Dubai freezes salaries, boosts spending 42%
Order my book online from this link The new Dubai Government budget is freezing salaries and hiking public spending by 42 per cent to $10 ... undermining local competitive advantages in tourism and real estate. $80bn debt However ... by reckless financing. Realty reality More end-user finance for property is definitely going to be needed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 04:51:43
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Use an Asset Management System and Obtain Complete Benefits
by Mary Bush It may be of great advantage to any enterprise, big or small, to save money wherever it is not required to be spent ... is a great boost to any business enterprise for promoting growth. About the Author: Debt Consolidation News Best Tips to Manage and Eliminate your Credit Card Debt Technorati Tags: Finance [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 11:21:27
Advantages of Online Banking
We set aside some time this weekend to pay a visit to our elderly Aunt Jane* and Uncle James ... of various aspects of life like accounting, finances, debt and more. She is content with Uncle James handling [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 01:38:47
Why Should I Incorporate?
Benefits of Incorporating(A) Separate Legal EntityThe act of incorporating creates a legal entity called a corporation, commonly referred to as a " ... , go into debt, enter into contracts, sue or be sued. A corporation's money and other assets belong ... is generally lower than the individual tax rate, incorporation may offer you some fiscal advantages [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 21:03:00
Debt Rattle, November 23 2008: How can I convey to you?
National Photo Co. Happiness 1919 A child holding the Thanksgiving turkey. Ilargi: It may seem sort of hard to decide which idea is sillier. But then again, that's not really fair. The nonsense oozing from Bush and Canadian PM Harper in Peru about how free trade will solve all our problems within the next 18 months goes way beyond silly [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 20:47:32
China to emerge “relatively unscathed”?
It’s painful here. Worse than I ever thought it would be. Everyone, down to the taxi drivers and the lady who washes the cups at my language school, is talking about the crisis. I got a near-tearful call today from someone I know who works for a not-unprominent company here, asking if I had any suggestions for his keeping his sanity [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 15:46:34
Originative sin: the future of banking
By John Plender, Financial Times, January 4 2009 For the late John Kenneth Galbraith, an acute observer of market folly, finance and innovation were fundamentally incompatible. Every new financial instrument, he said, “is, without exception, a small variation on an established design, one that owes its distinctive character to the .. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 20:59:00
Chaos good for Ladera Ranch company, Insider Q&A told
Michael Schwartz is CEO of Strategic Storage Trust from Ladera Ranch that just launched a new investment fund targeting self-storage units ... has had a significant impact on the self storage industry. With debt markets in turmoil, most buyers of investment property simply cannot find financing. Period. For firms who can afford to purchase [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 01:08:57
Why you should get out of debt
This is a reprint of an article I wrote for MinTheGap… This world is backwards. Everyone loves to talk about using OPM (other people’s money) ... the advantages of leveraging debt, but math cannot be used to understand every situation. As emotional ... or the discipline? Another truth that really clarified to me why I needed to get out of debt [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 12:11:26
100% Federal VA loans - No Down Payment
100% Federal VA loans - No Down Payment Author: fchamberlin // Category: Down Payment Assistance, Eugene Oregon, Florence Orgon, Interest Rates, ... our families and our nation, as well as giving them a form of financing that will allow real estate ... duty. If you are unfamiliar with the program, there are several advantages to using VA’s Home Loan [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 00:28:52
When It Is Time to Buy Instead of Lease
I spoke with Karen Klein, writing for BusinessWeek, last month about owning property versus leasing ... commercial property builds equity in an appreciable asset that offers both tax advantages and income ... on substantial debt, subleasing, and supervising property maintenance is not for every entrepreneur [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 21:25:41
Stock Market Dictionary - M
MFifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that the issue is the company's fourth class of preferred shares. M1Measure of the U.S. money stock that consists of currency held by the public, travelers checks, demand deposits and other checkable deposits including NOW (negotiable order of withdrawal) and ATS (automatic transfer service) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:44:00
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
