March 1st, 1999
Data encryption: New stuff and links
On the 31st of December, 1998 US Commerce Department released new regulations implementing looser guidelines for cryptography exports: http://jya.com/bxa123198.txt The new rules eliminate many restrictions on selling data scrambling products [...]
March 1st, 1999
Back to basics
This editor recently met a young man, interested in becoming an executive protection agent, who asked what handgun he should buy. More recently still was a brief involvement in a [...]
March 1st, 1999
Dumpster diving, is it worth it?
This is a basic article about a basic issue of trash and what we as persons and businesses throw out in the garbage or in the recycling bins. As a [...]
March 1st, 1999
Canadian SIN numbers
The Canadian SIN is similar to a SSN in that the number is issued to all Canadian citizens and, just like the SSN, it was never intended to be an [...]
February 1st, 1999
Option revaluation and the weakness it causes
The recent bear market prompted more than 100 companies in October 1998 to cushion the blow of their falling stock prices by repricing their stock options for executives. This is [...]
February 1st, 1999
Capital flight occurs concurrent with social destabilization and executive protection opportunities / needs
People and capital – if you threaten them, they will leave! Around the world many countries continue to concern their middle and commercial class through unstable governments, high taxes, burdensome [...]
February 1st, 1999
Investing in China? Watch your assets
International Trade and Investment Companies (ITIC) in China are the only companies allowed to borrow funds from foreigners and lend them or invest those funds in domestic Chinese companies. China [...]
February 1st, 1999
Business tax ID number prefixes
The Service Center of the Internal Revenue Service assigns business Tax ID prefix numbers. These prefixes are normally assigned according to the mailing address of the taxpayer, however, there are [...]
February 1st, 1999
SCAM – Shams, Stings and Shady Business Practices and How You Can Avoid Them
Book and Product Reviews SCAM – Shams, Stings and Shady Business Practices and How You Can Avoid Them Peter H. Engle St. Martin’s Griffin, New York This book provides a [...]
