Federal Government Grants The objective of federal grants is to strengthen America and its people The main goals are economic development, strengthening the work force of America and providing a stable and strong economic infrastructure Now President Bush has made its details available in a single website, providing a one-stop opportunity to apply for grantsThe federal grants are given through 26 federal agencies There are 15 different ways of getting federal grants and hundreds of local and state agencies that ...

Free Grant Money Every year, Congress allocates billions of dollars in the form of free grant money to aid major projects that would ultimately benefit communities Allotment for education grants alone reached an estimated $67 billion annuallyFree grant money can be availed of from various government agencies But this free grant money does not come without a price tag This may sound ironic but free grant money is not exactly for free in the truest sense of the word With ...

Wall Street To Main Street: News, Views And Commentary: April 21, 2006 It’s Friday April 21, 2006, and it’s the last day of the trading week as the earnings parade rages on with numbers coming out from Apple Computer (NASDAQ: AAPL), Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), E Trade (NYSE: ET) and the big shocker, not in our eyes, but for those doubters was Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)The NAMC Newswire’s “Wall Street to Main ...

The Dollar Bill The dollar bill in use today was designed in 1957 This “paper money” is made from a blend of cotton and linen Look closely and you’ll see that it also contains red and blue fibers made of silk as an anti-counterfeit measureThe Seal of the United States Treasury is on the front The top features scales representing justice and the center shows a chevron with 13 stars representing the 13 colonies The key acts as a symbol ...

Bankers' Banks- The Role Of Central Banks In Banking Crises Central banks are relatively new inventions An American President (Andrew Jackson) even cancelled its country's central bank in the nineteenth century because he did not think that it was very important But things have changed since Central banks today are the most important feature of the financial systems of most countries of the worldCentral banks are a bizarre hybrids Some of their functions are identical to the functions of regular, ...

Capital Gains Tax The current tax system imposed on corporations by the US government is at best, a biased system; for corporations that have a net profit, taxes on those profits amount to a full one-third So, if you're doing business as a standard "C" corporation, and you do manage to make a profit, you're going to owe Uncle Sam about 30% Now, you add to that tax a capital gains tax that is levied on the investment capital of that corporation, and you have the makings ...

Tax Cuts-what Tax Cuts? Many of the jobs in President Bush's "recovery" are low-wage, low-benefit service and retail jobs The overall growth in jobs masks a harsher reality for families trying to maintain or build a middle class standard of living Key among them: debt coupled with paycheck paralysis Most people coming out of college with or without a degree are starting life off with about $20,000 in debt trying to get a degree Then they try to support themselves on low wages after getting out ...

Stock Trading Profit, Earnings Can Still Be Had Today Day trading most commonly refers to the practice of buying and selling stocks during the day so that at the end of the day you don't hold any shares overnight; you sell as many shares as you buy You make money on the difference between the purchase and sales prices The main motivation for this style of trading is to make money every day so you don't sit on the shares , plus of course you eliminate the ...

South South Cooperation And Regional Integration: The Way Out Of Underdevelopment The introduction of Africa in the world market started since the 15th century, could not in many respects be considered as a positive venture Africa’s backwardness compared to the rest of the world(developed countries, newly industrialised countries and emerging countries) which is a paradox due to its enormous resources and potential, clearly demonstrate that Africa remain the great loser of the international economic order A situation worsened when considered ...

The Shift In The Economy Many of the jobs in President Bush's "recovery" are low-wage, low-benefit service and retail jobs The overall growth in jobs masks a harsher reality for families trying to maintain or build a middle class standard of living Key among them: debt coupled with paycheck paralysis Most people coming out of college with or without a degree are starting life off with about $20,000 in debt trying to get a degree Then they try to support themselves on low wages after getting out of school A ...