12 Reasons For A Startup Not To Be An LLC | Startup Company Law ...

Very seldom in our lives do we need to make 4,000 decisions in rapid succession. Welcome to the life of the owner of a startup. As decisions are made, founders often find themselves asking, ?Can this seemingly mundane decision later profoundly affect the future growth and survival of my company??

For the majority of the decisions, the answer would be ?no,? particularly when one of the decisions is what you?re going to have for lunch in order to fuel you with the energy to make more decisions. However, there is one major decision that can set the tone, not only for founders and employees, but also those who will invest in the company: the type of entity you form.

What Are The Different Types of Business Entities?

I am approached all the time by owners of startups wondering whether to become a C Corporation, an S Corporation, or an LLC (a limited liability company).

What primarily differentiates these business entities from one another is their federal income tax characteristics:

C Corporation ? A C Corporation is an entity that, in contrast to an S Corporation or an LLC taxed as a partnership, is subject to federal income tax and pays federal income taxes on its income.? Its shareholders are not subject to tax unless the corporation pays amounts to them in the form of dividends, distributions or salary.

S Corporation ? An S Corporation is not subject to federal income tax. Instead the company?s shareholders pay federal income tax on the taxable income of the S Corporation?s business based on their pro rata stock ownership.

LLC ? LLCs, like S Corporations, are ?pass-through? entities, which means that their owners (referred to as members) pay the tax on the income of the LLC that is allocated to them based on the LLC agreement. For a sole member, unless an election is made to be taxed as a corporation, the LLC is treated as a ?disregarded entity,? meaning that the sole member reports the LLC?s income or loss on his or her tax return just like a sole proprietorship, or division in the case of a corporate owner. For LLCs with multiple members, the LLC is treated as a partnership and must file the IRS Form 1065 (unless the entity elects to be taxed as a corporation). The members of the LLC are treated as partners for federal income tax purposes and each receives a Form K-1 reporting their share of the LLC?s income or loss for the members to report on their federal income tax return.

Why Shouldn?t I Choose To Form An LLC?

For tech or growth companies planning to follow the traditional path of regular and ongoing equity grants to employees, multiple rounds of financing, and reinvestment of as much capital into the business as possible, with the goal of an ultimate sale to a big, maybe public, company in exchange for cash and/or stock, LLCs are typically not the way to go.? There are a number of reasons.

1 ? Many Investors Don?t Like LLCs - Investors frequently don?t want to complicate their personal tax situation by becoming a member in an entity taxed as a partnership and then receiving Forms K-1 and being taxed on the entity?s income even if no cash is distributed to them to pay the taxes.

2 ? Many Investors Can?t Invest in LLCs - Some investors (such as venture funds), can?t invest in pass-through companies because they have tax-exempt partners which do not want to receive active trade or business income because of their tax-exempt status.

3- Reinvestment ? LLCs taxed as partnerships will typically have provisions in their LLC agreements detailing how and when cash will be distributed to the owners to cover the taxes that they will owe on the entity?s income. This can complicate the ability of the entity to reinvest its cash to grow the business.

4 ? Potential Taxation in Other States - If the business has an active trade or business and does business in other states, passive investors may become subject to income tax in those other states.

For example: if you are a partner in a partnership which does business in CA, even if you live in WA and are a passive investor, you will receive a California Form K-1 and have to file California income tax returns and pay California income tax.

This can really turn investors off.?Foreign investors may not want to invest in an LLC because they do not want to become subject to tax in the U.S.

5 ? Simplicity of Stock Ownership - Investors in early stage businesses usually just want to make an investment, acquire a capital asset (the stock), and not have any intervening tax complications (like a Form K-1 and potential taxation in other states) until the stock is sold and there is a capital gain/loss event.

6 ? Equity Compensation - Equity compensation in entities taxed as partnerships is much more difficult, complex and expensive to draft and administer than equity compensation in a C or S Corporation.? For example, to grant profits interests in an LLC, it is typically?necessary or advisable?to ?book up? the capital accounts of the owners prior to granting the profits interests, and this must happen at each award. If there are successive rounds of equity grants each year, these books-ups can become very expensive and time consuming.? This same complication occurs with options or warrants to acquire LLC interests.

7 ? Raising Capital - Raising additional capital through an LLC is much more difficult than raising a next round through a corporation. LLC agreements are more difficult and complex to prepare than their corporate counterparts. In addition, you can hit upon sticky and highly complex tax issues in the LLC context that just don?t exist or arise in the corporate context.

For example: You give your investors a 2x liquidation preference. If you are an LLC, your investors may have a tax hit in the year of investment! This does not happen in the corporate context.

8 ? Stock Swaps - LLCs cannot engage in tax deferred stock swaps in acquisition scenarios, which corporations can.

