Jim Rogers started trading the stock market with $600 in 1968.In 1973 he formed the Quantum Fund with the legendary investor George Soros before retiring, a multi millionaire at the age of 37. Rogers and Soros helped steer the fund to a miraculous 4,200% return over the 10 year span of the fund while the S&P 500 returned just 47%.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

China workers demanding higher pay

Workers seeking more pay changing China's economic landscape


June 08, 2010China has long been known as the factory floor of the world, with its huge pool of low-waged workers.

But a new generation of workers is changing that landscape, demanding higher pay and better working conditions.

Workers at a Honda plant in southern China successfully staged a pay strike recently, in a possible sign of things to come for the economy.

Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett examines what that might mean for the country's future growth. (June 09, 2010)

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Jim Rogers "the 19th century was the century of the UK , the 20th century was the century of the US , the 21 st century is going to be the century of China "
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