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The Global Portfolio's First Two Buys
As a tip of the cap to the Dutch and their historical leadership position in global trade and investment, I'm calling this endeavor the Orange portfolio. The Dutch gave the US its first multinational corporation, the first modern stock exchange,

India says Vodafone-Hutchison deal structured to avoid tax
By R. Jai Krishna and Mukesh Jagota, Dow Jones Newswires India's federal government Monday said that the closely watched tax case involving the UK's Vodafone Group PLC. is an example of how some companies misuse tax havens to avoid paying taxes in

Bulgarian personal income and corporate taxes the lowest in EU
Other countries where tax on personal income was high in 2012 were also the Netherlands, Spain (both 52.0%), Austria and the United Kingdom (both 50.0%). The average numbers on personal income tax for the whole Union were 38.1%, while 43.2 only for the

Investing in stocks is a sound, long-term way to build wealth.

That number includes federal, state, foreign and deferred taxes. Many insiders pay little or nothing for a lot of their shares. Investing in stocks is a sound, long-term way to build wealth. There is no state tax break on long-term capital gains. Your oral identification to your broker over the telephone works just fine, as would an e-mail. Does this instruction to your broker have to be in writing? Nope.