For example, your startup is acquired by BigCo, for $400M in stock. The stock is subject to a 1 year lockup before it can be sold in the public markets. You will owe tax on the stock upon closing, regardless of the lockup. If you were a corporation, you could probably exchange your startup stock for BigCo stock on a tax deferred basis under one of the reorganization provisions under Section 368?of the Internal Revenue Code.

9 ? Documents - LLC agreements are much more complex and difficult to draft than corporate documents.

10 ? Familiarity - Investors are less familiar with LLCs than corporations, and so they typically have to spend more time on diligence reviewing the underlying documents before deciding whether or not to invest.

11 ? Contract Creatures - LLCs are more ?contract? creatures than ?statutory? creatures. Meaning, although there are default rules set forth in the LLC statute, in an LLC the general rule is that most anything goes?so whatever you put in your contract? will usually govern?as a result, the contracts are longer and more difficult to put together and take more time to be reviewed, negotiated, agreed upon, etc.

12 ? Section 1202 ? The 100% exclusion from tax (up to $10M per taxpayer) for ?qualified small business stock? held for more than 5 years is not available for LLC interests.

The Bogeyman Rarely Comes Out of the Closet

The bogeyman that you will hear about most frequently is the ?double tax? bogeyman. You will be told?don?t form a C Corporation because you will be subject to a double tax.

What is meant by this is that if the C Corporation makes money, it will pay tax on that money. And if it pays dividends to its shareholders, they will pay tax on the dividends. This is true. And so if you anticipate your business being a cash cow, and immediately generating so much money that you will earn more than you can reasonably pay out in salary to the owner executives, then maybe an LLC is a good choice for you. But for most growth businesses, whose goal is to raise capital, reinvest capital, grow fast, grant equity incentives, and ultimately be acquired or go public, a C Corporation is the way to go.? For these businesses, the double tax bogeyman rarely appears, and most exits are structured as one layer of tax stock sales.

Why Not Start as an S Corporation?

If an LLC is not so great, but you desire pass through tax treatment, an S Corporation could be a great choice for you if you qualify.? Keep in mind though that if you are a founder you will forego the potential 1202 stock benefit (the 100% exclusion for qualified small business stock held for 5 years, up to $10M) for your founder shares if you form as an S Corporation.

Lipstick on an LLC

I generally advise my startup clients to go with a C Corporation because it?s easier. Investors can be finicky and any sort of obstruction or tax inconvenience can turn a hot investor very cold very quickly. Of all of the decisions you will make in starting your business, perhaps none will affect you more tomorrow than your choice of entity.

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1. Top Reasons to Choose a C Corporation
2. Can My Business Entity Be Both an LLC And A C Corporation?
3. S Corporation or LLC?
4. LLCs as S Corporations? Why?
5. S Corporation or an LLC?

Source: http://www.startuplawblog.com/2011/09/30/12-reasons-for-a-startup-not-to-be-an-llc/

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Authorities say Calif. fugitive fired at deputies (AP)

FORT BRAGG, Calif. ? Authorities say they are closing in on a murder suspect who has been the subject of Northern California's largest manhunt in decades ? even as they reported that he shot at a group of sheriff's deputies Thursday.

The Alameda County deputies searching in the redwood forest where the man has been at large for more than a month weren't hit and fired about 10 shots in response, Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said at a Thursday night news conference.

Aaron Bassler, 35, is suspected of killing a city councilman on Aug. 27 and one other person several weeks before. Bassler is thought to be hiding out in the redwoods outside of Fort Bragg and is believed to have broken into several cabins to steal food and at least two other weapons.

Allman did not know how many shots Bassler is suspected of firing, or whether he had been wounded in the exchange. More law enforcement officers were being flown into the area to join the 40 officers involved in the search, he said.

"We believe we really and truly encircled him in a way that tomorrow may bring resolution ... but I have said that for 34 days," Allman said.

The search was scheduled to continue around the clock, with air searches, fog permitting, in the daytime. Investigators believe Bassler is hiding in the forest and surviving without help from anyone.

"We have no reason to believe people are supplying him with food, logistics, information. There is $30,000 reward," Allman said.

Officials are asking residents and others to stay out of the forest until Bassler is captured.

Fort Bragg City Councilman Jere Melo, who also worked as a security contractor, and a co-worker at a private timber company confronted Bassler while investigating reports of an illegal marijuana farm outside of town.

It was unknown whether the gunman was stalking the officers during Thursday's exchange of gunfire but he was using a high powered assault rifle like the one believed to have killed Melo, the sheriff told reporters. "He clearly was shooting at them with a rifle." he said.

Police said Bassler was cultivating some 400 poppy plants and was holed up in a makeshift bunker when he fired on the 69-year-old Melo and the co-worker, who escaped and called for help.

Bassler is also being sought in the fatal shooting of Matthew Coleman of the Mendocino County Land Trust. The former Fish and Game Department employee was found dead next to his car on Aug. 11 up the coast from Fort Bragg.

