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This Week in Credit Card News

Tips for using credit cards abroad and other news.

Getting out of the debt trap

Look out for the telltale signs of a habitual defaulter... Is that you? Just got a decent job and willing to spend? You are a potential credit card user. In no time, you will have an auto loan, and may be a personal loan, too, to service. So far, so good.

Innkeepers, Tronox, Brown, Taylor Bean, Colonial: Bankruptcy

Innkeepers USA Trust didn’t properly carry out its duties to creditors, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Shelley C. Chapman ruled last week. Chapman refused to approve an agreement that would have compelled Innkeepers, a real estate investment trust, to pursue a reorganization plan giving the stock to a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Legal eagle takes the chair at Roundtable

The irony has not gone unnoticed. Roger Partridge, noted Auckland lawyer and new chairman of the Business Roundtable, was a card-carrying union member.

Corporate Taxation

The standard corporate tax rate applicable to companies registered in Malta is 35% and there are no thresholds for reduced rates of taxation applicable. There are no controlled foreign company, thin capitalisation or transfer pricing rules applicable under Maltese legislation.

A lighter and healthier choice

Have you ever eaten a lunch where soon afterward you felt not only guilty from the calories and fat but overly stuffed and miserable as well? How about sick and tired of eating at the same old res...

LME MORNING - Base metals retreat on dollar bounce, renewed risk aversion

London, 07 September 2010 - Base metals pulled back from recent highs during LME premarket trading on Tuesday, undermined by a sharp rebound in the dollar amid renewed risk aversion and macroeconomic worries.

BULLION MORNING - Gold suffers selling pressure on dollar rebound, lack of data

London, 07 September 2010 - Gold prices edged lower during European trade on Tuesday, as selling pressure mounted after a sharp rebound in the dollar versus the euro following speculation that eurozone bank system debts have been underestimated.

Those going through divorce need to protect their assets

Even in a strong economy, divorce is often difficult and costly; but in a prolonged recession, it can be financially devastating. For example, suppose that: