According to the World Health Organisation, more than 1.2 million people were diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide in 2005. In the United States, it is said that every two minutes one woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2005, it was estimated that there were 212,0000 new cases of breast cancer and out of which 40,000 or about 19%, died from the disease. In the city-state of Singapore, it is said that every day three women are being diagnosed with breast cancer. In Malaysia 3,738 breast cancer cases were reported in 2003. This means that one in twenty women in Malaysia will get breast cancer.
Archive for January 25th, 2008
The 1950’s are gone. Lamb chops aren’t 79 cents a pound anymore, nor are giggling secretaries with fire engine red lipstick looking to schmooze the boss. It’s 2007, and the expression, “Time is Money” couldn’t be more real. We’ve had that expression drilled into our little heads since Captain Kangaroo. So if 90 percent of businesses can’t justify in-sourcing their email, then that means the viable option is outsourcing.
I don’t know about you but I think that every home needs good curtains. I’ll even go a bit further than that: I think a home or an apartment without curtains or some other type of window treatment is missing something in a big way.
A Family Limited Partnership is becoming one of the most popular methods to pass the equity in a larger estate to the heirs at a discounted tax rate, while retaining control, and at the same time, protecting the assets from lawsuits.
This entity may be used to begin shifting ownership from your estate to your heirs without losing control. The Limited Partnership is becoming a more popular staple of estate planning for a number of reasons. A major one is for asset protection.
