http://www.misterfund.com Sharing knowledge about money and economy. Sun, 11 May 2008 18:26:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Finance Bill, 2008, today received the President's assent. Soon after, the finance ministry issued notifications to give effect to various provisions related to service tax. The amendment regarding transaction between associated enterprises which says that service tax will have to be paid even if the consideration is not actually received ... http://www.misterfund.com/2008/05/11/finance-bill-gets-presidents-approval/ Image credit to Delicious Baby Millions of people use credit cards all around the world. A huge chunk of those users made mistakes when dealing with their credit cards. The consequence of the errors is costly.A lot end up in debt and most of the time these are the people who ... http://www.misterfund.com/2008/05/08/easy-hack-for-getting-a-refund-from-your-credit-card/ Image credit to google MANILA, Philippines -- The country’s gross international reserves (GIR) rose slightly to $36.7 billion in April from $36.6 billion in the preceding month, central bank data showed Wednesday. Foreign exchange inflows consisted mostly of the bank's gains from foreign exchange operations, its income from investments abroad, as well ... http://www.misterfund.com/2008/05/07/forex-april-reserves-up-slightly-at-367b/ Image credit to google More than 1 billion kina ($A400 million) has gone missing from Papua New Guinea's finance department over the past 10 years. The revelation by PNG's Auditor General came alongside a warning that accounting and reporting systems in all government departments had collapsed. Australia - which is PNG's largest aid ... http://www.misterfund.com/2008/05/05/a400m-missing-from-png-finance-dept/ Image credit to Telegraph In her new book, Business Nightmares, former Dragons’ Den star Rachel Elnaugh talks to some of Britain’s leading entrepreneurs about their setbacks – and discusses the collapse of her own Red Letter Days. In this extract, she looks at how to overcome disaster After Emma Harrison left university, ... http://www.misterfund.com/2008/05/04/life-after-the-business-nightmare-how-to-trade-through-tragedy/ Image credit to google The euro continued to drop while the pound rallied, as investors reconsider their forecasts for interest rates in the euro zone and United Kingdom. Softer economic data from the euro zone -- with the German Ifo indicator falling unexpectedly on Thursday and M3 money supply easing to an ... http://www.misterfund.com/2008/05/01/forex-euro-falls-pound-surges-as-investors-reassess-rates-outlook/ Written by Terri Belkas, Currency Analyst Normally, the release of US Non-farm Payrolls takes center stage in the forex markets, as the figure tends to spark significant volatility and can shape interest rate expectations for the Federal Reserve. However, Wednesday’s FOMC rate decision may steal the limelight, as futures are currently ... http://www.misterfund.com/2008/04/28/5-most-important-events-for-the-forex-market-this-week/ Image credit to google TAMPA -- Two well-known Tampa Bay entrepreneurs have spearheaded the formation of a local chapter of the Entrepreneurs' Organization, a group designed to allow members to draw on the collective resources and expertise of kindred spirits in the business world. Along with other players in the local business ... http://www.misterfund.com/2008/04/28/21-years-later-entrepreneurs-organization-reforms-targets-business-relationships/ PARIS (KUNA): The French Senate, or upper house of parliament, announced here Thursday that it is organizing two round table discussions May 14 to examine the role France can play in attracting Islamic funds and the opportunities opening up to work with Islamic funds on international finance markets. The sessions ... http://www.misterfund.com/2008/04/27/france-to-host-meet-on-%e2%80%98islamic-finance%e2%80%99/ Image credit to google THE corporate regulator is preparing a crackdown on the $400billion-plus property finance sector in an attempt to curb a spate of collapses in the high-risk market dominated by mum and dad investors. The move follows the release yesterday by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission of a report ... http://www.misterfund.com/2008/04/27/regulator-shifts-gaze-on-to-volatile-property-finance-sector/