http://documentaryheaven.com Welcome To Documentary Heaven!! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:18:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://documentaryheaven.com/how-the-rich-beat-the-taxman/ http://documentaryheaven.com/how-the-rich-beat-the-taxman/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:52:12 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6346 How do the rich avoid paying tax and protect their fortunes? Dispatches reveals the clever devices they use.With more than 20 millionaires in the cabinet, reporter Antony Barnett examines the financial affairs of some ministers and others who have helped the coalition. George Osborne says ‘we’re all in this together’ but are ministers and top Tories paying the same rates of tax as the rest of us?Barnett visits a number of offshore tax havens around the world still under control of Britain, including the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, to find out more about tax avoidance ploys.... 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Only five variables were needed: the price of the stock; the exercise price of the option; the risk-free interest rate; and the time to maturity of the option. The only unobservable is the volatility of the underlying stock price. The main problem with the framework (which assumes the ability to use risk-free arbitrage and dynamic hedging in continuous time) is that it doesn’t consider how a change in market dynamics (specifically... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-midas-formula-trillion-dollar-bet/feed/ 9 http://documentaryheaven.com/gashole/ http://documentaryheaven.com/gashole/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:11:45 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6076 What caused America to go from being a leading exporter of oil to the world’s largest importer? What are the economic and sociological forces that have contributed to that change and impede its solution? Gashole is an eye-opening documentary about the history of oil prices and sheds light on a secret that the big oil companies don’t want you to know – that there are viable and affordable alternatives to petroleum fuel! It also provides a detailed examination of our continued dependence on foreign oil and examines various potential solutions – starting with claims of buried technology that dramatically improves gas mileage, to navigating bureaucratic governmental roadblocks, to evaluating different alternative fuels that are technologically available now, to questioning the American Consumers’ reluctance to embrace alternatives. Narrated by Peter Gallagher, hear from a wide range of opinions from representatives of the US Department of Energy Representatives, Congressional l... 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Sailing's Formula One event hits the waters of Plymouth, England, as it tries to cut costs and appeal to a younger generation.Over the years the Cup has suffered from a bit of an image crisis, struggling with too much money and too many legal battles which have pushed both fans and investors away from the event. Can the America's Cup change with the times?Also, banks are back under scrutiny. UBS, the... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/who-will-save-the-euro/feed/ 5 http://documentaryheaven.com/rising-gulf/ http://documentaryheaven.com/rising-gulf/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:45:52 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5862 This Dutch documentary examines the silent revolution that is taking place in the United Arab Emirates (and the Gulf region in general) where Bedouin tents have been replaced by luxury and indulgence. While most of the world media’s Middle East focus has been portraying the region as a source of conflict, an incredible process of modernisation is taking place in the UAE, a process rarely seen before and that could affect the entire region and possibly the entire world.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/rising-gulf/feed/ 17 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-world%e2%80%99s-greatest-money-maker-warren-buffett/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-world%e2%80%99s-greatest-money-maker-warren-buffett/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 02:38:20 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5738 Warren Buffett is the greatest investor of all time. His decisions about buying shares and companies have beaten the stock market year after year and made him the richest person in the world – thought to be worth 37 billion dollars.Yet Buffett lives modestly in his native Omaha, in America’s mid-West, and runs his 150 billion dollar business with a staff of just twenty. Evan Davis meets him to find out about his unique investment strategy and his eccentric lifestyle. Evan talks to Buffett’s family, friends and colleagues about the man they call the Sage of Omaha, and Buffett’s friend Bill Gates praises his philosophy of life.As the greed of the super-wealthy is widely criticised in the current financial crisis, Davis asks whether Warren Buffett is the acceptable face of the filthy rich.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-world%e2%80%99s-greatest-money-maker-warren-buffett/feed/ 8 http://documentaryheaven.com/not-for-sale/ http://documentaryheaven.com/not-for-sale/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:17:15 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5707 People all around the world are becoming increasingly dependent on a small number of large multinational businesses. Monsanto controls 90% of the production of genetically modified seeds. Microsoft holds an 88.26% market share of the software industry, followed by apple with Mac who hold 9.93%. Everyday, 150 million people throughout the world, buy an Unilever product without even realising it. McDonalds, serve 58.1million meals a day around the world. 51 of the worlds 100 biggest economies are businesses. The state loses power at the same rate as businesses gains it. Globalisation has created a context which requires a redefinition of the rules for global 21st century society.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/not-for-sale/feed/ 8 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-dark-side-of-chocolate/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-dark-side-of-chocolate/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:44:01 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5686 While we enjoy the sweet taste of chocolate, the reality is strikingly different for African children. In 2001 consumers around the world were outraged to discover that child labor and slavery, trafficking, and other abuses existed on cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast, a country that produces nearly half the world’s cocoa. An avalanche of negative publicity and consumer demands for answers and solutions soon followed. Two members of US Congress, Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa and Representative Eliot Engel of New York, tackled the issue by adding a rider to an agricultural bill proposing a federal system to certify and label chocolate products as slave free. The measure passed the House of Representatives and created a potential disaster for Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland Mars, Hershey’s, Nestle, Barry Callebaut, Saf-Cacao and other chocolate manufacturers. To avoid legislation that would have forced chocolate companies to label their products with “no child labor” labels (for whi... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-dark-side-of-chocolate/feed/ 32 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-rockefellers/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-rockefellers/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:56:42 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5683 For decades, the Rockefeller name was despised in America–associated with John D. Rockefeller Sr.’s feared monopoly, Standard Oil. By the end of his life, Rockefeller had given away half his fortune–but even his vast philanthropy could not erase the memory of his predatory business practices. His only son, John D. Rockefeller Jr., would dedicate his life to recasting the family image.In the quest for redemption and respectability, Junior would give away hundreds of millions of dollars, and would insist that his six children behave impeccably. Their contributions transformed America. When he died at age 86, Junior left his six children and 22 grandchildren an invaluable inheritance: a name which stood not for corporate greed, but for “the well-being of mankind.”... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-rockefellers/feed/ 13 http://documentaryheaven.com/one-night-in-bhopal/ http://documentaryheaven.com/one-night-in-bhopal/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:44:51 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5631 The Bhopal disaster (also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy) is the world's worst industrial catastrophe. It occurred on the night of December 2-3, 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. A leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release. Other government agencies estimate 15,000 deaths. Others estimate that 3,000 died within weeks and that another 8,000 have since died from gas-related diseases. A government affidavit in 2006 stated the leak caused 558,125 injuries including 38,478 temporary partial and approximately 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries.UCIL was the Indian subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC). Indian Government controlled banks and t... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/one-night-in-bhopal/feed/ 5