Thomas: Pre-Bankruptcy Exemption Planning Survives And An IRA Is A Self-Settled Trust Or Similar Device

Thomas: Pre-Bankruptcy Exemption Planning Survives And An IRA Is A Self-Settled Trust Or Similar Device


Thomas: Pre-Bankruptcy Exemption Planning Survives And An IRA Is A Self-Settled Trust Or Similar Device

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 06:18 PM PDT

There is an old saying that: Pigs get fat, and hogs get slaughtered. It is worth remembering that saying as one reads this article, since the Husband and Wife debtors in this case were able to push the limits of pre-bankruptcy exemption planning primarily because the amounts involved were very small [...]


Big Ideas Don't Care What Size Agency They're Coming Out Of

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 06:12 PM PDT

Today you can take this approach even further. Technology makes it possible for even just a single office, be it in The U.S., or China, or Brazil, to serve global companies effectively. Before the Digital Age agencies needed those hundreds of local offices to ensure proper local service. But that now leads to unnecessary duplication, especially as markets mature. With clients taking a harder line on subsidizing agency operations, and with agency fees declining, the global agency model is not sustainable.


Business and Social Media -- How Much is Too Much?

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 06:06 PM PDT

Have you heard the expression TMI (Too Much Information)? We've all known individuals who share far too much. Companies whose leaders engage in social media are further ahead But for a business? Here's an area where entrepreneurs – and employees – may be miles ahead of the boss. The data is in, [...]


PNC Foundation Targets Early Childhood Education, Community Development

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 06:03 PM PDT

Eva Blum In an interview with Eva Blum, senior vice president and director of Community Affairs for PNC Bank, and both chairwoman and president of The PNC Foundation, we discussed the evolution and strategy of PNC's philanthropic efforts. Eva Blum works with PNC's businesses and regional presidents in establishing the strategy to [...]


HSBC accused of money laundering

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 10:38 PM PDT

US senate probe has found that Europe's largest bank had lax controls that allowed money laundering for seven years.


Mongolia Democratic Party in coalition talks with anti-mining group

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 09:52 PM PDT

ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Mongolia's Democratic Party, which failed to win an outright majority in last month's elections, will discuss forming a new coalition government with a controversial party opposed to foreign mining, members said on Tuesday.


Nokia: Jefferies Turns Bearish

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:28 PM PDT

Jefferies analyst Lee Simpson late Monday cut his rating on Nokia to Underperform from Hold, chopping his target price on the mobiel phone company's stock to 1.19 Euros from 2.76 Euros, which suggests a U.S. target of $1.46. The stock closed Monday at $1.80 in U.S. trading. With Microsoft now making [...]


The Cliffs Notes On How America Pays For College

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:17 PM PDT

How Americans Pay For College Sallie Mae released its annual report today on How America Pays For College, all 52 pages of it. For policy and media people such studies are a treasure of data and details that we are likely to hear about for weeks. For me, an advisor to [...]


Revolutionizing Job Search: Startup REVL Raises More Than Eyebrows

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:10 PM PDT

Video Frustrated by the limitations of a traditional resume, a group of entrepreneurs from Amsterdam wanted to equal the playing field. For the trio of Boyd Sleeman, Julian van de Steeg and Koen Bekkering, (founders of AamigoO Group NV, one of Europe's leading publicly traded Human Resource innovators with $520M in [...]


All The Lovely Skyrim Mods

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT

ENB Next Generation screenshot I've quibbled plenty with Skyrim's graphics and gameplay. It could use an engine overhaul and a better combat system for sure. But the really glorious thing about the game are the mods. (Actually, the mods don't add nearly as much as they could if the engine and gameplay [...]


Activists call for trial of Nazi suspect

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 09:01 PM PDT

Protesters in Budapest call on Hungary to try 97-year-old Laszlo Csatary over deportation of 15,700 Jews to Auschwitz.


Adventures In Skyrim Mods - ENB Next Generation

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 04:56 PM PDT

ENB Next Generation screenshot I've quibbled plenty with Skyrim's graphics and gameplay. It could use an engine overhaul and a better combat system for sure. But the really glorious thing about the game are the mods. (Actually, the mods don't add nearly as much as they could if the engine and gameplay [...]


Lessons From Web Comics: Penny Arcade Shows How To Develop A Following With Focused Content

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 04:49 PM PDT

Penny Arcade's Robert Khoo discusses the importance of building a key fan base and crowdfunding from the floor of Comic Con 2012.


Ya-Who? What Comes Next For New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer (VIDEO)

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 04:48 PM PDT

VideoYou know who was surprised on Monday when Yahoo named former Google exec Marissa Mayer as the company's fifth CEO in five years? The answer is, basically everyone was. The real question is what she does starting Tuesday when she takes over for interim CEO Ross Levinsohn. Who took over from Scott [...]


'Game of Thrones': The Math Edition

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 04:43 PM PDT

Game of Thrones is a sprawling HBO television show based on an even more sprawling book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R.R. Martin. With as many characters as there are stars in the sky, it's incredibly complex. Don't you want someone to just math it out for you?


VIDEO: War crimes suspect in Hungary

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 07:51 PM PDT

The Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center has urged Hungary to act against a top wanted war crimes suspect who is believed to be living in Budapest.


VIDEO: War crimes suspect in Hungary

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 07:51 PM PDT

The Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center has urged Hungary to act against a top wanted war crimes suspect who is believed to be living in Budapest.


5 Differences Between Tim Armstrong at AOL and Marissa Mayer at Yahoo!

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 03:48 PM PDT

There are big differences between Tim Armstrong joining AOL and Marissa Mayer joining Yahoo!


Video means China student being murdered again and again: mother

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 06:31 PM PDT

An artist's sketch shows Luka Rocco Magnotta appearing at the Montreal Courthouse in Montreal(Reuters) - The mother of a Chinese student who was killed and dismembered in one of Canada's most grisly crimes says the fact a video of the butchery was posted on the Internet means her son "is being murdered again and again". Zhigui Du, whose 32-year-old son, Jun Lin, died in Montreal in May, said the crime was destroying the image of Canada as a safe and peaceful place. Police allege that a small-time porn actor, Luka Magnotta, murdered Lin, dismembered his body and posted a gory video of the crime online. He faces first degree murder charges. ...



Backlash Widens For Olympics Firm

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 07:03 PM PDT

Shares in G4S slumped after the U.K.-based security and support services giant warned of large hit to its profit because of a botched security outsourcing contract for the Olympic Games.


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