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Archive for the ‘law’ Category

June 17th, 2008

Escaping the clutches of Uncle Sam

In our office, we deal a lot with people who are looking to enter the US to work, and most of whom are happy for the opportunity. There are, however, an increasing number of foreign residents who are US citizens, and who not only have no intention of living in the US, but who are […]

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May 14th, 2008

Blackberry owners rejoice

Who knew? Apparently the South Korean market has been closed to blackberries, leaving hundreds of visiting “crackberry” addicts with twitching thumbs and a slightly frantic, wasted look due to a few minutes offline. That may soon change, according to this article in the Wall Street Journal (registration required), which attributes the lack of blackberry access […]

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April 29th, 2008

To rebate or not to rebate

For those who don’t know, the US has a tax stimulus program for 2008 which can result in significant refunds from the US tax authorities. As for taxpayers living abroad, some of you will get the rebate, some won’t (including some who pay significant taxes in the US). Check out this post from taxgirl to […]

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April 25th, 2008

Grease the palms, go to jail

The US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is designed to prevent bribery, a business practice which is as old as - well, as old as the oldest profession, I would say. Whatever one may think of the US’s attempt to forbid a practice which is commonly accepted in much of the world, the US Department of […]

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