South Korea offers banks aid. Over the weekend, South Korea unveiled Asia's biggest financial rescue package with a $100B government guarantee on foreign loans and a $30B capital injection of U.S. dollars into the banking system. South Korean banks and businesses have found it increasingly difficult to obtain foreign currency, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 11:15:00
Whole-business Securitization Lands in Europe: Ten Lessons to Remember
Dr. Dennis Vink asked: Introduction The asset-backed market has grown to become one of the largest capital markets in the world in terms of size and volume. Since 1998, companies have increasingly often used whole–business securitization to refinance whole lines of businesses that frequently form a substantial portion of the assets [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 08:47:37
FTC Helps With Your New Years Resolution to Manage Debt
Information from the Federal Trade Commission to Help You Manage Debt: Knee Deep in Debt Having trouble paying your bills? ... , consider these options: realistic budgeting, credit counseling from a reputable organization, debt consolidation, or bankruptcy. Debt negotiation is yet another option. How do you know which [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 17:45:34
Stock Market Dictionary - C
CFifth letter of a Nasdaq stock descriptor specifying that issue is exempt from Nasdaq listing requirements for a temporary period ... Dollar.CADSSee Cash Available for Debt Service.CAGRSee: Compound Annual Growth RateCAMPSSee: Cumulative ... for CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF.CDNSee: Canadian Dealing NetworkCDOSee: Collateralized Debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:33:00
The Great Crash, 2008
By Roger C. AltmanFrom Foreign Affairs , January/February 2009 Summary: The financial crisis has called into serious question the credibility of western governments and may precipitate an eastward shift of power. ROGER C. ALTMAN is Chair and CEO of Evercore Partners. He was U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary in 1993-94 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 09:00:00
The Finish Line Seems To Keep Moving Further Away
Some housing bubble news from Wall Street and Washington. New York Times, “The chief executive of Lehman Brothers, Richard S. Fuld Jr., stepped up to the microphone on Monday morning. Mr. Fuld started off the bank’s earnings call, responding to analysts who said they wanted to hear from him [more...]
Date: 2008-06-16 17:47:47
Monthly News: December
-pic of the month- Nordhavn New FactoryBaglietto Group Marketing and Commercial Director ResignsGruppo Baglietto informs that Fabio Ermetto, ... on large sized yachts and, in particular, explained their functioning and the advantages of the model ... at Lavagna. These advantages are those such as its great maneuverability, the absence of vibrations [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 10:11:00
Home Equity Financing Options - Should You Get a Home Equity Loan?
div style=’float: right; width: 100px; padding: 5px; margin: 5px; background-color: #FFFFCC;’font size=1font color=’#cc0000′bTip! ... for consolidating or eliminating high interest credit card debts. This way, you are able to pay off ... access to emergency cash may opt for an equity line of credit. However, if you are not interested [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:30:50
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 26 November 2008
FINTAG COMMENT Cavaliers. Last night I watched the Knicks being slaughtered at Madison Square Garden and a fire breathing LeBron James sporting more tattoos than skin, wow the crowds. As a Brit, and only used to watching proper sports, it was intriguing to watch the adulation adorned upon a netball player [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 10:16:05
All Is Well In Stepfordville: More On The Pre-Election Chicanery of The Plunge Protection Team
Posted by dandelionsalad on November 3, 2008 by Dr. Ellen Hodgson Brown featured writerDandelion SaladEllen’s post Nov 3, 2008webofdebt.com “The Dow is a dead banana republic dictator in full military uniform propped up in the castle window with a mechanical lever moving the cadaver’s arm, waving to the Wall Street crowd [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 01:37:01
Financing A Business
When one wants to start a business, there are many problems, which beset the person, but the most important is the procurement of finance ... of the advantages and disadvantages of both of the methods. When one has an idea of the ups and downs, then he can devote his entire energy in trying to exploit the advantages and mitigate or cut down [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 14:19:44
Economic Potpourri December 27, 2008
The barrage of noteworthy economic news continues through the holiday season ... or more weeks ago, had been counting on post-Christmas sales to help rescue what will probably ... - and credit-constrained than ever before. After a 25-year spending tsunami, they’ve shifted from spending [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 22:24:00
Personal Loans For Purchasing Home Appliances
by katie George Usually, when purchasing home appliances people resort to credit cards because it is the most comfortable source of financing and is ... or store card can charge an interest rate as high as 20% or even more turning financing the purchase ... be lower than the rates charged for credit card financing. Thus, if you are planning to purchase [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 19:51:17
