Should the ECB be reformed and how?

by Shaun Richards This morning has brought an intriguing opinion piece in the Alphaville section of the Financial Times. It concerns the European Central Bank and comes from what you might call a classic insider as the header suggests. Lorenzo …

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For somebody who only lives on passive income you should check out Law 22. If you reside in Puerto Rico for at least 183 days out of every year, you pay no taxes on the passive income.

by Jen_Bat Puerto Rico has its own Department of the Treasury, aka Hacienda. This is the agency that develops the tax returns (like the IRS does in the US), according to local and federal laws. Every person with employment income etc. derived …

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Ron Paul: Americans should be outraged that Pompeo and Bolton are defending al-Qaeda in Idlib. It’s time for the neocons to admit they lost. It is time to give Syria back to the Syrians.

by ron paul Assad was supposed to be gone already. President Obama thought it would be just another “regime change” operation and perhaps Assad would end up like Saddam Hussein or Yanukovych. Or maybe even Gaddafi. But he was supposed to …

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Should we be worried? Consumer Sentiment at major resistance, auto industry stalls out, global growth estimates continue to come down…

Consumer Sentiment at major resistance pic.twitter.com/3J9unWgsaH — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 26, 2018 That explains everything late cycle blues: auto industry stalls out pic.twitter.com/Arza7RTy47 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 26, 2018 "Global Growth Estimates Continue to Come Down, Driven by Japan and …

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What You Should Know About Digital Currency

Technological innovations have greatly benefited financial transactions. For one, buying and selling can be processed through online channels without the need for face-to-face interaction — in 2017 alone, e-commerce sales hit a whopping 2.3 trillion US dollars. Travelling abroad has …

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