Both men were highly respected for their love of the land and their community work. The 7,000 residents of Fort Bragg have been on edge while the manhunt by dozens of local and federal agents has enveloped their coastal fishing and lumber community.

James Bassler said he believes his son suffers from schizophrenia and for years has talked about aliens and spaceships, while crafting Chinese military stars and drawings of weapons systems. His son was arrested in 2009 after he was accused of flinging some of those red stars over the fence of the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, but was released after authorities determined he was not an immediate threat to himself or others.

Aaron Bassler was arrested again on DUI charges in February after he allegedly rammed his truck into a school tennis court. He lost his license, and shortly afterward, lost his place to live.

"He lost his truck, then he lost his place to live; all his links to the real world," his father said in an interview last week.

Earlier this week, authorities released a photo of Bassler vandalizing a vacation cabin while holding a high-caliber rifle. On Wednesday, they confirmed his fingerprints linked him to another burglary at a cabin.

James Bassler said he had tried for years to get county authorities to have his son put into a mental health program, but that his letters and calls had gone unanswered due to privacy laws that protect his son.

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Biofile with Bernard Lagat | TheBiofile.com

Published by Scoop Malinowski on September 28, 2011 filed under BioFiles ????? Comments (0) Biofile with Bernard Lagat??| read this item

Status: Eleven-time medalist at World Championships and Olympics, including four gold medals. American record-holder in 1500 meters, 3000, mile and two mile indoors, also 1500, 3000 and 5000 outdoors. Winner of the 2011 Fifth Avenue Mile.

DOB: December 12, 1974 In: Kapsabet, Kenya

First Running Memory: ?Is when I was just a little boy, back home. Running with my older brother William. And we decide, Let?s go run. Because my older sister (Mary) was running. So we kept running, running, running around this shopping area around my village, about a five kilometer loop. After I just finished, my sister ask me, So how was it? I told her it was really great. And then she told me, Wow. So you feel like you can run? I?m like, Yes, I love it. So for me, hearing that from her, was really, really good. She was somebody I looked up to. My brother was waiting for me the entire way. I was wearing one of the pair of shoes that she gave me that day. That was the first time I ever wore a shoe to run, ever. With a pair she gave me.?

Running Inspirations: ?What inspires me is the fact this sport track and field is the sport of my family. And every time I run, I see my siblings running, I was inspired by my sister to run. And even to inspire my siblings ? that is something that keeps me going. And then, of course, the inspiration also comes from the satisfaction that I get ? every time I run in a championship and any race that I win ? that inspires me. It always feels like the best place to be, it?s a feeling you can?t even describe when you just win something. It?s like: I want to have that again. I want that to happen to me again. After you win, after you perform so well, you just get a sudden feeling that you always want, that makes me want to do it over and over again. And, of course, I love running. It?s a family sport. It started with my family a long time ago, when my dad was running six miles and my mom was running 440 meters. It was unbelievable now that I took this sport and I really enjoy it.?

Last Book Read: ?I can?t even remember. It?s been a while actually. Reading like the Newsweek, Time magazine. I like things into politics. But I haven?t read any books lately.?

Favorite Movie: ?Oh ? Remember The Titans. Denzel Washington.?

First Job: ?Washington State University ? washing dishes at the cafeteria.?

First Car: ?Pontiac Grand-Am ? I bought used.?

Current Car: ?Mercedes Benz E550 (black).?

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: ?Sorbet. Mango sorbet.?

Pre-Race Feeling: ?Okay, before the race my body feels like I?m so tired. I don?t know why, that is the feeling I?m always feeling like. If I?m feeling like so tired, I can?t even walk, I can?t do anything ? that?s a good day. Before my warm-up. Then pre-race, warm-up area, sitting down, maybe an hour thirty before the race, I just run the race in my head. Try to see what I?m gonna do. If the race turns out this way, slow, what am I gonna do? If it starts fast, what am I gonna do? if I get blocked? So I have to work on strategy before the race. And by the time I go in there, I?m already prepared.?

Greatest Sports Moment: ?The greatest moment of my career is when I won the two gold medals in Osaka in 2007 (1500 and 5000).?

Most Painful Moment: ?The 3000 meter race that I ran in 2000 in Monte Carlo. I was a miler and so I hopped into this race ? my agent put me in this race, 3000 meters in Monaco ? running against the great athlete Daniel Komen, who had the world record in 7:20. And so I got into this race in Monaco. It was the most painful race ever in my life. Because I wasn?t prepared, I wasn?t ready for it. But I ran with the guy. I went 7:33 which was my first event. But it was the most painful. I couldn?t walk the following day. It took me a long time to recover from that and I was sore [smiles]. (What place?) Between fifth and seventh, I can check.?