Types of insurance
.fullpost{display:inline;}Any risk that can be quantified can potentially be insured. Specific kinds of risk that may give rise to claims are known as "perils". An insurance policy will set out in detail which perils are covered by the policy and which are not. Below are (non-exhaustive) lists of the many different types of insurance that exist [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 19:45:00
Stock Market Dictionary - E
EFifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that an issue has not met the reporting date for the company's SEC regulatory filing requirements.EAFE indexSee: European Australian and Far East indexEASDSee: European Association of Securities DealersEBIATSee: Earnings Before Interest after TaxesEBITSee: Earnings Before Interest and TaxesEBITDSee: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:36:00
Tips for Financing or Refinancing Your Car Loan
by katie George Always get your financing first before shopping for a car When buying a new car, if you have financing already in place, ... you think you will spend, just in case. The 0% financing trick - 0% financing or cash back rebate? Don’t be fooled by 0% financing, unless your credit is almost perfect, you won’t qualify [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 09:03:38
A Statement By The Financial Economists Roundtable
During the last few decades, securitization has become a primary channel for enlarging financial markets and transferring ... market in which investors count on ratings firms to ascertain the quality of debt. Meeting in Glen Cove ... debt. The scope and scale of ongoing ratings downgrades and defaults on securitized debt make it [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 00:29:11
A Statement By The Financial Economists Roundtable
During the last few decades, securitization has become a primary channel for enlarging financial markets and transferring ... market in which investors count on ratings firms to ascertain the quality of debt. Meeting in Glen Cove ... debt. The scope and scale of ongoing ratings downgrades and defaults on securitized debt make it [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 00:29:11
Taking Stock in Coca-Cola (KO):
When you first examine Coca-Cola (KO) there is an immediate emotional response many individuals have to their product(s). Love it or hate it; the products of this company are consumed on a daily basis globally ... % of the global population consuming a minimum of one product sold by the Coca-Cola Company each and every [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 01:32:43
Reforming the Role of the Statistical Ratings Organizations in the Securitization Process
During the last few decades, securitization has become a primary channel for enlarging financial markets and transferring ... market in which investors count on ratings firms to ascertain the quality of debt. Meeting in Glen Cove ... debt. The scope and scale of ongoing ratings downgrades and defaults on securitized debt make it [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 23:42:11
How Prepackaged Bankruptcy REALLY Works
How Prepackaged Bankruptcy REALLY Works". Prepackaged bankruptcy - that's gotta be "the ticket", the one terrific solution, for the mess America's Big three automakers find themselves in, right? And what could possibly be more interesting for business bankruptcy practitioner like myself than the ultimate Chapter 11 prepack?!!!? ( [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 23:38:48
AIG: Stock Falls 30%, Bonds and Credit Default Swaps Trading at Distressed Levels
Even though all eyes have been on Lehman, the potentially more troubling slow-motion train wreck is AIG. The insurer is a large credit default swaps protection writer and provides a host of financing products. Not only is AIG a larger firm than Lehman and could trigger a systemic event in the CDS [more...]
Date: 2008-09-13 04:12:25
Getting Finance To Purchase Your First Home
by katie George If time has arrived for you to start thinking about purchasing a property of your own, you may soon be discouraged due to not knowing how to get the funds to do so. Financing ... you in your undertaking. There are many inaccurate conceptions regarding home purchase financing in the minds [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 14:03:37
2009 Forecast, More Banks to Fail, Retail Disappoints, Recession Stock Picks, Huge Tax Cut and More!
by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias How to profit in 2009: ... knows that the real economy stinks and we have too much debt. I doubt everyone realizes just how ... to reinflate old bubbles, I’m betting they can employ cheap Treasury financing to cushion the decline [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 18:54:22
Global Competitiveness 2008-2009
Argentina: puesto 88 sobre 134 países (caímos tres lugares)Subíndices: Basic requirements: puesto 89 1. Institutions: puesto 128 2 ... to last year.The country has a number of important competitive advantages, including its relatively well ... of vulnerability going into the future. For example, despite debt restructuring, the public debt remains [more...]
