Just Thinking About Money Can Turn the Mind Stingy

That rich people think rich, is adopted commonly, but no-one had ever known that money can influence people that unconscious. A psychologist of the University of Minnesota wanted to study how peoples behaviour can change, just by thinking about money. The results of this experiment were unexpected: those who solved puzzles related to money, were more independent, more selfish and less generous and these are daily used characteristics. Considering that these results were the same to all types of people and that they did not realise their acting, you can conclude that money has a very pernicious side in the society.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/
Sarah Van Damme
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EUROSHAREHOLDERS ASKS THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF FORTIS TO QUIT

Euroshareholders, an European group who keeps itself busy with the issues of the shareholders, wants a replacement of the members of the Board. This is because the Board of Fortis is responsible for incorrect information, a failing management and also the elimination of the value of 50 billion euros in the past year. Furthermore the group says that the members of the Board aren’t going to be tended to give more information, because they will be afraid that it will damage their position. However the most important activities became nationalized by the Dutch, the Belgian government and the government of Luxembourg, Fortis, who went public on Tuesday (after a week been suspended), lost almost 80%.


Jessie Vanslembrouck
http://www.tijd.be/nieuws/ondernemingen_financien/Euroshareholders_vraagt_Fortis-bestuur_op_te_stappen.8091036-433.art?highlight=Fortis