The extraordinary 27 floor building, called Antilia, will be as high as a normal 60 floor skyscraper, have elevated gardens and three helicopter pads.

 

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