Introduction
Does the prospect of working from home sound too good to be true? Well, it shouldn’t. This book will show you how almost anyone can restructure or change their working life so that they can work at home, either full or part time, for an employer or as a freelancer.
This major life change may take patience, creativity, and a little sacrifice. But before long, you could be commuting from the kitchen to your home office, a cup of coffee in your hand and the sun shining through your window. We’ll explain:
• what type of personality traits will help you succeed as a teleworker
• whether your current job can really be done from home, and
• how to convince your employer that teleworking is a great idea for both you and the company.

And, if you can’t or don’t want to stay at your current job, we’ll show you how to either:

• look for a job that you can turn into a work-at-home opportunity
• strike out on your own as a home-based freelancer, or
• find an advertised work-at-home job that suits your experience and needs.
This book gives you the nuts and bolts of what it takes to make it as a teleworker. Regardless of your skills, work experience, or background, you can do it, and this book can help you.

From computer nerd and Harvard drop-out to the world’s richest business leader? That’s the incredible path of Bill Gates.Business the Bill Gates Way tells his story, reveals the entrepreneurial brilliance that is the driving force behind Microsoft’s awesome success, and discloses 10 key business secrets of the ultimate computer geek–and formidable businessman.Readers will learn about: Bill’s early obsession with computers, his utter devotion to…software, his demanding management style, his incredible focus, how he anticipates market challenges and creates dominant brands, how he inspires loyalty and devotion from employees as well as customers, and much more.Business the Bill Gates Way is part of a new series that charts the rise of business superstars Gates, Jack Welch, Richard Branson, and Rupert Murdoch. The Business Way Series looks at their deals, schemes, and dreams, revealing how each planned his career, crushed his competitors, and ended up on top. It supplies both a valuable insight into the ingredients of success and a concise source of important lessons for the next generation of winners.

Almost every country in the world has sophisticated systems to prevent banking crises. Yet such crises–and the massive financial and social damage they can cause–remain common throughout the world. Does deposit insurance encourage depositors and bankers to take excessive risks? Are banking regulations poorly designed? Or are banking regulators incompetent? Jean-Charles Rochet, one of the world’s leading authorities on banking regulation, argues that the answer in each case is “no.” In Why Are There So Many Banking Crises?, he makes the case that, although many banking crises are precipitated by financial deregulation and globalization, political interference often causes–and almost always exacerbates–banking crises. If, for example, political authorities are allowed to pressure banking regulators into bailing out banks that should be allowed to fail, then regulation will lack credibility and market discipline won’t work. Only by insuring the independence of banking regulators, Rochet says, can market forces work and banking crises be prevented and minimized. In this important collection of essays, Rochet examines the causes of banking crises around the world in recent decades, focusing on the lender of last resort; prudential regulation and the management of risk; and solvency regulations. His proposals for reforms that could limit the frequency and severity of banking crises should interest a wide range of academic economists and those working for central and private banks and financial services authorities.

n this provocative book, Margaret Heffernan, former CEO and Fast Company contributor, fuses her own experience with that of hundreds of women to identify the biggest challenges and the best solutions that women face today. From VPs of Fortune 100 companies to entrepreneurs to women just starting their careers, she traces the patterns and themes underlying women’s power, choices, love, sex, money, and many other vital topics for working women. Without sugar-coating the facts, preaching, or oversimplifying, she offers solutions and shares the truth about the working world: women’s choices are limited, you can’t have it all, women do work differently from men and, yes, it is possible to find success amidst all of this and feel good about it.

In this revealing new book, top trader Robbie Burns cuts through the jargon to give you the lowdown on the strategies you need to make money from share dealing.Robbie, aka the Naked Trader, is an expert and highly entertaining guide to the sometimes baffling world of the stock market.In between cups of tea, rounds of toast and the occasional ‘cuddle’ with Mrs Naked Trader, he describes the straightforward techniques that have enabled him to succeed in the markets and escape the rat race.The book kicks off with the basics such as: the best websites, magazines and newspapers to look at; the kit you need to get cracking; and some key tips for choosing a broker. Robbie then gives you the essential techniques for picking the good shares and, just as importantly, avoiding the bad ones, and finishes up with some more advanced topics like how to make money even when shares fall. Along the way you also get the chance to spend a day with the Naked Trader with an exclusive extract from his private (and revealing) diary. Throughout, everything is explained in plain (sometimes too plain! – Ed) English and with a sense of humour, honesty and enthusiasm rarely found in books about money.Not afraid to bare his soul (among other things) the Naked Trader even reveals some of the painful mistakes that he has made in the markets to help make sure that you do not fall into the same traps.

There may not be any guaranteed short cuts to trading success (as an important Naked Trader rule states – ‘If it sounds too good to be true it probably is’), but this book gives you everything that you need to learn to trade successfully, and perhaps even escape the 9 to 5 slog like the Naked Trader has.Packed with practical advice and delivered in a down-to-earth style, this book is all you need to get started. So grab your laptop and get trading – your naked future awaits!

The euro is slightly higher against the yen. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is off 18 points in active trading. A Chinese airline loses millions of dollars with derivatives. Following the Bank of England’s decision to lower its base rate, monthly mortgage payments are set to fall. All these events are examples of financial markets at work. That markets exercise enormous influence over modern life comes as no news. But although people around the world speak glibly of “Wall Street”, “the bond market” and “the currency markets”, the meanings they attach to these time-worn phrases are often vague and usually out of date. This book explains the purposes different financial markets serve and clarifies the way they work. It cannot tell you whether your investment portfolio is likely to rise or to fall in value. But it may help you understand how its value is determined, and how the different securities in it are created and traded.

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