You probably already heard about the 'BRICs'. This acronym stands for four emerging countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China. It was invented in 2001 by Jim O'Neill, an economist at the famous investment bank Goldman Sachs, who described these countries as the ones who should become the most dominant economies in the world by the year 2050.Read more

As part of a two billion euro investment, Delta Airlines will enhance its facilities and optimise its services and technology by 2013. Passengers flying in Business Elite on the Boeing 767-400 can now sit back and relax in the stylish reclining bed seats, while enjoying in-flight entertainment.Read more

As readers from The Riviera Times know, RFP is a very transparent financial adviser and all comments on financial markets and articles can be checked during the months after they have been published on our website. We concluded our article in The Rivera Times January 2011 as follows: "Consequently, we remain very careful and we prefer to wait before investing again on stock markets".Read more

Owning a property in France now means a foreign investor must pay the French wealth tax as soon as its value exceeds 1.3 million euros on the first of January of the taxation year. If the scheduled new rules are confirmed, the wealth tax will be higher next year as the former tax schedule is restored by the government.
Something can be done to avoid this: taking a loan.Read more