Income tax was first introduced in India in 1860 by James Wilson who became India s 1st finance membe
Income tax was first introduced in India in 1860 by James Wilson who became India s 1st finance membe
Studies at Princeton University have found that money can buy happiness when you make at least 75 000 a yea
The word Salary was derived from the Latin salarium referring to the salt allotment for soldiers in the Roman army
Chop suey is not a Chinese dish but was invented in America by Chinese cooks The name chop suey means odds and ends
As of 2012 New York City s gross metropolitan product (GMP) of 1 287 trillion tops the GDPs of all but 13 countries
Bill Hewlett won a coin toss against Dave Packard and that s why HP was called Hewlett-Packard and not Packard-Hewlett
Donald Trump - or companies that bear his name - have declared bankruptcy four times in 1991 1992 2004 and again in 2009
Advertising circumstantial compromise design employer misquote luggage worthless and swagger are all words coined by Shakespeare
Apple s total sales in 2011 were 128 billion which is more than the gross domestic product of about 160 nations around the world
Ted Turner is the largest private landowner in the U S with about 1 75 million acres in New Mexico Montana South Dakota and Nebraska
One of the highest-priced single purchases ever charged to an American Express card was 2 5 million for a painting by Roy Lichtenstein
In Palestine tax rates were so high in 1600s under Ottomans that peasant abandoned fertile land to move up into the hills to escape levies
Singapore has the world s highest percentage of millionaires with 1 out of 6 households having at least USD one million in disposable wealth
In 1990 the Soviets gave Pepsi Stolinchnaya Vodka and a ship fleet consisting of 10 commercial ships 17 submarines a cruiser a frigate and a destroyer In exchange for Pepsi products
Luxottica a Milan-based company that started in 1961 manufactures sun glasses for almost all top brands like Prada Tiffany Coach Versace Bulgari Chanel Dolce Gabbana Ray-Ban and many more