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Meaning of the symbol Copyright ©, Registered ®, Trade Mark ™, and Service Mark ℠

Posted July 18, 2012 By eXplorer

In various writings of existing brands in the world, we often see the addition of a specific symbol in small size. Among them are the symbols of the form ©, ®, ™ and ℠. The symbols are usually placed behind the writing of the brand or logo.

Brand symbol

Brand symbol

These symbols have special meaning, which is essentially to deter others who either intentionally or unintentionally plagiarized brand. In addition, it also indirectly tells the market that the product or the work is being protected rights Read the remainder of this entry »

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The names of the currencies of all countries

Posted February 24, 2012 By eXplorer

This is a list of currencies of countries in the world and their three letter code. In this list does not contain the symbols that are usually used to determine the amount of monetary value such as the Euro sign “€”, Yen sign “¥”, Dollar sign “$” and Pound sign “£”.

Currencies of all countries

Currencies of all countries

The three letter codes currency is standard code according to ISO 4217 but not all of them. As known, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a federation which acts as a standards body for the countries in the world. Most of the three letter code consists of two characters of internet code, plus one character for the currency unit. An example is Japanese Yen with three letter code JPY. JP are the internet characters code for Japan and Y is currency code. List of Read the remainder of this entry »

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Samoa and Tokelau changing time zones

Posted January 8, 2012 By eXplorer

This is a rare case, where two small country located in the Pacific Ocean changing the time zone of their country. The country is Samoa and Tokelau. Step changing the timezone is pretty drastic, so the time in the country to jump straight from Thursday to Saturday, with no Friday the 30th of December 2011.

Samoa country

Samoa country

The plan is not new, because Samoa has announced it will take a decision at the previous May. Efforts are made in order to improve trade relations with Australia and New Zealand. Meanwhile Tokelau countries announced the decision in Read the remainder of this entry »

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List of 20 most expensive luxury watches

Posted June 7, 2011 By eXplorer

The main function of a watch is a portable timepiece. In the market, watches are available with a variety of shapes, materials, brands and also price. There are sold at cheap prices, up to a very expensive price. The function of watches has been growing, not just as a timepiece, but can be as part of fashion, even investment. Among the watches on the market, there are some famous brand of watches with high quality materials and price. Even so many people who dream to have it, the original version of course, and not pirated. This is the list of most expensive of luxury watches in the world today.

1. Hublot
Edition: One Million $ Black Caviar Bang
Price: US $ 1,000,000
This is the most expensive watch in the world, with 544 of the special black diamonds, with a total of 34.5 carats. These watches made in 1980, by Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton.

Hublot, One Million $ Black Caviar Bang

Hublot, One Million $ Black Caviar Bang

2. Jacob & Co
Edition: Crystal Tourbillon
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