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...think the move in gold reflects fundamental improvements," says Larry Adam, chief investment strategist at Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management. "I don't see it as anything...
...unlike in the past, there is very little evidence to suggest that the recent jump in gold has anything to do with inflation. Gold prices started increasing around the time the government released results of the bank stress tests, which indicated that many of the nation's top banks would need little or no further financial assistance. Many point to the stress tests' positive results as the beginning of the end of the financial crisis. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...relatively easy for people expecting to be named as agents to slip into the POA a self-serving gift-giving provision. Because these write-ins would often be overlooked by the principal, it was possible for agents to write checks to benefit themselves and clean out a principal's bank account. Now such doings will be harder to get away with. If the principal wants to grant the agent the specific power to make gifts, the principal must initial a box on the POA authorization form, and then describe the types of gifts on a separate statutory major-gifts rider...
Some might say, though, that the telethon isn't as lucrative a money-getting tactic as it once was. In fact, despite typical production goals of keeping costs at 25 cents to 33 cents of every donated dollar, it's hard to know how much donated money to bank on. Most telethons only collect between 60% and 75% of pledged dollars. During a 1983 Democratic National Committee fundraiser, 800,000 of the 1 million callers rang in just to declare their support for their Republican President Ronald Reagan. Still, Lewis' MDA program remains one of the most enduring hallmarks...
...against this dim backdrop, the part of the world that was hit hardest by the trade crash - Asia - has been actively opening up its regional markets. According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the number of free-trade agreements (FTAs) signed by Asian countries has grown from just three in 2000 to 56 by the end of August. Nineteen of those FTAs are among 16 Asian economies, a trend that could help the region become a powerful trading bloc. "Asian integration is sort of a dream, but it is much more realistic than it was before," says Ganeshan Wignaraja...