Also known as non-resident company, an offshore company is a business entity that does not conduct any or a significant part of its business in the country it is incorporated in.

Often, an offshore company comes with a big list of financial, personal and trade benefits. The benefits could be in terms of reduced tax liability, asset protection, secrecy and anonymity, simplicity and financial support.

Depending on the country of incorporation, your taxes could even be reduced down to zero. However, in most such jurisdictions, you may be required to pay an annual duty as a fee. Also, yearly account maintenance charges may apply. Incorporating an offshore company helps you in maintaining confidentiality of transactions and usage of funds.

It is relatively easier and quicker to set up & operate an offshore company, than to incorporate a business in the home country. This happens in the wake of attracting foreign investment and other such reasons that have a positive impact on the offshore country.

The Trouble with Offshore Companies

Many countries do not allow offshore companies to conduct business or hire workforce in their jurisdictions. Although the regulations levied are low, some restrictions are imposed on offshore companies, especially if the offshore companies are involved in banking or insurance.

To protect you, the bank’s reputation and the country’s image from being linked with or accused with charges related to money laundering, the bank that helps you open an account for your offshore company may require a lot of paperwork and corporate documentation; and hence the administrative cost involved is a little higher. The cost of opening and maintaining a bank account for an offshore company further increases, when your information has to be kept confidential.

The Features

Memorandum of Association - These are the fundamental documents required for the existence of a company. It contains information regarding the number of members, their names, addresses and their rights, etc. It also contains information regarding the company’s business processes.

Incorporation Certificate - This certificate is your proof that the offshore company you claim to have registered, actually exists. This is obtained from the Registrar of Companies, located in the respective country of incorporation.

Registration Agent - You will need one such person, who will hold most of the communications, regarding the incorporation of your offshore company, with the respective authorities.

Registered Office - A registered office will be the mailing address of your company. All legal notices and official documents will be communicated via postal mail using this address.

Apart from the above mentioned few features, your offshore company will have profiles and detailed information about the members or the owners of the company, the directors of the company who will run the business, the company secretary who provides legal and statutory advice, etc.

Types of Offshore Companies

Although there are many variations with this, three types of Offshore Corporations are commonly found in many offshore jurisdictions. They are:

- Company having Share Capital.
- Limited Company (guarantee-wise).
- Bearer Share Corporations.

Apart from being the third largest economy in Central America, South America is projected an annual economic growth of 9% annually. Sounds like a high investment grade and a perfect place for offshore institutional finance placement. The very lenient offshore legal system allows for bank secrecy laws to be strictly in place and that attracts tax-haven-hungry individuals to seek sanctuary in this tiny isthmus.

Unlike the snobbish atmosphere and the mystery laden numbered accounts the Swiss used to have, you have nothing to worry about regularly withdrawing from Panama offshore accounts.

In Switzerland, the not-so-friendly part is, you need a minimum of $250,000 to open an account. Compared to Panama offshore banking, that’s fairly overpriced for premium offshore asset protection.

Bank secrecy protection used to be afforded to the glitzy clients who depart from Rolls Royce chauffer-driven vehicles. Now, even debit card hogging individuals can avail of this protective feature that come along with Panama offshore corporation Visa-hybrid debit and ATM card.

Top it off with the fact that it’s widely accepted internationally and assures anonymity. Peeping Toms are a thing of the past trying to data mine even what you’ve had for breakfast.

As opposed to the Swiss model that required a hefty minimum, you only need $695. Due to the high priority on customer satisfaction, the use of this card cannot be traced to the signatory on the Panama offshore corporate bank account. There’s no such thing as a paper trail anymore.

Like things that are all too good, they too have drawbacks. Things can never be too good to be true. Panama can’t be an exception to that. It’s quite basic that before dealing with people you are unfamiliar with, you always look for a trail where you can pin them down—with the government that is.

Don’t worry, offshore banking, especially in Panama, is so lenient with banking laws it inures to the benefit of the consumers like you. Always look for government license to ascertain whether they have the jurisdiction to issue debit cards or such.

Then there are the fly-by-night operators who take their clients for a ride and don’t mind if your money gets mixed up with funds from narcotics, terrorism, and so on. They are mostly unlicensed operators since illegally funded clients dare not go to licensed entities, courts may opt to lift bank secrecy mechanisms from their offshore bank accounts.