Funny Career Memory: ?Is when another girl from Kenya at Washington State. I was with friends, actually with my wife who was then my girlfriend. And then there was this Kenyan girl who came and I didn?t know she smokes. And so I told everybody, Okay, I?m running into the store, so what does everybody want? And the lady told me, Buy me menthols. I don?t know it?s a cigarette. So I went and I thought it was candy (Mentos). I bought the candy for her. When I came, everybody laughed. Everybody knew what she sent me to buy but I didn?t know it was cigarettes, menthols, Mentos [smiles].?

Strangest Race: ?Oh, one time a soccer ball came in during a race, or somebody throw like a ball. But the one that is strange a little bit is one time ? I don?t know which meet ? but we almost hit the camera arm, the low one, comes down like this. It was coming in like this and we were running and you can see we will hit this. Then, by the time they realized, I think somebody shouted and they moved it. That was like the strangest one. It was in Europe.?

Favorite Athletes To Watch: ?I like to watch David Rudisha. I would not say Dave like a few years ago because he was one of the young guys, I didn?t know too much about him. I have followed him with a lot of interest. He?s being managed by my agent. But one thing about this kid is he?s young, extremely talented and makes the race, that, to me, is like the hardest to run, 800 meters, so enjoyable. So nice and relaxed. So easy. And so every time he does something, I mean, I?m a big fan of this young guy. And to tell you how I really like this guy ? is that last year when he broke the first world record in Berlin, I was warming up, ready to go run my race. But then he broke the world record while we were warming up. So but where we took the warm-up, we could see it. And by the time I finished my warm-up, I was not in my normal state of mind, like, thinking about my race, strategizing. And I ran a horrible race. Because I was too excited, carrying over. Then, the following week, I was running with him in Riete, Italy. He took the world record. And we took the warm-up. And I told myself: Don?t make the same mistake you did last week [smiles]. And so he?s so enjoyable to watch.?

Favorite Sport Outside Track & Field: ?I like golf. I don?t know much about it but it?s a sport I really love watching. I play ? but don?t ask me my score, it?s really bad. But I?m working on it. It?s not bad because I actually made my son like golf.?

Favorite Place To Compete: ?Monaco. Beautiful place?the parked cars outside, they have really good food. They have everything. It?s nice. You just walk around outside there and you see all the yachts. It?s so much fun, I like it. It?s not the kind of life I would like to live because it doesn?t seem like real life to me, it seems like, to me, the life in a movie. But it seems so much fun. The race itself is organized very well. And the fact that Prince Albert ? he is involved in track and field. He?s like an ordinary man. You can?t believe he?s a prince. And he comes over there, he tells you what you?ve been running. And you?re like, You?re telling me you?ve been watching me?! So that makes me really like him.?

People Qualities Most Admired: ?I like people who are down to earth. People who are very respectful. And people who mind their own business, not other people?s business. And I like people who also respect their elders. I grew up with the idea you have your elders. Those are the people you have to respect, doesn?t matter what. When I see people that really pay attention to that and be family-oriented, I love that.?

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How to Decide if You Need a New Roof ? Home Improvement Solution

Is it time for roof replacement? At some point during ownership of a home, all homeowners encounter the need to shell out on maintenance and upkeep of different things on the home.? This would include things like exterior painting, air conditioner repair or replacement, water heater servicing, plumbing issues etc.? But one of the biggest financial decisions you may have to make would be with regard to the roof of your home.? Considering the roof is literally a ?top? priority, you need to approach its needs with care and with the proper knowledge to make the correct decisions.? By hiring a great roofing contractor, you can get answers to your questions and make an informed decision.? New roofing is a huge task and financial outlay, so you should make sure that you really need to replace as opposed to repair the roof.

Unfortunately, there are many companies out there that are looking to capitalize on people?s ignorance.? These unethical businesses will try to sell products that are not needed or not give their clients the full story on what needs to be done.? This applies to roofing concerns as well.? Sometimes, you may think that your roof is full of holes and you need to just grit your teeth and buy a whole new one, when in reality you may just need some comprehensive repair work done.? The flip side is if you have a contractor that just does not know what they are doing and they may do shoddy repairs that may cost more money in the long run.? Roof repair is something that must be done correctly and with precision, so that you get the most for your money.

The best way to make an informed decision regarding roof replacement is to do your research.? When you hire a contractor, make sure that they are fully licensed and have the credentials to perform the work that you require.? It is also a good idea to check the Better Business Bureau when you narrow down your decisions.? If the company has a good rating with the Bureau, then you can have peace of mind that they have been known to do a good job.? Also check with the company to see how long they have been in business.? If they are an established company, you can probably expect good results.? Your roof is a very important facet of your home that deserves to be treated well so that you can remain healthy and happy in the home for as long as possible.

