Princeton TV; Bangladesh on the Asian Times TV show

We recorded this full half hour show live from Dhaka when I was there and it airs tonight 9.30pm US Eastern time. It plays five more times after tonight over the coming fortnight; see site for times www.PrincetonTV.org. The formidable Dinesh Sharma anchors, as always.

London for Ultra High Net Worth individuals; Bizjet Advisor

Here are some ideas for what to do in London at the moment. I pen these pieces on request in my capacity as a BizJet contributing writer, not as a representative of a large international television network.

Dubai for Ultra High Net Worth individuals; BizJet

It was quite fun writing about Dubai and looking at latest developments there for BizJet magazine, one of the premier journals for the private aviation industry. Most of the publishing team in the USA and the UK are either pilots or mad about aviation!

Forbes India; my colleague's article on what you need to know to survive the modern age

Deputy Editor Forbes India and excellent colleague Shishir Prasad -he edited my Sir Richard Branson thought piece last year - has written this list of what you need to survive the modern age. Read it-it's good.

UK Government on Algeria hostage crisis

FCO STATEMENT ON ALGERIAN TERRORIST INCIDENT “There is in an ongoing terrorist incident near the town of Ain Amenas at an oil installation near the Algerian border with Libya. “We can confirm that British nationals are caught up in this incident. “The FCO has political and consular crisis teams working on this incident. The British Embassy in Algiers is liaising with the local authorities.”

Ten Most Expensive Shopping Streets in the World

Good to know that Cushman and Wakefield, who compile this list each year, agree with me (New Bond Street) as far as London is concerned. In at no. One; can you guess? Fifth Avenue, New York.

ING Investment Management; 14% Europe has good financial literacy

ING Investment Management has published new research with 5,500 people across 11 European countries looking at people’s financial literacy. The findings reveal that only 14% of Europeans have ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ financial literacy, with 20% having poor skills here. Some 66% have ‘basic’ skills. The UK had the second best score in the ‘league table’ but, despite this, only 22% of the adult population has ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ financial literacy skills. Interestingly, Greece came top. Other key findings include: Only 7% of people in Turkey had good or excellent financial literacy scores – the lowest of the 11 countries surveyed They study was based on 13 questions on personal finance issues. On average Europeans answered 6.2 of the 13 questions correctly compared to 6.8 in 2010 so financial literacy is getting worse Questions were based on four areas: Financial future (related to saving for your future) In and around the house ( related to mortgage payments, credit cards and savings) Savings (questions related to savings accounts) Investments (questions related to stocks and shares) The percentage of Europeans who answered the questions correctly in each section was as follows: Financial future: 52% In and around the house: 45% Savings: 41% Investments: 50% The scores for the UK part of the survey were as follows: Financial future: 51% In and around the house: 52% Savings: 40% Investments:57%