THE EURO

 

 

 

 

The euro is the second largest reserve currency as well as the second most traded currency in the world after the United States dollar. As of June 2012, with more than €906 billion in circulation, the euro has the highest combined value of banknotes and coins in circulation in the world, having surpassed the US dollar. Based on International Monetary Fund estimates of 2008 GDP and purchasing power parity among the various currencies, the eurozone is the second largest economy in the world. 

 

 

 

 

 

The name euro was officially adopted on 16 December 1995. The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999, replacing the former European Currency Unit (ECU) at a ratio of 1:1 (US$1.1743). Euro coins and banknotes entered circulation on 1 January 2002. While the euro dropped subsequently to US$0.8252 within two years (26/10/2000), it has traded above the US dollar since the end of 2002, peaking at US$1.5990 on July 15,2008.


Since late 2009 the euro has been immersed in the European sovereign-debt crisis which has led to the creation of the European Financial Stability Facility as well as other reforms aimed at stabilising the currency.


In July 2012, the euro fell below US$1.21 for the first time in two years, following concerns raised over Greek debt and Spain's troubled banking sector.

 

International Accumulation of Foreign Reserve currencies

 

Currency

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

US dollar

65.2%

69.3%

70.9%

70.5%

70.7%

66.5%

65.8%

65.9%

66.4%

65.7%

 

Euro

-

-

17.9%

18.8%

19.8%

24.2%

25.3%

24.9%

24.3%

25.2%

 

German Mark

14.5%

13.8%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

Pound sterling

2.6%

2.7%

2.9%

2.8%

2.7%

2.9%

2.6%

3.3%

3.6%

4.2%

 

Japanese yen

5.8%

6.2%

6.4%

6.3%

5.2%

4.5%

4.1%

3.9%

3.7%

3.2%

 

French franc

1.4%

1.6%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

Swiss franc

0.4%

0.3%

0.2%

0.3%

0.3%

0.4%

0.2%

0.2%

0.1%

0.2%

 

Other

10.2%

6.1%

1.6%

1.4%

1.2%

1.4%

1.9%

1.8%

1.9%

1.5%

 

Russian Rouble

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dinar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indian Rupee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S. African Rand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chinese Yuan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONEY FINDER

 

 

 

ABBEY NATIONAL

ALLIANCE & LEICESTER

ALLIED IRISH

ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

ANGELS

ANZ BANK AUSTRALIA

BANK OF AMERICA

BANK OF TOKYO JAPAN

BANK ONE USA

BANKS

BARCLAYS - UK

BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK - Germany

BNP PARIBAS GROUP - France

BILLIONAIRES

BRISTOL & WEST

BRITISH NATIONAL BUSINESS ANGELS

BRITISH VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS

BUILDING SOCIETIES A - Z

BUSINESS PLAN

CAHOOT

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK - Canada

CHASE MANHATTAN - US

CITIBANK - US

COMEICA BANK - US

CREDIT CARDS

CREDIT LYONNIAS - France

DEUTSCHE BANK - Germany

DOW JONES

DRAGONS DEN

DRESDNER BANK - Germany

ECONOMICS

ELECTRONIC MONEY TRANSFERS

ENTREPRENEUR

EQUITY HOUSES

FINANCIER

FIRST DIRECT

FLEET - US 

FORBES 100 RICHEST

FORBES 500

FOREX INVESTMENTS

FORTUNE 500

FOUNDATIONS - GATES

FTSE

FUJI BANK - JAPAN

HALIFAX

HOLDING COMPANY

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE

HSBC

HSBC BANK USA - UK

HSBC - HK

IMPERIAL BANK - US

INSURANCE

 

 

INVESTORS INDEX

IMF

J PIERPOINT MORGAN

JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE

LA SALLE BANK - US

LOANS

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE - MARKET

LLOYDS

MADRID STOCK EXCHANGE

MARKET CAPITALISATION

MAYBANK - Malaysia

MONEY

MONEY LAUNDERING

MORTGAGES

NASDAQ

NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK GROUP

NATIONAL LOTTERY

NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK

NATIONAL BUSINESS ANGEL NETWORK

NATIONAL CITY BANK - US

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

OFFSHORE BANKING

PENSIONS

PLCs

RBS ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND

SANWA BANK - Japan

SAVINGS

SHAREHOLDERS

SHARES, STOCKS, DIVIDENDS

SHELL COMPANIES

SIAM COMMERCIAL BANK - Thailand

SOCIETE GENERALE - France

SOUTHERN BANK BERHAD - Malyasia

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK - UK

STATE STREET BANK - US

STOCKS AND SHARES

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANK - Japan

SWISS BANK ACCOUNTS

TAX HAVENS

THAI FARMERS BANK - Thailand

THE AMERICAN DOLLAR

THE POUND STERLING

TORONTO DOMINION BANK - Canada

TRUSTS

UBS AG - Switzerland

UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA

VENTURE CAPITAL

WALL STREET

WELLS FARGO - US

WEST DEUTSCHE LANDESBANK - Germany

WORLD BANK

WOOLWICH

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

SOLAR COLA as a EURO INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY?

