Weekend Readings – Wealth Tax + MORE May 2nd

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3.5 year - 2.10% + MORE Apr 9th

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In national wealth, China trails the U.S. by $50 trillion.

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Weekend Readings – Wealth Tax

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Weekend Readings – Wealth TaxI am personally opposed to a wealth tax mostly because there are so many ways to get around such a tax so thinking it will solve everything is a mistake. Closing loopholes and having other “smart” tax changes would be  higher priority in my opinion and the wealth tax could then be part of the overall package. Thoughts? Here are some readings for the next couple of days:)
General Readings
-Obstacles for the sharing economy @ TheEconomist
-MIT to give $100 in bitcoin to students @ TechCrunch
Tech Stock Readings
-How Google can leverage Facebook’s biggest weakness @ TechCrunch
-Peak iPad @ Medium
-Twitter beats expectations but guidance is low @ TechCrunch

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60 days – 1.55%

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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-11-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.

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120 days – 1.70%

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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-11-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.

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90 days – 1.60%

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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-11-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.

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