Uranium: At The Center Of New Mexico's Nuclear Renaissance Once the proud center of the Uranium Universe, and until recently the world’s largest uranium producer, the city of Grants (New Mexico) nearly collapsed in the 1980s as uranium prices sank into a twenty-year depression Five thousand uranium miners lost their jobs, and the city elders panicked, searching for an industry with which to replace mining “Uranium companies helped build our hospital, our school and most of our major infrastructure,” Star ...

Accounting Police: Do They Exist? Who created accounting principles? Who sets and revises accounting standards? What if you don’t follow all the rules, do you go to jail? Is there an accounting police force that investigates and arrests violators? It would seem that there must be some regulatory force to make sure that providers of financial statements conform to the rules There is, up to a point, and here is how it works:Mainly, it’s all voluntary and it works pretty ...

Don't Bother With The Banker Bankers are seeing less and less new faces at their desk every day The Internet has taken their clients and provided them with cheaper, easier and more convenient ways to get the money they need As generations continue to march on, traditional lending companies are being forced to provide newer outlets to get younger people’s business Unfortunately, with the lightning-fast expanse of the Internet, they’re failing No longer is it required of anyone to trudge down to ...

Are Free Grants Really Free? The short answer to this simple but fantastic question is that yes, free grants do in fact come at no cost to the recipient That does not mean that there are no strings attached but we will talk about that later First we need to get the basic concepts down first so that you can understand why the government is willing to hand out these monetary offerings to it’s citizens How does the government make its ...

Know Your Financial Comfort Level Despite the high degree of discomfort discussing financial issues, asking for help before a financial crisis strikes will help you in the long run In many societal circles, discussions about money are considered taboo It is not generally appropriate to begin sentences with, “I hear that you and the Mrs are having financial troubles” Credit counseling organizations have the opportunity to educate a wide variety of people through, both one on one counseling and public seminars ...

Government Loans These days when there is so much of hue and cry amongst private loan agencies, each trying to downplay the merits and work of the other, the loans offered by government remain immaculate and selflessly benefiting the public Government loans are a cut above the rest in quite a few ways Firstly every private agency offering loan does it with the purpose of making profits but in contrast to this government loans are meant only for the welfare of public Since government is a body meant ...

Taking Your Company Public Taking Your Company Public By William Cate http://homeearthlinknet/~beowulfinvestments/williamcateventurec apitalampequityfinanceconsultant/ Too often, it costs more money to go public than you can raise as a public company In 2005, the average cost of filing an SB2 was over three million dollars The average IPO (Initial Public Offering) financing on the OTCBB (Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board) was less than one million dollars The engine driving SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) costs ever upward has been the costs of GAAP audit and attorney's fees Due to Section 404 of ...

New Home - Getting Permits In this article we're going to cover the securing of various permits that you will need to get before you can build your home Prior to construction beginning the builder must get a number of permits before he can even hammer one nail In most cases the builder will get all the necessary permits on your behalf but it's important for you to understand what's involved in this process and be ready to do some of the running around if the builder is ...

What's In A Credit Report? Thanks to a new federal law put into place in September of 2005, everyone is entitled to one free credit report each year This is so that you can verify that your report does not contain any false information, and so you can see how your credit rates Getting your annual free report is as easy as going to the authorized source, wwwannualcreditreportcom and requesting one Once you have your free report, what in the world do all those abbreviations, numbers and ...

Hot Share Tips It's official! Australia is the largest nation of shareholders with direct share ownership more than doubling since 1997 to 406 per cent That figure rises to 54 per cent of all adult Australians when managed funds are taken into accountWe're also trading more shares The Australian Stock Exchange reports the average number of trades has nearly trebled in the past year to 79,000 a dayLarge new floats such as Telstra has fueled the growth of private share ...