ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Thursday February 16, 2012 – Eight years after the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruled in favour of Antigua & Barbuda in its Internet gambling dispute with the United States, the Caribbean island is gearing up for another fight. Antigua’s Finance and Economy Minister Harold Lovell announced on Tuesday (February 14), that the [...]
Through a self-directed IRA American clients can open the doors to greater investment choices. There are few limitations on the types of assets suitable for retirement plans. Investments such as gold, silver, offshore hedge funds, foreign currencies, private stock, and foreign real-estate are available through the use of a self-directed plan. These options are not [...]
U.S. authorities are moving toward taking legal action against Wegelin & Co, which could lead to an indictment of one of Switzerland’s last pure private banks, on charges that it enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes, according to two persons with knowledge of the case. Negotiations in the case have reached a critical stage, with [...]
By Joe Palazzalo (Wall Street Journal Blogs) Ah, the holidays. If you’re a poker player, the Justice Department has given you a pretty nifty gift in the way of this little-noticed legal memorandum made public Friday. In a nutshell, the department’s Office of Legal Counsel has determined that the Federal Wire Act, the 1961 law [...]
The TSA is hitting the Tennessee interstate highways to search for terrorists under the auspices of the Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) program. According to Nashville NewsChannel5, the TSA personnel will be divided into “viper” teams. Personally, I think it’s a rather fitting name. Also – and this is just conjecture – I think [...]
Now is a good time to let your state representatives know that a federal hijack of the i-gaming industry should be blocked. States and state lotteries stand to be the big losers in this shameless bid to channel the benefits of Internet gambling to federal coffers and Big Casino interests. Giving a glimmer of hope [...]
Canadian Gaming Association welcomes changes to allow enhanced sports wagering in Canada TORONTO, Sept. 28, 2011 /CNW/ – Joe Comartin, M.P. Windsor Tecumseh, today introduced an Act to Amend the Criminal Code in the House of Commons to permit single-event sports wagering in Canada. Sports wagering, estimated to be in excess of $10 billion annually, [...]
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Reports say the United States authorities are scrutinising three of Israel’s largest banks over suspicions their Swiss outposts helped American clients evade taxes. Sources told the Reuters news agency that the banks are Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi le-Israel BM and Mizrahi-Tefahot. The shift to Israel from Switzerland signals a broadening of a landmark probe by [...]
Although it’s vital that politicians have a healthy debate about how to best solve America’s money woes, the current debate may be giving the false impression that the U.S. is one of the most taxed nations on earth. That sure may seem like the case, but nothing could be further from the truth. If you consider [...]
