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The Ten Most and Least Affordable US Urban Areas
The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) has released its third-quarter 2012 Cost of Living Index (COLI) for 304 urban areas in the United States. The COLI measures regional differences...
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Christmas Shopping Stateside – Is It Worth It?
In their annual Christmas Shopping Guide, the UK’s Post Office compares the cost of a wide range of gifts bought in New York, Chicago and Boston with prices found in the UK. The greatest savings were...
View ArticleToo-Big-To-Fail Banks Not Acceptable
In response to the need for an overhaul of the system used to deal with the failure of large and complex financial institutions, the United States’ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the...
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Why American Expats are Turning in their Citizenship
More and more American citizens are turning in their US citizenship and taking up the citizenship of their adopted country. Why would an American do that? It seems such a drastic course of action when...
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US Tax-Filing Date Approaches
Tax time is coming up in America. US citizens in America and resident aliens in America have until 15 April, 2013 to file their taxes. Americans living overseas are automatically given until 15 June,...
View ArticleUS Issues Court Order for Caribbean Bank Account Holders
US citizens with a bank account in CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank who have not told the Internal Revenue Service about their funds could be in big trouble. CIBC FirstCaribbean is based in...
View ArticleSwitzerland Rejects US Tax Bill… Finally
Yesterday AngloINFO World: Money reported about the debate going on between Switzerland’s House of Representatives and the Senate over a bill that would allow the United States to crack down on...
View ArticleSwitzerland Approves Bank Data Transfer to USA Authorities
The government of Switzerland has agreed to give special permission for banks to cooperate with the United States authorities, paving the way for financial institutions to share data in a bid to avoid...
View ArticleNorthern Europe and USA are Top Five Most Innovative Nations
The United States re-joins the five most-innovative nations as Switzerland keeps top spot according to the latest Global Innovation Index 2013 produced by the World Intellectual Property Organisation...
View ArticleWho and How Much To Tip in the USA
Tipping in the USA is far more customary than in Europe and the UK. In the US tipping goes way beyond leaving a few dollars for your waiter; nowadays, it’s expected for all types of everyday services....
View ArticleUSA Revises FATCA Implementation Timing
The fulfilment of the obligation of foreign financial institutions (FFIs) to report on foreign bank accounts belonging to U.S. citizens has been postponed to July 1, 2014. The U.S. Treasury writes,...
View ArticleObamacare Rules Published: Good News for American Expats
The long-awaited rules of the US government’s Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare or ACA, were published yesterday, 28 August. The central requirement of the act is that all individuals...
View ArticleUS Fed Surprise Send Shares Up
Following months of alerts and speculation that the US Federal Reserve would ease back on it US$85 billion-a-month bond buying programme (known as quantitative easing or QE), yesterday Fed officials...
View ArticleThe US Shutdown – How it Will Affect Daily Life in the USA
The U.S. dollar has weakened against several currencies as the United States federal government begins a shutdown. However, stock markets around the world seem to be weathering the storm…at the moment....
View ArticleExactly How Much Does the USA Owe the World?
America’s debt is a sum that most people struggle to write down let alone comprehend. The total debt is more than US$16.9 trillion, and rising; watch it clicking over on the live ‘debt clock‘. That’s...
View ArticleWall Street Employment Drops Significantly but Salaries Higher than Pre-2007
In his review of the securities industry in New York City, the NY State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli writes, “Five years after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, Wall Street has made an impressive...
View ArticleFannie Mae Sues Nine Banks for US$800m over Libor
The giant of the US mortgage market Fannie Mae, sued nine banks on Thursday, including Barclays, Bank of America, Credit Suisse and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The mortgage financer accuses the banks...
View ArticleHow to Succeed in Business in the USA
The World Wide Web is awash with websites (at least 650 million and growing every day), making it hard to find the real gems. But every so often AngloINFO World Blogs finds a web site that’s a goldmine...
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Best Deals for Skiing In Europe and North America
Skiing in Morzine © Romainguy With the ski season well and truly underway in Europe, the UK Post Office’s latest Travel Money Ski Resort Report reveals that bargain-hunters will not only find great...
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Millions of Americans Still Confused About Obamacare and Would Rather Pay A Fine
The Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) requires every American in the United States to have health insurance by January 2014 or pay a fine. However, even though the 2014 deadline is only...
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