The chart below shows the Personal and Corporate Income Tax Rate for OECD countries: Click to enlarge Source: The Debt of Nations, Citigroup Global Markets Among OECD countries, Japan has the highest corporate tax rate at 39.5%. The U.S. has the next highest rate at 39.2%. However most U.S. companies do not pay taxes at …
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The prestigious Switzerland-based World Economic Forum has published the Global Risks 2011 report. The graphic below shows the top global risks in 2011: Click to enlarge The top 10 risks by likelihood and impact combined are listed in ranked order below: Climate change Fiscal crises Economic disparity Global governance failures Extreme weather events Extreme energy …
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Legg Mason Capital Management’s chairman and chief investment officer Bill Miller believes that currently U.S. stocks are cheap based on valuation and prices. He thinks the S&P 500 could rise as much as 15% this year. He advises investors to take advantage of U.S. stocks especially those in the large-cap market. For this year, Miller’s …
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The top 10 widely held ADRs by institutions as measured by ownership value as of December 31, 2010 are listed below in descending order: 1.Name: America Movil (AMX) Sector: Telecom Country: Mexico 2.Name: Teva Pharmaceuticals (TEVA) Sector: Generic Drugs Country: Israel 3.Name: UBS AG (UBS) Sector: Financial Services Country: Switzerland 4.Name: VALE SA (VALE) Sector: …
Charlotte-NC, based Duke Energy (DUK) has announced a deal to buy Progress Energy Inc (PGN) for $13.7 billion in an all-stock transaction. The combined company to be called Duke Energy Corp would be the largest utility in the U.S. with about 7.1 million customers in the states of Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky …
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