President Obama targets foreign profits with tax proposal, Republicans skeptical

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02 Feb 2015 In UNITED STATES Comments Off on President Obama targets foreign profits with tax proposal, Republicans skeptical

President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2016 budget will seek new taxes on trillions of dollars in profits accumulated overseas by U.S. companies, and a new approach to taxing foreign profits in the future, but Republicans were skeptical of the plan on Sunday.


What’s Next for the Global Economy: A Look Ahead at 2015

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14 Jan 2015 In Investments & Opportunity, UNITED STATES, IRAQ Comments Off on What’s Next for the Global Economy: A Look Ahead at 2015

  What’s Next for the Global Economy: A Look Ahead at 2015 By CFR @CFR_org Watch this meeting live on Thursday, January 15, 2015, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (EST). Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), discusses the global economy… View on web


Cuban: Alibaba should not have been allowed to list in US

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12 Dec 2014 In Investments & Opportunity, UNITED STATES Comments Off on Cuban: Alibaba should not have been allowed to list in US

Tuesday, 9 Dec 2014 | 3:14 PM ET Dallas Mavericks owner and “Shark Tank” investor Mark Cuban does not think Alibaba should have been allowed to list its IPO in the U.S. Cuban tells CNBC’s Melissa Lee the SEC doesn’t…


Wells Fargo, now the most valuable U.S. bank ever

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10 Dec 2014 In UNITED STATES Comments Off on Wells Fargo, now the most valuable U.S. bank ever

By Dakin Campbell Bloomberg News Posted: Tuesday, Dec. 09, 2014 Wells Fargo Co. quietly passed a milestone at the end of trading last week: It’s now the most valuable U.S. bank ever, surpassing Citigroup Inc.’s 2001 record. Wells Fargo closed Friday with a market capitalization of $285.5 billion, based on 5.19 billion shares outstanding on


BANKING RESEARCH: COMPILATION OF BANKS, RESEARCH AND STRATEGY MAKERS

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06 Dec 2014 In Investments & Opportunity, Tech & Protect, Financial Literacy/Wealth Tips, UNITED STATES Comments Off on BANKING RESEARCH: COMPILATION OF BANKS, RESEARCH AND STRATEGY MAKERS

THIS IS A GREAT FREE TOOL TO SEARCH AND RESEARCH BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS. SEARCH BY NAME, STATE, RANKING OR ZIP. THE MEMO IS MORE VALUABLE THAN THE STATEMENT WHEN LOOKING AT FINANCIALS. http://www.bankrate.com/rates/safe-sound/bank-ratings-search.aspx 6 WAYS TO INSURE EXCESS DEPOSITS http://www.bankrate.com/finance/savings/6-ways-to-insure-excess-deposits.aspx CDARS  http://www.cdars.com/default.aspx WORLD’S 50 SAFEST BANKS http://www.gfmag.com/tools/best-banks/12326-worlds-50-safest-banks-april-2013.html#axzz2OpYaCjRj PRIVATE BANKING AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT LINKS wells/abbot https://www.abbotdowning.com/ tdbank http://www.tdbank.com/investments/private-client-group/private-client-group.html chase https://www.chase.com/online/private_client/banking-investments.htm 5/3rd https://www.53.com/private-bank/ ascent http://ascent.usbank.com/index and  http://ascent.usbank.com/services/private-banking suntrust https://www.suntrust.com/WealthManagement/AboutWealthManagement/OurApproach RBC https://www.rbcwm-usa.com/cid-274755.html


It’s official: America is now No. 2

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05 Dec 2014 In UNITED STATES Comments Off on It’s official: America is now No. 2

Hang on to your hats, America. And throw away that big, fat styrofoam finger while you’re about it. There’s no easy way to say this, so I’ll just say it: We’re no longer No. 1. Today, we’re No. 2. Yes, it’s official. The Chinese economy just overtook the United States economy to become the largest


If poor people knew how rich, rich people are….

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Dec
03 Dec 2014 In ART/Social, Financial Literacy/Wealth Tips, UNITED STATES Comments Off on If poor people knew how rich, rich people are….

“If poor people knew how rich rich people are, there would be riots in the streets,” Chris Rock said in a recent interview with New York magazine. The multi-millionaire comedian pointed out that poor people would be particularly shocked if they knew all the perks rich people get for being rich. “If the average person could see the Virgin


Fed worried about sub-2% inflation ‘for quite some time,’ minutes show

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20 Nov 2014 In UNITED STATES Comments Off on Fed worried about sub-2% inflation ‘for quite some time,’ minutes show

Jeff Cox | @JeffCoxCNBCcom 16 Hours AgoCNBC.com | http://www.cnbc.com/id/102200011 Federal Reserve officials are worried that inflation may stay low “for quite some time” despite the central bank’s multi-trillion dollar efforts to jump start the economy, according to minutes from the October meeting released Wednesday. Open Market Committee members also discussed just how they should go about raising