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Tax shelters are like ice bergs…
Tax shelters are like ice bergs… … because the 10% on top is glistening and gleaming and looks wonderful, and 90% of it that is hidden is filled with unknown dangers. The history of tax shelters in the United States has at best, been dubious, and at worst disastrous. The biggest problem with a tax…
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U.S. Gold Coins Out Perform Gold Bullion by As Much As 3-1
Wholesale rare coin prices show collectors that purchased numismatic gold coins have received a return far in excess of their bullion content, but rarity is the key for investors. Over the past 5 years purchasers of gold bullion have seen the price of the yellow metal more than double from $320 to $630 per Troy…
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Season’s Greetings
Here today, gone to Rio. Be back in 2007… Please see our: Season’s Greetings from Silicon Palms in Brazil. Season’s Greetings and Political Correctness “Season’s Greetings” is a greeting more commonly used as a motto on winter season greeting cards, and in commercial advertisements, than as a spoken phrase. In addition to “Merry Christmas”, Victorian Christmas cards…
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Exchange Traded Notes
NEW YORK, NY — (MARKET WIRE) — 12/21/06 — Barclays PLC announced that investments in iPath(SM) Exchange Traded Notes (iPath ETNs) surpassed $1 billion. The first two iPath ETNs were launched in early June, and the third in August. Exchange Traded Notes have a 30-year maturity and are senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities issued by…
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Teekay Offshore Partners IPO
NASSAU, The Bahamas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (the Partnership) (NYSE:TOO) today completed its initial public offering of 8,050,000 of its common units at a price of $21.00 per unit, including 1,050,000 units subject to the over-allotment option, which the underwriters exercised in full. Gross proceeds of the offering were $169,050,000. The Partnership used the net…
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The New Center of European Economy: Iceland?
With its stable government, low corporate tax rates, and advanced IT infrastructure, Iceland is making a strong case for the title of economic top dog in Europe, and beyond. Reykjavík, Iceland (PRWEB) December 18, 2006 — After a year-long study of the country’s resources and tax codes, a team of economic experts has determined that…
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Avoiding Forced Heirship
Forced heirship rules in many civil law countries are an ongoing source of family problems which have frustrated proper estate planning and divided families into warring camps for generations. While there are a number of very good solutions for this problem, one of the most popular is the use of a foreign trust structure to…
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A Crash Course in Offshore Financial Centers
A Crash Course in Offshore Financial Centers is What You Need to Know But Won’t Read in Promotional Material presented by David Marchant, Publisher of OffshoreAlert, the world’s only news service exposing offshore financial crime. Financial Crime – The Last 12 Months A review of recent developments in financial crime, investigations and compliance, including takng…
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Alternative Energy Stocks
The Ardour Global (TICKER: AGIGL) Index will add 2 new components, effective 6:00 PM (EST) Sunday, December 17. Ten stocks will be deleted from the index. The changes result from the index’s semi-annual reconstitution. A complete list of constituents and weights will be posted on the Ardour web site, (www.ardourglobalindexes.com/). The Ardour Global Index is…
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