A decade ago, bank salespersons were seen at almost every street corner in Taipei. Apart from credit cards, they also offered unsecured micro-loans to ordinary people. As long as you didnt have a criminal record and could provide your basic information such as ID number, address and employment, you could get a cash card in…
Photo Credit: Falcon® Photography || In this story, TSB stands for The Storage Bank This piece is another one of my experiments, please bear with me. Measure Twice, Cut Once A very intelligent woman (I suspect) whose name never got recorded the first time it was uttered Only buy something that youd be perfectly…
Politics / Social Issues Apr 03, 2016 – 02:33 PM GMT By: Raymond_Matison Americans have a well-earned reputation for being tolerant. This tolerance goes back to before the very foundation of our country. The original immigrants to Britains American Colony often were people escaping some form of oppression in Europe, and thus were quite cognizant…
Get ready to dispose of your preconceived notions regarding the Federal Reserve and its take on gold! Is it possible that the Fed wants a higher gold price after all? That is what Jim Rickards reveals in this riveting interview with Palisade Radio. Upon quick review, the Federal Reserve today looks like a really bad…
By Associated Press Published: 08:28 EST, 3 April 2016 | Updated: 08:28 EST, 3 April 2016 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Management employees at Puerto Rico’s disabled workers fund are warning that its $445 million investment in the financially-strapped Government Development Bank could be at risk if the bank is declared insolvent and pushed into…
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Prosecutors have indicted a pioneer in Romania’s post-communist media market and ten others with tax evasion, instigation to tax evasion and money laundering. The prosecutor’s office said Friday that Adrian Sarbu, founder of the Mediafax Group in 1991, Mediafax itself, former managers, finance directors and a lawyer have been sent to trial…
By Associated Press Published: 21:59 EST, 1 April 2016 | Updated: 21:59 EST, 1 April 2016 BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Prosecutors have indicted a pioneer in Romania’s post-communist media market and ten others with tax evasion, instigation to tax evasion and money laundering. The prosecutor’s office said Friday that Adrian Sarbu, founder of the Mediafax Group…
RAGS-TO-RICHES coal baron Nathan Tinkler, who rode the mining boom to become Australias youngest billionaire before losing it all when coal prices collapsed, has been declared legally bankrupt after failing to pay off a private jet. The bankruptcy order comes 10 years after the 40-year-old scraped together a A$1 million (US$728,700) deposit for a rundown…
By Dan Fitts. Key Points: Companies that have leasing as a small and irregular part of their overall business still must comply with the PPSA if their interests in leased goods are to be protected. Ad hoc leasing arrangements might not be a core part of your business, but they could still mean you’re regularly…
Insolvency is a word that conjures up a range of emotions most of them negative. Insolvency practitioners are placed in a position of trust. Their job is to realise assets and pursue recoveries on behalf of an insolvent companys creditors. The proper conduct of an insolvency process requires a broad range of commercial, financial and…