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Hands-on with the Galaxy Tab 8.9 (updated with video)

Samsung took the wraps off of its Galaxy Tab 8.9 tonight in New York City, the latest product in its ever-growing Galaxy line. Shoneel Kolhatkar, Samsung's Director of Product Planning, said that the 8.9 "hits the sweet spot ... between screen real estate and compact size," and we tend to agree. First thing you'll notice is that on paper, a little more than an inch doesn't seem like a whole lot of difference between the newest Galaxy tablet and it's big brother, the Galaxy Tab 10.1. However in your hand, the two products are radically different. The 8.9 will be the perfect product for those who find the 10.1 to be just a bit too large. 

Other than its smaller footprint, there isn't much more to say about the Galaxy Tab 8.9, as it shares the same hardware and software as the already reviewed Galaxy Tab 10.1. Same Tegra 2 processor, same 1 GB RAM, same Honeycomb 3.1, and the same version of TouchWiz. If you've even peeked at anything that's been said about the 10.1, you'll know what to expect in the 8.9.

The Galaxy Tab 8.9 will be available nationwide on October 2: the 16 GB model will set you back $469, while the 32 GB model will cost $569. Some hands on photos, which include a comparison with the Galaxy Tab 10.1, are after the break.

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Alabama officials launch new legal status ... - immigration lawyers

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama ? Although Alabama?s controversial immigration law has been put on hold for the past few months while it is being debated in court, it seems as though state officials are not willing to wait. A decision on the bill is expected this week, but Governor Robert Bentley could not wait until then. On Monday, he unveiled a new plan in the ongoing quest to regulate illegal immigration, a state-developed computer system that is able to verify citizenship almost instantly.

The system is called AL-Verify. However, some argue that the system is not needed yet since a judge hasn?t passed the final verdict on the immigration bill. John McMillan, with the Alabama Commission of Agriculture and Industries, says he will be keeping an eye out for the latest developments. ?Some of our farmers have been in talks with legislators. I have been involved in some of those meetings, and my role is going to be keeping legislators informed of what I see out there on the ground,? said McMillan.

McMillan, along with countless other Alabama residents and officials, are waiting to see what will happen with the bill. Whether it will pass or be stripped of certain provisions. However, as some people wait on the sidelines, others, like the governor and his cabinet members, are moving forward with their plans and launching the AL-Verify program. ?We provided an automated way to be compliant so the process for getting a title or a tag hasn?t really changed but because of the immigration bill we had a compliance issue. Now with this technology we?ve solved the compliance issue,? said Julie Magee, the Commissioner for the Department of Revenue. Magee said that the program is already live. The way it works is that a suspect?s driver?s license information is inputted into the system and the program lets you know whether the information is valid or not.

Those in opposition to the anti-illegal immigration law argue that state officials should not be devising any new policies or plans because the law hasn?t even gone into effect yet. ?I think it?s kind of premature of the state to be undertaking new actions in pursuit of a law that we don?t even know is going to be upheld yet,? said Allison Neal , Legal Director for ACLU. However, state enforcement officers are saying they are merely following state orders. ?We always enforce the laws passed by the legislature and signed by the governor in the state of Alabama and that?s what every law enforcement officer is there to do,? said Col. Hugh McCall with the Alabama Department of Public Safety.

Regardless of what the final decision on the Alabama bill will be, one thing is for sure ? the debate over illegal immigration will be far from over. An illegal immigrant is anyone residing in the country without a valid green card, work visa or any other legal document. Those who are found to be staying in the U.S. illegally will be deported back to their home country unless they can apply and qualify for legal status. If you or a loved one need help applying or require assistance with any other immigration-based issue, turn to a leading immigration lawyer right away for help.

Immigration attorneys handle a wide range of cases, from helping their clients apply for legal status to assisting families in reuniting with one another and even assist with criminal cases. Immigration lawyers take it upon themselves to handle all the paperwork and phone calls so you and your loved ones have nothing to worry over. They always make themselves available around the clock to answer any questions as well as to offer support if needed.

Contact the office of a skilled immigration attorney today to get started on your case immediately and ensure the best possible resolution.

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Green Building And Home Improvement

When building a new home, adding on an extension or even just a simple remodel within your home, you should always consider your local environment to maximize the efficiency of every aspect of your project.

There are four main areas that need to be focused on when planning your building project. They include:

- water- energy- building materials

Each of these areas contain specific products and methods that can really benefit your home lifestyle and increase the capital on your house to.

The first area to cover is water, which may or may not be relevant to your project. However, where ever there is plumbing or an outside wall where gutters can be fixed the optimal water conservation methods should be utilized where possible. There are many interior products that can really help to reduce water wastage and improve efficiency which include:

- water saving taps- water efficient showerheads- composting toilets- water diverters (diverters which hold the water while the hot water reaches your tap to save wasting all that water whilst waiting for the hot water to arrive)

Furthermore, by installing a Greywater system you can use all the water that usually runs down your drain, on your garden or lawn.

For the exterior, high quality gutters and water storage devices such as water tanks are ideal for harvesting hundreds of litres of water that can be used for a variety of applications.