Bear in mind to avoid unusual card load fees of 1%-5% and ATM cards that are not tied to bank accounts. Lastly, avoid convoluted wire instructions. So, what happens when the State Department tries to trace you? Simple, all they see is an anonymous bearer share account. Just like the real thing, your money is kept in a real bank account with full online banking capabilities and a language choice between English or Spanish.

You’re pretty much in good hands as long you’re with a government licensed Panama offshore account.

n the last couple of years I’ve become interested in a couple of Japanese related subjects. Zatoichi, “The Blind Samurai”, which I accidentally clicked into while watching “Samurai Saturday” on the IFCTV channel is number one. In case you are not up on Zatoichi, he’s a chubby, blind, Yakuza who is kinda lovable, but is deadly when it comes to cutting up people with his special sword.

The funny thing about that sword is he holds it upside down. I finally figured out that because he was blind, they wouldn’t let him go to the regular Samurai school, so he just stumbled along as best he could and ended up teaching himself. I doubt he even knows he holds it upside down.

There was a guy a couple of years ago who went around in the movies claiming to be Zatoichi, but you could tell right off he was a fake, even before the first arm was cut off because he had blond hair. Zatoichi, with his shaved, monk looking hair was ahead of his time and at no time would he have dyed it blond.

My second interest is Japanese woodblock prints. Once I saw the bright colors of these Japanese style woodblock art and the everyday life of the Japanese people subject matter, I was hooked. It also interested me because those Japanese artists used the same technique, at least to me anyhow, that the old comic book printers used.

I began to read about woodblock prints and looked at a bunch of them on the Internet and in a few of those giant coffee table books that never end up on the coffee table. They are usually used by your spouse mixed in with a stack of other coffee table books to provide a steady base for a lamp. Not long after, I discovered that you could buy these prints on eBay.

Soon, I began to try to buy a print. I was most interested in seeing if I could get a Hiroshige for a good price. Hiroshige was what I would say was the Japanese version of Norman Rockwell. eBay is an excellent place to buy things. I bought a laptop, credit card terminal printer, a Sanada Hiroyuki movie, and a few other items that are now used to stack lamps on.

I almost bought an antique Samurai sword, but luck being with me I was out bid by what I eventually found out to be a shill who was bidding for the company selling the sword. He was trying to bid up the price. As a proper reward, they ended up buying their own fake, Chinese made, Japanese sword because I didn’t take the bait. Of course, I didn’t know all this at the time, I just didn’t want to pay the price that they had bid up to.

Steve McArthur

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While mutual funds have been quite popular for some time know index funds have garnered more recent popularity with the investing public. It seems as though there are thousands of ETF funds these days. You can purchase index funds that reflect just about every single market index, big or small. Just about every day we see new focused ETF funds arriving. China, Russia, and India are just a few areas where you can in that sectors emerging markets. You can even buy funds with socially responsible investing objectives.

Why the sudden popularity? Well it comes down to cost. Traditional mutual funds come at higher costs. They have higher expense ratios due to the costs that come with the actively managed approach. ETF index funds are traded on the exchanges just like stocks. The underlying expenses are very low. They can be bought and sold throughout the trading day just like stocks.

Do to volatility in the markets these fund type investments involve risk. Much like stocks they fluctuate in value, either up or down. It’s important to treat mutual funds as more of a long-term investment. We no from history that over time markets go up, so it’s important not to get caught up in temporary price swings, as the general trend is up, over time. If stock market volatility is a concern for you it may make more sense to take a look at more conservative investments such as bank CD rates or money market accounts. You can find some of the best bank CD rates or money market rates online. These conservative CD investments certainly won’t pay as well over time, but offer more safety and security.

Actively managed funds some with a management team. They buy and sell stocks based on the funds investment objectives. Some fund managers are better than others, but on average index funds have typically outperformed the majority of the mutual fund managers. It’s not easy, even for the most qualified investors to beat the market indexes. So the thinking goes, mock the index for the better returns and do so at a much lower costs. The other advantages inherit with Index and ETF funds is that the investor can control taxes. By determining when you buy and sell you’re not taxed like the traditional mutual funds. Their buying and selling creates tax issues.

Another popular way of investing that has had a lot of recent fanfare is socially responsible investing. You can know purchase mutual funds that focus on socially responsible issues. That means different things to different people, so there are many different types. Some may focus on clean energy with no oil exposure. Some may not invest in companies that have poor health issues, such as tobacco, or alcohol. For individuals that have deep concerns with these issues can invest with out supporting issues the have fundamental issues with. This wasn’t very easily done in the past using traditional mutual fund products. Many of which have overlapped, investing in these areas.

