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Father, Son and wonderbra
Advertising Agency: Publicis Conseil, Paris, France
Some Wonderbra Trivia
Eva Herzigova was the first spokesperson for the Wonderbra. Her billboard ad , is said to be "supposedly responsible" for numerous car accidents in the U.K.
Taglines: "Hello boys" was released in the U.K.
"Who cares if it's a bad hair day" and "Look me in the eyes and tell me that you love me." were used in US
Slipperly Floor
A slippery floor sign is displayed in a hair salon to warn people that with Pantene, your hair could be so smooth, people might accidentally slip if they step on it.
Advertising Agency: Grey, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Wink.com: People search engine
Wink People Search enables people across the world to search for friends or business contacts based on name, location, interests, tags, school, work, and other profile information. Wink also provides users with tools to manage their online presence and control what is displayed about them on the Web.
Prosper.com: P2P micro finance system
Prosper is America's largest people-to-people lending marketplace. Connecting people to people eliminates the need for borrowers to go through a bank for a loan—and fewer middlemen means Prosper lenders also benefit.
At a Glance
* Launched 2006
* America's largest people-to-people lending marketplace
* Over 830,000 members
* Over $178,000,000 in loans funded on Prosper
People who register as Prosper lenders set the minimum interest rate they are willing to earn and bid in increments of $50 to $25,000 on loan listings they select. In addition to criteria commonly used by institutional lenders, such as credit scores and histories, Prosper lenders can consider borrowers' personal stories, endorsements from friends, and group affiliations.
Borrowers create loan listings for up to $25,000 and set the maximum rate they are willing to pay a lender. Then the auction begins as Prosper lenders can bid down the interest rate. Once the auction ends, Prosper takes the bids with the lowest rates and combines them into one simple loan to the borrower. Prosper handles all on-going loan administration tasks including loan repayment and collections on behalf of the matched borrower and lenders.
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Update: the Securities and Exchange Commission has shut them down.
At a Glance
* Launched 2006
* America's largest people-to-people lending marketplace
* Over 830,000 members
* Over $178,000,000 in loans funded on Prosper
People who register as Prosper lenders set the minimum interest rate they are willing to earn and bid in increments of $50 to $25,000 on loan listings they select. In addition to criteria commonly used by institutional lenders, such as credit scores and histories, Prosper lenders can consider borrowers' personal stories, endorsements from friends, and group affiliations.
Borrowers create loan listings for up to $25,000 and set the maximum rate they are willing to pay a lender. Then the auction begins as Prosper lenders can bid down the interest rate. Once the auction ends, Prosper takes the bids with the lowest rates and combines them into one simple loan to the borrower. Prosper handles all on-going loan administration tasks including loan repayment and collections on behalf of the matched borrower and lenders.
Read more
Update: the Securities and Exchange Commission has shut them down.
World's first publicly traded BROTHEL
The world's first publicly traded brothel started on May 2, 2003 at Melbourne,Australia. The Daily Planet, which bills itself as the only "six-star" hotel in Australia, offers sex on its room service menu. Andrew Harris, chief executive officer of Daily Planet, has sweeping visions for the bordello enterprise and sees it as the first step in creating a "Sex Disneyland" with operations around the globe.
Coming to the business fundamentals, investor point of view..this is the oldest industry in world, oil prices may cross $200/barrel and affect balance sheet of biggest of companies, but here no affect is going to come.
"Do you make a investment decision based on ethics, or do you make a decision based on fundamentals?"
"So invest nd NJOY"
Company History 1: Paypal
PayPal was founded in December 1998 by recent college grad Max Levchin and hedge fund manager Peter Thiel. The company went through quite a few ideas, including cryptography software and a service for transmitting money via PDAs, before discovery its niche as a web-based payment system. That service became wildly popular for online vendors, especially eBay sellers, who preferred it to traditional payment methods. PayPal went public in early 2002 and was acquired later that year by eBay for $1.5 billion.
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