Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Privacy Gone on Offshore Assets
When struggling consumers hear about offshore banking, they naturally think such assets only apply to the rich. Secret
bank accounts issued in the name of a confidential number, often portrayed in mystery movies, are less prevalent than a stake
in an oversea property estate. Cash in a financial institution is an easy reporting task for foreign banks. Although, most
Americans do not possess such wealth, many do have an interest in real property or chattel ownership in portable entities
that are outside the physical soil of the country. Even if you are not one of these fortunate beneficiaries, the principle
behind the (FATCA) statue can certainly apply a broad interpretation domestically. Read the entire article
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
NFL Marketing Machine
Hey FANS, are you ready for more football? How much do you know about the business end of your favorite entertainment addiction,
the NFL? The revenue stream from media contracts, ticket sales, official NFL products and products, government stadium subsidies
and syndication rights has reached enormous levels. The pie has grown from a sandlot clubhouse hobby to a billionaire jet
set club. Now that fantasy football is in full swing, the beleaguered but rabid buff, sticks with their voyeurism as they
act out their heroism celebration. Devotees of the noble sport seek the thrill of victory, but experience the agony of defeat
in their pocketbook.
Read the entire article
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Business of Evangelism Religion
Theologians preach that religion is based upon faith, while economists depict that the world runs on money. Many
confess that ministries repeatedly lose their way, while no one really disputes churches operate as business enterprises.
The actual purpose of such churches varies with different dominations, but organized religion frequently functions more like
a "PC" soapbox than a congregation of moral values. Often, it is all about the money, because they operate their
worldly business, even if they profess to be a spiritual mission. The vast temple empires of modern day evangelism ignore
the bible verse that talks about "we are in the world, but not of the world". Read the entire article
2:56 am edt
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Strange Business Success Ventures
When Barack Obama uttered those fateful words: "If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody
else made that happen", the entire mindset of the collectivist culture crystallized. Business for the crony capitalist
is an exclusive privilege of the select, while the inborn right of the entrepreneurial individual is a conditional quest,
contingent upon the body politic. A society based upon a tribute obligation to obtain a state license for conducting natural
business transactions, is inherently wrong. Read the entire article
3:49 am edt
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