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.


Eritrea 'reduces support' for al-Shabab

Eritrea 'reduces support' for al-Shabab


Eritrea 'reduces support' for al-Shabab

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 01:25 PM PDT

UN report says the east African country decreases its help for the al-Qaeda-allied group amid international pressure.


House Panel Plans Libor Hearings

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Republican Spencer Bachus and Democrat Barney Frank are planning for the House Financial Services Committee to hold hearings on the alleged distortion of the London interbank offered rate.


VIDEO: Touchdown for London 2012 athletes

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 11:00 AM PDT

The first athletes and officials arrive for the London 2012 Games, with Heathrow Airport experiencing one of its busiest ever days.


AU urges Mali Ansar Dine rebels to break with Qaeda

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:59 PM PDT

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Malian Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine can be part of a negotiated political solution to reunite the divided West African country if it breaks with al Qaeda and its allies, a senior African Union official said on Monday.


Merkel Calls for New Kyoto Agreement

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:51 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged a meeting of international environment ministers to follow through on commitments made in the Kyoto treaty to reduce greenhouse gases and develop a road map for a follow-on treaty.


Needles Found in Sandwiches on Delta Flights

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:28 PM PDT

What appeared to be sewing needles were found in sandwiches served in business-class cabins on four Delta Air Lines flights to the U.S. from Amsterdam.


Brazil Says Chevron Fine Unlikely to Surpass $25 Million

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:53 PM PDT

Brazil is unlikely to fine Chevron more than 50 million Brazilian reais ($24.5 million) for its role in a November oil spill off Brazil's coast, the director of the country's petroleum regulator said.


Hungary Is Urged to Charge Alleged War Criminal

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:52 PM PDT

Pressure mounted on Hungarian prosecutors to take action against Laszlo Csatary after the Simon Wiesenthal Center said it delivered new evidence that he helping organize the deportation of thousands of Jews to the Auschwitz death camp.


China Shifts Gears in Canada

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Chinese companies are turning increasingly to national executives and geologists for everything from negotiating with Native American groups to prospecting as they push to invest billions of dollars in Canadian resource projects.


VIDEO: Ban halts Pakistan's polio drive

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Hundreds of thousands of children in Pakistan's tribal areas will not receive a polio vaccine in the first immunisation campaign since a Taliban-imposed ban, according to officials.


George Zimmerman Accused of Molesting

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:51 PM PDT

An Orlando woman has told investigators that she was sexually abused as a child by George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin.


GSK to buy Human Genome for $3bn

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Drug company GlaxoSmithKline buys Human Genome Sciences for an improved offer $3bn (£1.9bn), ending a three-month pursuit of the US biotech firm.


Maldives charges ex-president with judge's detention

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:38 PM PDT

MALE (Reuters) - The Maldives formally charged the ousted president, Mohamed Nasheed, on Monday with the detention of a Criminal Court judge during his final days in office, increasing the chance he will be arrested and adding to rising tension in the island nation.


Heavy Clashes Reported in Damascus

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 10:56 AM PDT

Opposition fighters are clashing with Syrian government forces in the capital Damascus for a second day, activists said. They said the fighting is among the heaviest since the uprising began.


Nasa may not hear rover's landing

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:35 PM PDT

The US space agency may not have its prime communications satellite in the right place to receive instant confirmation that its Curiosity rover has landed on Mars.


Heathrow braces as Olympics land

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:09 PM PDT

As some teams struggle to get to London for the 2012 Games, CNN showcases the enormous burden facing Heathrow Airport.


Heathrow gets set for Olympics

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:04 AM PDT


UPDATE: Where in the world ... ?

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:05 PM PDT

Do you know where this photo was taken?


EU to send experts to Niger to counter al Qaeda threat

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:12 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is to send experts to Niger to train its security forces to fight al Qaeda, signaling the depth of EU concern over the growing threat Islamist militancy poses to Africa's Sahel region.


Why we should consider the Arctic

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:01 PM PDT

Bob Reiss says the opening of the region will have enormous consequences on our economy, environment and foreign policy.