A strong water budget mixed with an overall highly efficient water system can save you heaps of money on water bills and reduce the impact on your local catchment system.

The second part of this article focuses on energy. Most people immediately think solar and then think ?I can?t afford it!? but there is much more that can be done to improve the efficiency of the energy usage in your home.

If you are doing large scale renovations, the position of your home / room in regards to sun direction is vitally important. A north-south facing house is much more energy efficient in terms of temperature control as the sun has less direct focus on the rooms.

Many different products exist to generate energy or improve the energy usage and overall efficiency of your home. Some of these include:

- a solar panel system, either stand alone, grid connect or hybrid with wind turbines to generate electricity- high quality insulation, including batts and foil boards- solar hot water systems- ventilation and extraction fans- energy efficient appliances and white goods- lighting, including CFL?s (compact fluorescent lamp)- hydronic heating- air conditioners with inverter technology

All of these products will either generate free electricity, use much less energy than other products on the market, or control the temperature of your home to save on running costs to maintain comfort.

Building materials is another important consideration when starting your project. Many materials have good qualities, while others can contain harmful chemicals which can be dangerous for your health. Knowing all these risks is almost impossible, but there are certain things to look for when making these decisions.

- Use as much untreated materials as possible. Most treated materials use very harsh chemicals which contain volatile organic compounds (VOC?s) and formaldehyde. Over time, these compounds break down and become part of your indoor breathing space.

- These VOC?s can also be found in conventional paints and finishes. Always ask your supplier for brands which use little or no VOC?s in their products.

- Concrete that contains high levels of flyash are much better for the environment and lower the use of the toxic concrete powder in construction

- Conventional termite control utilizes the harshest of all chemicals and can be extremely carcinogenic. However, there are many new products that can remove termite problems without the use of harmful chemicals. Always ask your provider about their environmental policy and research the chemical they use

- Many insulation companies still use the resin based fiberglass insulation which contains high levels of formaldehyde and are damaging to your health. Look for insulation that is glass wool or made from cellulose fibre is your best bet for your families health and the environments.

- Double glazed windows and the utilization of roller shutters and blinds is the best way to reduce heat build up within your home.

- Strawbale and compressed earth homes are becoming more and more popular due to their constant interior comfort levels, and no they don?t look like ?mud huts?, in fact, they are fast becoming a distinguished and stylish home design

- Finally, cabinets and draws often use the cheap particle board over the solid wood varieties to save money. However, the particle board contains formaldehyde to bind the particles together.

Building and home improvement can be very satisfying when the job is complete. However, it becomes even better if taking into consideration these factors mentioned above to make your home comfortable all year round for you and your family.

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Mexico Today: "My Mexico" video featuring Cancun Canuck

Alternate blog title: "Look Ma, I'z on the Yoo Toob!"

Way back in June when I began working with the Mexico Today project, they asked me to be a part of a series of videos promoting the destination. I spent the day with an incredible film crew at Garrafon Park Isla Mujeres and met them once again for interviews in Oaxaca. I had SUCH a great time that I pretty much forgot that I was being filmed as I kayaked and zip lined and gazed dreamily out to sea. I've been awaiting the day we could see the finished product and here it is!?


While it's always strange to hear recordings of your own voice or see yourself on video, I am really pleased with the finished product and proud to be a part of the Mexico Today adventure. I believe that Mexico is a destination for EVERYONE, tourists and travellers, families and couples and singles, adventurers and laze-arounders, history buffs and foodies. While my focus is usually on Cancun and the Riviera Maya, the diversity of the country is astounding and I am excited to have the opportunity to discover even a small portion of what the rest of the country has to offer. My visit to Oaxaca in June was amazing and I have some exciting travel plans set up for October (more on that later!) My "Mexico Bucket List" is LONG, from the Copper Canyon to Guanajuato to Campeche, Chiapas, Veracruz....ok, really I could just add every state to the list because they each offer unique experiences in nature, culture, history and gastronomy to thrill the senses! It may take me a lifetime to see it all, but I've got the time....

The video above is part of a series, the other videos are just as lovely! Check out the Mexico Today Youtube page to see more!

I also invite you to become a fan of "A Canuck in Cancun" on Facebook, I would love to have you be a part of my community, the more, the merrier!

Marca Pa?s ? Imagen de M?xico, is a joint public and private sector initiative designed to help promote Mexico as a global business partner and an unrivaled tourist destination. This program is designed to shine a light on the Mexico that its people experience every day.

Disclosure: I am being compensated for my work in creating and managing content as a Contribtor for the M?xico Today Program.All stories, opinions and passion for all things M?xico shared here are completely my own.

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The Mystery of Steve Jobs's Public Giving | Charity Star

Article posted on dealbook.nytimes.com by Andrew Ross Sorkin 29 August 2011

Steve Jobs is a genius. He is an innovator. A visionary. He is perhaps the most beloved billionaire in the world.

