The modern day bank manager

Over the last few weeks, many of our clients have expressed their deepening concern over their bank’s attitude to helping them through difficult times.
During the recent good times, many of them were “courted” by their bankers to take out bigger loans; given credit cards with high limits and nothing seemed to much to ask.  Money was [...]

Terms associated with ongoing financial meltdown

Given all of the problems with the current global financial markets, you might like to reacquaint yourselves with the following terms:
CEO –Chief Embezzlement Officer
CFO– Corporate Fraud Officer
BULL MARKET — A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius
BEAR MARKET — A 6 to 18-month period when the kids get no [...]

International driving licences go on-line!

Not sure if you were aware of this or not ???
 
Drivers License And Privacy Act – Check your driver’s licence information on-line. 
Now you can see anyone’s driver’s licence on the Internet, including your own!
 
It asks for U.S. Info, but unfortunately it works for Canadian, English, Australian and New  Zealand licences as well.
 
I just searched for [...]

Let’s put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand.

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The [...]