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The eurozone plunged into crisis and unemployment soared across the globe, but 175,000 people still made enough cash last year to join the global millionaires' club. The new entrants, mostly from China and India, bring the number of millionaire households across the world to 12.6m, according to a global wealth report by Boston Consulting Group [BCG]. The US still boasts the most millionaires with 5.13m households in the top bracket, despite a fall of 129,000. China, which added 193,000 to 1.4m, is within touching distance of Japan, which is in second place with 1.58m. Britain is in fourth place with 411,000 millionaires. The influx of oligarchs and other wealthy foreigners enabled the UK to boast the second highest number of "ultra high net worth" [UHNW] individuals, with 1,125 households holding financial assets in excess of $100m (£65m). One in 25,000 UK households is now worth more than $100m, says BCG's report, which does not include property and other non-financial assets. If … [Read more...] about China and India swell ranks of millionaires in global rich list

How effective is your to-do list? Does it help you plan your day? Does it help you prioritize? Or is it a never-ending list of things you feel guilty for not having done yet and you're now unlikely to do at all? A good to-do list has the power to not only shape your day but also to focus your attention on whatever's most meaningful to you. By writing down your tasks, you're effectively breaking down your bigger goals into more manageable parts. A weekly task of cleaning up papers that have accumulated on your desk might help you achieve the greater goal of staying organized and going paperless. Even a grocery-shopping list can be indicative of a greater goal to eat well or cook at home more. When you learn how to make an effective to-do list, you can keep your mind better attuned to your true goals. A good to-do list should give you guidance, not fill you with dread. Here are some tips for making better to-do lists. 1. Choose the Right To-Do App for You The first step in making a … [Read more...] about Get Organized: 10 Strategies for Better, More Effective To-Do Lists

I can’t wait to upgrade my coffee maker to the next version of CoffeeOS–I hear it’ll run even more apps. advertisement advertisement This is a scenario that’s fantasy right now, but it’s also just around the corner technologically speaking. It’s one of the secret benefits of the Internet Of Things, far more interesting than merely letting your fridge talk to the Internet. And its born of a hybrid between your dumbest household appliances, and some of the cutting edge tech that makes your iPhone work. The Smartphone Upgrade Cycle A handful of years ago, if you wanted to do even the simplest new things with your phone–play games, take a picture, or a video and so on, you had to buy a whole new phone. We all played this game back then, looking for phones with a camera, or one that could also play MP3s, albeit very clunkily. No surprise then that the average U.S. home has so many old, unwanted cell phones tucked away. And then … [Read more...] about If You Like Delicious Coffee, You Are Going To Looooove The Internet Of Things

A good cup of coffee starts with the right beans, but from there you also need the right tools to get the best possible result. Sure, we have our favorite coffeemakers, but we want to build a solid list of the best coffee-making gear you could have at home. Let's get started. There are plenty of ways to brew a great cup of coffee at home, even if you don't consider yourself a coffee snob. You could use a drip brewer, use a press of some kind (and we'll get to some of our favorites), fire up your home espresso maker, or use some other kind of high-tech contraption to make your morning (or afternoon, or evening) cup. We'll get you started with some of our favorites, but we really want this to be a definitive list of great tools to brew great coffee, so let's hear yours too! Here's how to submit your gear suggestion: Include a photo of the product! One item per comment, please! Let's keep it simple and easy to read—if you have multiple coffee-making gear suggestions, even if … [Read more...] about The Best At-Home Coffee Making Gear

Of all the noxious, insulting stereotypes millennials have to endure about their generation — that they're self-centered, lazy, and entitled, not to mention the fucking avocado toast — none merits rioting in the streets like the fetid narrative that millennials are useless parasites leeching off their far more industrious, far more successful, endlessly responsible parents. Especially because it’s not true. And I’m not being defensive. Data proves it. In fact, just as many American millennials have been quietly supporting their parents as boomers who have been supporting their adult children.BuzzFeed News performed our own analysis of US Census Bureau data, the official source of demographic information in the country. The bureau conducts a study called the Survey of Income and Program Participation that asks people a few questions relevant to this issue: how old they are, if they are financially supporting any adult children age 21 or older living outside their … [Read more...] about This Data Proves — Once And For All — The Stereotypes About Lazy Millennials Are Wrong