Surprisingly, there is one thing that Mr. Jobs is not, at least not yet: a prominent philanthropist.

Despite accumulating an estimated $8.3 billion fortune through his holdings in?Apple and a 7.4 percent stake inDisney (through the sale of Pixar), there is no public record of Mr. Jobs giving money to charity. He is not a member of the?Giving Pledge, the organization founded by?Warren E. Buffett and?Bill Gates to persuade the nation?s wealthiest families to pledge to give away at least half their fortunes. (He declined to participate, according to people briefed on the matter.) Nor is there a hospital wing or an academic building with his name on it.

None of this is meant to judge Mr. Jobs. I have long been a huge admirer of Mr. Jobs and consider him the da Vinci of our time. Before writing this column, I had reservations about even raising the issue given his ill health, and frankly, because of the enormous positive impact his products have had by improving the lives of millions of people through technology.

And, of course, it is very possible that Mr. Jobs, who has always preferred to remain private, has donated money anonymously or has drafted a plan to give away his wealth upon his death. (There has long been speculation that an anonymous $150 million donation to the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the?University of California, San Francisco may have come from Mr. Jobs.) His wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, sits on the boards of?Teach for America and the New Schools Venture Fund, among others, and presumably donates money to those organizations, though neither she nor her husband are listed among its big donors.

But the lack of public philanthropy by Mr. Jobs ? long whispered about, but rarely said aloud ? raises some important questions about the way the public views business and business people at a time when some ?millionaires and billionaires? are criticized for not giving back enough while others like Mr. Jobs are lionized.

A spokesman for Apple declined to comment.

Mr. Jobs has clearly never craved money for money?s sake and has never been ostentatious with his wealth. He took a $1-a-year salary from Apple before stepping down as chief executive last week, though his stock options have made him billions of dollars. In a 1985 interview with Playboy magazine, he said of his riches, ?You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it?s humorous, all the attention to it, because it?s hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that?s happened to me.?

Which makes his lack of public giving all the more curious. At one time in his life, Mr. Jobs clearly spent time thinking about philanthropy. In 1986, after leaving Apple and founding NeXT, he started the Steven P. Jobs Foundation. But he closed it a little over a year later. Mark Vermilion, whom Mr. Jobs hired away from Apple to run the foundation, said in an interview, ?He clearly didn?t have the time.? Mr. Vermilion said that Mr. Jobs was interested in financing programs involving nutrition and vegetarianism, while Mr. Vermilion pushed him toward social entrepreneurism. ?I don?t know if it was my inability to get him excited about it,? he said. ?I can?t criticize Steve.?

Two of his close friends, both of whom declined to be quoted by name, told me that Mr. Jobs had said to them in recent years, as his wealth ballooned, that he could do more good focusing his energy on continuing to expand Apple than on philanthropy, especially since his illness. ?He has been focused on two things ? building the team at Apple and his family,? another friend said. ?That?s his legacy. Everything else is a distraction.?

Yet with not many exceptions, most American billionaires have taken up philanthropy in a public way and helped inspire future generations of charitable giving. And those that haven?t have typically come under scrutiny.

Before Bill Gates decided to focus on the?Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to give away their entire fortune, he was often cast as a greedy monopolist. Similarly, critics of Mr. Buffett sometimes zinged arrows at him before he announced his plan to give away the bulk of his wealth, using the foundation of his friend Bill Gates to allocate the money. Even after he announced his philanthropic plans, Mr. Buffett was criticized for not giving his money away earlier or for not devoting more energy to giving it away himself.

?He gave away 2 and one half cents for the first 70-some-odd years of his life. He gave away nothing and then in one fell swoop he gave away almost all of his money, thoughtlessly, to one guy,? Michael Steinhardt, the hedge fund manager and philanthropist, said in a somewhat surprising outburst on CNBC earlier this year. (Mr. Steinhardt has long held an inexplicable grudge against Mr. Buffett.)

Another billionaire, Sam Walton, the founder of?Wal-Mart Stores, did not start the Walton Family Foundation until he was 69, just five years before his death. In his autobiography, Mr. Walton expressed misgivings about formal charity programs. ?We have never been inclined to give any undeserving stranger a free ride.? He was also reluctant for Wal-Mart itself to give money to charity. ?We feel very strongly,? he wrote, ?that Wal-Mart really is not, and should not be, in the charity business.?

Of course, some wealthy executives give away money, in part, to buff their image ? and Mr. Jobs has never needed any help in that department.

Last year,?Mark Zuckerberg, a founder of Facebook, gave a $100 million challenge grant to Newark?s troubled school system. The donation was made a week before the movie ?The Social Network? was to be released and many speculated, perhaps unfairly, that the donation was timed to blunt any negative repercussions from the film. And programs like the Giving Pledge have been criticized by some philanthropists as more about getting attention than being selfless.

