Archive for the Finance Category

Used car imports in Gabon are shut down

Posted on novembre 19, 2013 by

For most people living in developing countries, buying a brand new car sounds like a dream more than a possible action. Used vehicles are treated like treasures, maintained with great care and repaired over and over again, until they are truly unable to take the road again. Gabon’s Council of Ministers made a move that [...]

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Write to celebrities: Facebook’s feature is still going forward

Posted on septembre 28, 2013 by

As we all know, the social media giant is always looking for more and more ways to generate revenues. After a failed IPO that put a lot of pressure on Mark Zuckerberg, the monetizing team started to get a bit more creative to get some extra dough. In December 2013, for example, Facebook announced that [...]

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The history of structured settlements

Posted on septembre 13, 2013 by

In the past, structured settlements were thought by many as a very risky business. Insurers would rather pay a large sum of money to a claimant, who would then have to manage it for the rest of his life. This model presented a very big problem: what ensured that the newly-invalid person had enough financial [...]

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Portable toilet rentals and business

Posted on septembre 12, 2013 by

Portable toilets are used by many companies, especially in the fields of constructions and events. Actually 75% of the portable toilets are rent by construction companies and installed on building sites. It is astonishing to realize that before the 80s, some construction sites had no facilities whereas other ones were rich enough to install immobile [...]

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U.S.-Canada Relations

Posted on juillet 24, 2013 by

When you don’t come from North America, you tend do have a different perception of Canada-US relationship. You notice that theses relations between both governments, but also between both nations, are full of paradoxes, with respect but also frustrations. We are not going to talk about the last diplomatic issues, like economic collaborations about oil [...]

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The most demanded law specialties in 2013

Posted on avril 29, 2013 by

As you already know, it is very expensive to study in order to become a lawyer. Some statistics say that an average law student in the United States will end up with a $100,000 debt when he finally gets out of school. What is worse than having high debts? Having high debts and being unemployed! [...]

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Personal bankruptcy is now more complicated

Posted on janvier 18, 2013 by

Since 2009, amendments to the federal bankruptcy laws come into force to force insolvent individuals negotiate with their creditors rather than declare bankruptcy with the hope of freeing their debts quickly. « There is still this perception in the public. But it is now finished it. The minimum time to release two to three times longer [...]

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