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November jobless figure improves for third straight month

8 hours ago ago from Taiwan Today News

Taiwan's unemployment rate stood at 5.86 percent in November, improving month-on-month for the third month in a row since a record high of 6.13 percent was registered in August. “The better job tally, more employed workers and extended overtime hours all point to increasing corporate recruitment and stabilizing unemployment,” Liu Tian-syh, deputy director of the Bureau of Census under the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and ...

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The Playbook of the Bankers

6 hours ago ago from Money Morning Australia

It's taken your editor long enough, but we've finally figured it out. We've found what can only be described as the bankers' The top secret document that lays down the rules of banking. And, contrary to what you may think, this top secret document isn't thousands of pages long. It isn't stored in a prestigious library or national archive. It doesn't even have leather binding. And it isn't written in Latin. In fact, ...

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Here's a Strategy

56 minutes ago ago from The Urethane Blog

Loans at 0.57% to Family Members Could Save Millions on Taxes Share  Business Exchange Twitter Facebook |  Email  |  Print  |  A   A   A By Alexis Leondis and Margaret Collins Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Estate planner Richard Behrendt helped his client make $5 million loans to each of his children this year, avoiding gift taxes of 45 percent and saving the kids as much as $837,000 apiece in interest. ...

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Loans at 0.57% to Family Members Could Save Millions on Taxes

15 hours ago ago from Business News

By Alexis Leondis and Margaret Collins Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Estate planner Richard Behrendt helped his client make $5 million loans to each of his children this year, avoiding gift taxes of 45 percent and saving the kids as much as $837,000 apiece in interest. Rates for so-called intra-family loans have declined as much as 53 percent since 2008. The timing of it was clearly tied to the rock bottom of these rates, said ...

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Vietnam plans slower lending in 2010

6 minutes ago ago from Talk Vietnam

Clients have transactions at a HCMC-based bank TUOI TRE HANOI - Vietnam's credit growth next year is projected to slow to 25 percent after a rise of 37.7 percent in 2009, with money supply growth also heading lower, the central bank said on Wednesday. The State Bank of Vietnam targets next year's M2 money supply growth at around 25 percent from 2009, down from 28.7 percent this year, it said in an annual report. ...

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Black advocates want more help for the unemployed

15 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Black advocates want more help for the unemployed PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- In the battle against black unemployment, places like the Opportunities Industrialization Center are ground zero. Savory aromas wafted from a king-size kitchen one recent day as the instructor demonstrated a fish recipe to a dozen aspiring cooks. Nearby, a mock hotel room was waiting to be cleaned. Downstairs, electrical fixtures hung from an exposed wall, ready to be ...

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Home resales surge to nearly 3-year high

23 hours ago ago from NBC

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November Home Sales Soar 7.4%, Fueld By Tax Credits

21 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — Home resales surged last month to the highest level in nearly three years, reflecting an extraordinary level of federal support that has pulled the housing market back from the worst downturn since the Great Depression. Buyers were racing to complete their sales before the original expiration date of a tax credit for first-time buyers that was scheduled to expire Nov. 30. Last month, Congress decided to extend and expand the ...

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Incomes, Spending Post Solid Gains In November : NPR

59 minutes ago ago from NPR

Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast Incomes, Spending Post Solid Gains In November by The Associated Press text size A A A December 23, 2009 Personal incomes rose in November at the ...

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Signs of recovery? Look to the yield curve

19 hours ago ago from CNN Money

TRADING CENTER Signs of recovery? Look to the yield curve The "10-2" yield curve measures the difference between the 10-year Treasury yield and the 2-year yield. It is a key measure of investor confidence. By Hibah Yousuf, staff reporter December 22, 2009: 3:03 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Treasury market is delivering on investors' holiday wish-list. Like ...

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