 

The soft drinks market is a tough place to do business, unless you have something different to offer and the marketing muscle to match. 

 

For nearly 100 years Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola have dominated the marketplace with similar products.  Each company spends around $600-800 million dollars a year to maintain its market position. The advertising centers around sport and music, with a scattering of irregular television campaigns. Each company launches (or attempts to launch) new brands every year.  So far, they have not proved as successful as their regular cola brands.

 

Red Bull, although in a different drinks category, spends not quite as much on advertising , but has managed to acquire instant status and volume sales from sponsoring formula one, the Darpa Desert Challenge, and now the New Jersey MetroStars football team.

 

Solar Cola, apart from it's contemporary name, is a healthier cola based drink.  Equaly refreshing, it contains a unique blend of added ingredients as an aid to good health and energy levels.  The company contributes to and sponsors alternative projects, to include this website, featuring movies, music and several thousand pages of general information, which generates in excess of 3 million hits a month.  Recent acquisitions include the exclusive right to supply drinks to the Solar Navigator Autonomous World Solar Challenge, and also the new Blueplanet Ecostar world electric land speed record car, as and when those projects begin.  The company may also sponsor the London to Brighton Solar Car Run in 2016 (dependent on the number of university entries received and other issues pending). 

 

It is thought that this marketing strategy will equal several hundred thousand dollars of conventional Ad Agency spending.  As an example of the kind of media coverage such nautical antics generate, you have only to look at the newspapers when Ellen Macarthur completed her world circumnavigation.  The same holds true for Sir Francis Chichester and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston.

 

The design of the Solar Cola can is copyright protected, with the trademark already granted in Australia and the UK in Class 32, so establishing paternal rights internationally against any potential passing-off.  Introduction of the drink is held in abeyance pending official launch of one or other sponsored projects, which will be activated when the time is right, such activation to coincide with the market introduction of the drink.

 

Solar Cola Ltd is reserved in the UK and other locations for the launch of various events, apart from this the company is open to investment proposals.

 

If you are a Business Angel, or Equity House, looking for more information, please contact SOLAR COLA LTD for details.

 

 

 


This material and any views expressed herein are provided for information purposes only and should not be construed in any way as an endorsement or inducement to invest in any specific program. Before investing in any program, you must obtain, read and examine thoroughly its disclosure document or offering memorandum.

 

 

SOLAR NAVIGATOR BUSINESS PLAN

 

 

 

 

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Electric solar powered wave piercing trimaran world circumnavigation

Solarnavigator is a battery electric trimaran with an extremely efficient active hull 

that runs on solar power = energy from nature. This hull form has never been

attempted before, nor has the use of wind energy been used in such manner for crew comfort.

 

 

 

 

Email:  Email 21st Century Caves  or phone UK:

 

+ 44 (0) 1323 831727    +44 (0) 7842 607865

 

Blueplanet Netdirect Productions, Solar House, BN27 1RF, United Kingdom

 

 

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Electronics - Collision Avoidance COLREGS

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Galley - 

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Hydraulics - Active hull - 

Stealth

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Timber

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Motors - DC v AC synchronous

Transmission - gearing & prop shaft/seals

Navigation  - 

Wind Turbines

 

 

 

Nine Sigma logo. Accelerating the Innovation Cycle

 


 

 

 Kulo Luna, a John Storm adventure featuring the Solarnavigator, by Jameson Hunter  Cyber Wars, an adventure story (book) featuring John Storm and the Solar Navigator by Jameson Hunter

 

The design of the Solar Navigator boat has been licensed for use in

the John Storm series of books by Jameson Hunter - Filming, etc

 

 

This website is copyright © 1991- 2013 Electrick Publications. All rights reserved. The blue bird logo and names Solar Navigator and Blueplanet Ecostar are trademarks ™.  The Blueplanet BE3 vehicle configuration is registered ®.  All other trademarks hereby acknowledged and please note that this project should not be confused with the Australian: 'World Solar Challenge'™which is a superb road vehicle endurance race from Darwin to Adelaide.  Utopia Tristar is a trademark for sustainable zero carbon housing. Max Energy Limited is an educational charity working for world peace.

 

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