The “I”mmigrants vs. The “E”migrants
August 15, 2014 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director at GWP Two days ago I returned from a cruise through the Baltic Sea. On September 1st, I boarded the ship in Amsterdam for an 8 day journey throughout the Baltics with stops in Warnemunde – Germany, Tallinn – Estonia, St Petersburg – Russia, and Helsinki – Finland (I […]
“Economic Patriotism”
August 11th, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Taxation has transitioned from being a means of providing for basic services and needs of the country into a punitive measure to socially engineer the people and their businesses. Those who disagree are marked as being economically unpatriotic. Not that long ago, I wrote about companies that are expatriating… or […]
(Im)Migration: It’s Just Moving
August 4, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Two issues seem to be dominating the internet this past week or so: Immigration and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While the former has more to do with immediate economic issues in the United States, the latter will send me off the deep end and couldn’t be covered in a […]
The Ukraine and the EU
July 28, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Admittedly, I have felt rather lost when it comes to understanding what has been happening in the Ukraine. It seems there are those who have been able to follow it closely from the very beginning, but I, for the life of me, have not been able to get […]
Bobby’s Interview w/ John Lee Dumas
July 21, 2014 Bobby’s recent interview with John Lee Dumas of EntrepreneuronFire.com!
Expatriation is ALSO Becoming the Norm
July 21, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher I find it funny that so many uber nationalistic individuals like to condemn those who either opt to leave or would like to open up the borders as being “unpatriotic”. I protested the protesters this past weekend because honestly the issues never boil down to migrants. It usually […]
Expropriation: The New Norm
July 14, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher What sort of nasty business has the Troika been up to lately? Well, first a brief refresher on who the Troika is: The European Commission, The European Central Bank, and The International Monetary Fund. The stated purpose of the Troika is to manage the Eurozone’s financial affairs, including, […]
Business Crowded Out by Mandates
July 7, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher By now you probably know that Obamacare is rolling out in phases, and each phase has had its glitches. First it was that everyone has to have health insurance. NO MATTER WHAT!!!! But the penalties for not having insurance weren’t going to roll out for another year, giving […]
Playing Catch-up With Bitcoin
June 30, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher A little topic I’ve not indulged for a while is Bitcoin (BTC). There have been some interesting developments surrounding this particular virtual currency. Mt. Gox was hacked back in February and filed for bankruptcy by month’s end. Prior to that, Mt. Gox Vice Chair, Charlie Shrem, was brought […]
IRS Announces New Amnesty Program for FATCA Problems
June 26, 2014 By: Diane Kennedy, Contributor FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) goes into force on July 1, 2014. The IRS has already extended the deadline for 2 years for financial institutions that aren’t in compliance yet, but have made progress to come into compliance. FATCA has a couple of components. One targets foreign […]