It is always recommended that you do some research or seek professional help when investing in an ETF, an index fund, or mutual funds. You can find more info socially responsible investing through some of the popular fund companies that offer these unique investments.

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Planning weddings means many different tasks for bride, groom and the whole family, but one that can be pleasant as well as challenging is finding unique wedding favors for guests and for the wedding party. These can range from the very inexpensive and even homemade tokens to the very lavish.

Most truly unique wedding favors come from unique wedding themes. A wedding on the beach naturally lends itself to beach wedding favors, which could be anything that includes an ocean or beach theme. Picture frames with seashells could be a nice favor, with a picture of the bride and groom holding up a “thank you for sharing our day” poster, or could use mermaids, Neptune or anything else related.

Winter wedding favors could even be scarves or mittens with a small monogram of the date as a keepsake. Other winter themes would relate to the holidays near them. If a jewelry gift was the favor a couple had in minds, snowflakes make a nice winter note to choose.

Other unique wedding favors will relate to what the couple does for a living or what leisure activities they enjoy. A couple who were both doctors and who had a very casual, fun wedding gave toy “doctor kits” to their guests along with other children’s toys and the reception was hysterical as all the adults played with their toys. The favors also included a book on humor as good medicine.

Another wedding couple based their theme on being big auto racing fans and their unique wedding favors were caps and glasses with a racing theme. Tables were decorated with red, green, white and checkerboard flags and coasters were printed to look like tires. Their cake was shaped like a race car and had the date as its number and their names and the wedding party names as “sponsors” on the car.

For a couple who had a lavish medieval themed wedding, each guest received a truly unique wedding gift in the form of a silver goblet with the commemorative date and their name engraved on it. Beverages were served in these goblets at the wedding feast and the guests got to discover their goblet was personalized just for them!

Many unique wedding favors can be something hand-crafted, both to save money and to provide something that shows real care and attention to detail. Others can be extravagant but fitting. One couple gave a digital camera to everyone present and had a printer set up to immediately make pictures to share with the couple and each other. Since some digital cameras now sell for less than $20, this is not even as expensive as you would think. What matters is that the gift says a warm and personal “thank you” to your guests.

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Regina Whitherspoon

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Urinary tract infections are common as well as painful, and the first time you have one, you may not know that a UTI is what you have. This article will tell you some of the key telltale symptoms of a UTI.

The most significant urinary tract infection symptom is a sharp pain before, during, and after urination. The pain is perhaps best described with the word “excruciating”. In reality, it is a severe tingling, burning sensation. The urine coming out seems warmer than usual, and you may feel like that it’s cutting you as it leaves your body. This is a very crude description of what an actual case of UTI feels like, and its intensity varies on a case by case basis. The pain might temporarily ease up right after urination, but will come back soon after.

You feel the need to urinate every few minutes, but little or even no urine actually comes out. And you might feel that you haven’t expelled all the urine in the bladder. Sometimes the urgency is so great that you lose control of the bladder. In severe cases, your urine may contain blood. And the worst part is that even when you are not urinating, the pain does not go away. UTI’s are typically accompanied by other persistent symptoms, including lower abdomen pain and fever, not to mention the lingering pain in the urinary region.

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2. Leave comments on other people’s blogs with a backlink to your site.

3. Answer people’s questions on www.answers.yahoo.com.

4. Post in forums and have a link to your site in your signature.

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6. Advertise your website in the appropriate category on www.CraigsList.com.

7. Give an unbiased testimonial on a product/service that you have used in exchange for a backlink to your site.

8. Start a blog and submit it to the 100’s of free blog directories.

9. Manually submit your website to the major search engines.

10. Optimize each page of your website for a particular keyword or search phrase.

11. Add a link in your email signature to your website. It’s a free and easy way to get a little more traffic.

12. Make a custom 404 error page for your website redirecting people to your home page.

13. Use PPC search engine advertising.

14. Add a “bookmark this site” link to your webpages.

15. Have a tell-a-friend form on your site.

16. Send articles to ezine publishers that includes a link to your website.

17. Hold a crazy content and make it go viral.

18. Give away a freebie (ebook, report, e-course) to keep people coming back to your site.

19. Add an RSS feed to your blog.

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21. Participate in a banner or link exchange program.

22. Create a software program and give it away for free.

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