Date: 2008-12-06 18:28:00
Benefits from the freight bill factoring
If you are a Freight Factoring then here are few things that you should know ... receivable factoring has been a useful instrument for financing. The manufacturers, distributors ... . ATM access and the ability to write checks are clear advantages 4. Unlimited capital [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 16:21:00
Your Chances for 2 Florida FHA Home Loans at Once Look Sweet!
One common misconception out there about FHA loans is that you can only have one at a time ... Haven, Florida home buyers might in fact qualify to purchase two homes using FHA financing ... than 650) If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be eligible for FHA Financing [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 16:16:35
Advanced Imperialism: A Phase of Capitalism - A Marxist perspective
Dandelion Salad by Carl Pinkston Global Research June 25, 2008 On April 26, 1917, V.I. Lenin published a major piece on imperialism titled “Imperialism – Highest Stage of Capitalism“. Lenin was able to draw from J.A. Hobson, Imperialism, and Rudolf Hilferding, Finance Capital [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 06:03:43
"The subprime turmoil: What’s old, what’s new, and what’s next"
When you think you've read everything worth considering on a given topic, once in a while something comes along to prove you wrong. A case in point is this post by Charles Calomiris at VoxEu on the subprime mess. It is longer than the standard VoxEU offering, but well worth your attention [more...]
Date: 2008-08-23 07:57:15
How Can I Lower The Down Payment Requirements So I Can Buy Real Estate?
With a few lenders starting to loosen their requirements slightly in San Diego, it's becoming increasingly obvious that the bottom is behind us ... , because there's no PMI, no need to split loans, and no ongoing charges for the loan, by debt to income [more...]
Date: 2008-06-17 13:40:32
The subject of the auto industry “bailout”
The subject of the auto industry “bailout” By Daniel | November 26, 2008 A loan is not a bailout to a company with nearly $500B in assets. This would merely move any government loan to the top of the debt priority. It would be repaid ... advantages to the Asian producers, it seems only fitting the government should bear [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 17:51:52
Tips For Military Home Buyers Who Are Buying San Diego Real Estate
Real Estate Advisor asked: San Diego County is home to one of the largest concentrations of military bases in the United States. In fact, the San Diego area contains 12 major Marine Corps and Navy bases and facilities. If you’re in the military and moving to San Diego, one of your biggest decisions is whether to buy a property, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 15:08:56
Taking Stock in Coca-Cola (KO):
This is a guest post from Brad, who maintains http://www.nurseb911.com/ and http://www.dividendsanonymous.com/ ... have to their product(s). Love it or hate it; the products of this company are consumed on a daily basis globally ... of 25% of the global population consuming a minimum of one product sold by the Coca-Cola Company each [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 13:30:00
Stock Market Dictionary - L
LFifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that the issue is a class of stock such as third preferred class of warrants, foreign preferred, sixth class of preferred stock, or preferred when issued stock. LAThe two-character ISO 3166 country code for LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.LAKThe ISO 4217 currency code for Laos New Kip [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:43:00
Time for the 100 Year Mortgage?
I suggested the 100 year mortgage last year. Has the time finally arrived? ... equity and the debt is passed to future generations. This is mostly true, but there are offsetting advantages. Firstly, it provides a greater prospect for home ownership. If a person will rent [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 14:28:43
Clearwire Sinks; Attractive Spectrum Isn’t Enough
Clearwire (CLWRD) shares are down sharply following negative comments on the company this morning from analysts at J.P. Morgan and Stanford Group ... : the competitive landscape is likely to overshadow the company’s technological advantages. Meanwhile, Stanford [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 17:07:31
Human Capital Management Investor Forum - Las Vegas
Image by inju via Flickr As part of my upcoming visit to live blog the 2009 Employers of Excellence National Conference at ... , the opportunity for company pitches, and networking sessions that focus on bringing the right financing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:21:00
Collaterized Debt Obligation: Major Points
by Igor Buces A collaterized debt obligation is a sort of loan used by companies and persons that uses mutual funds as warranty ... are the individual point of concern. A collaterized debt obligation is what is known as a non-recourse loan. A non ... collateral. A collaterized debt obligation is likewise a nonpurpose loan. It may be used for personal [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 01:42:45
