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A Look at the Bitcoin Price History

Strategy Driven

However, Bitcoin prices tend to be highly volatile and its price fluctuates so much. In this guide, we will take a look at the Bitcoin price history. These days, you can buy crypto from your bank account via your debit or credit card. History of Bitcoin Price. In 2011, Bitcoin was still trading at $17 USD.

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Leadership Comes in Many Forms. Helping Business Save the Earth.

Great Leadership By Dan

Government can both help create demand “pull” through pricing interventions and regulation and technology “push” by subsidizing R&D and funding university research. Banks can create green bonds and other novel forms of investing in sustainable technologies.

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Minority-Owned Private-Equity Firms Drive Higher Rates of Return

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: A study by the National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) found that the funds managed by its member firms (79% of which are owned by minorities and 69% of which have women or minorities in at least half of the investment roles) had a median net internal rate of return of 15% from 1998-2011.

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Rising Above the Stage Show

Chris Brady

For example, when gasoline prices skyrocketed a few years ago we heard from one side of the red-white-and-blue stage show that it was because Americans were wasteful and driving gas-guzzling SUVs. Of course, these prices quickly find their way to the end customer, the little guy, who is paying more for everything and can't figure out why.

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Putting Your Cash to Work in Real Estate

Coaching Tip

Dallas attorney Joey Messina has a side business some might find surprising: He uses his own money to make mortgage loans to people who banks likely would avoid. The mortgages carry interest rates of 14%—more than double the rates charged by most banks and far superior to the returns Mr. Messina received on his savings account.

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Don't Let Customers Freak Out Over Price Hikes

Harvard Business Review

Last year's business pages were filled with episodes of consumer outrage over price hikes. The President of the United States criticized Bank of America's planned $5 monthly debit card fee by saying, "This is exactly why we need [a regulator] whose sole job it is to prevent this kind of stuff from happening." Offer Choices.

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Are You Paying Attention to Social Cycles?

Coaching Tip

The riots that ensued—propelled in part by anger over high food prices—drove Ben Ali from power and spread to Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, and Algeria. Newly conservative regulatory policies have been clamping down on bank credit,” he adds. Sources: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, February 21, 2011 and The New York Times, February 20, 2011.