Mr. Jobs, 56 years old, is not alone in his single-minded focus on work over philanthropy. It wasn?t until Mr. Buffett turned 75 that he turned his attention to charity, saying that he was better off spending his time allocating capital atBerkshire Hathaway ? where he believed he could create even greater wealth to give away ? than he would ever be at devoting his energies toward running a foundation.

And last year,?Carlos Slim Hel?, the Mexican telecommunications billionaire, defended his lack of charity and his refusal to sign the Giving Pledge. ?What we need to do as businessmen is to help to solve the problems, the social problems,? he said in an interview on CNBC. ?To fight poverty, but not by charity.?

Mr. Jobs?s views on charity are unclear since he rarely talks about it. But in 1997, when Mr. Jobs returned to Apple, he closed the company?s philanthropic programs. At the time, he said he wanted to restore the company?s profitability. Despite the company?s $14 billion in profits last year and its $76 billion cash pile today, the giving programs have never been reinstated.

While many high-growth technology companies have philanthropic arms, Apple does not. It does not have a company matching program for charitable giving by its employees like some other Fortune 500 companies. The company did donate $100,000 in 2008 to a group seeking to block Proposition 8, a ballot measure that would have banned same-sex marriage in California. But over all, Apple has been one of ?America?s least philanthropic companies,? as termed by Stanford Social Innovation Review, a magazine about the nonprofit sector, in 2007.

Still it is worth noting, and commending, Mr. Jobs for his role last year in helping push California to become the first state to create a live donor registry for kidney transplants. Mr. Jobs suffers from pancreatic cancer and underwent a liver transplant in 2009 in Memphis, in part because no livers were available in California. A conversation he had with?Maria Shriver, then California?s first lady, led Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to help take up the cause.

Mr. Jobs helped introduce the legislation at the Lucile Packard Children?s Hospital with Mr. Schwarzenegger, but that appears to be the last time he publicly advocated on behalf of cancer patients. Unlike?Lance Armstrong and other celebrated cancer survivors, Mr. Jobs has not used his prominence to promote charitable giving.

In 2006,?in a scathing column in Wired, Leander Kahney, author of ?Inside Steve?s Brain,? wrote: ?Yes, he has great charisma and his presentations are good theater. But his absence from public discourse makes him a cipher. People project their values onto him, and he skates away from the responsibilities that come with great wealth and power.?

Yet Mr. Jobs has always been upfront about where he has chosen to focus. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal in 1993 , he said, ?Going to bed at night saying we?ve done something wonderful ? that?s what matters to me.?

Let?s hope Mr. Jobs has many more years to make wonderful things ? and perhaps to inspire his legions of admirers to give.

Source: http://www.charitystar.org/?p=1658

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Top 10 Best-Performing Micro Cap Stocks Year-to-Date: GENE, ICGN, JVA, AMPE, TSTF, AXK, COOL, MDW, INPH, ATAI (Sep 24, 2011)

Below are the top 10 best-performing Micro Cap stocks year-to-date. One Chinese company (ATAI) is on the list.

Genetic Technologies Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:GENE) is the 1st best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 355.92% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change was 471.87% for the last 52 weeks. Icagen, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICGN) is the 2nd best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 238.42% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change was 390.98% for the last 52 weeks. Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (NASDAQ:JVA) is the 3rd best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 226.88% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change was 190.92% for the last 52 weeks. Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMPE) is the 4th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 225.42% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change was 124.75% for the last 52 weeks. TeamStaff, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSTF) is the 5th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 221.57% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change was 173.33% for the last 52 weeks.

Accelr8 Technology Corporation (AMEX:AXK) is the 6th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 198.99% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change was 159.67% for the last 52 weeks. Majesco Entertainment Co. (NASDAQ:COOL) is the 7th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 184.45% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change was 222.06% for the last 52 weeks. Midway Gold Corp. (AMEX:MDW) is the 8th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 173.91% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change was 283.33% for the last 52 weeks. Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ:INPH) is the 9th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 148.89% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change was 163.53% for the last 52 weeks. ATA Inc.(ADR) (NASDAQ:ATAI) is the 10th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 146.03% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change was 209.66% for the last 52 weeks.

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Autumnal equinox: 5 things you need to know

Ready or not, it?s the first day of fall, also known as the September, fall, or autumnal equinox. It?s a time marked as much by the emergence of wayfaring leaf peepers as it is by celestial coincidences. Sure, it happens every year, but this time you?ll be able to impress your friends with your budding seasonal knowledge. Take a look at the things you ought to know.

- Andrew Mach,?Contributor

In the language of science, the autumnal equinox is the exact moment when the sun crosses the Earth's equator from the north and moves to the southern hemisphere.

For the rest of us, it?s when most of the world enjoys nearly equal amounts of light and darkness, and, of course, when those in the southern hemisphere experience the first day of spring, known as the vernal equinox.

The exact moment for this fall?s equinox will occur on Friday at 9:04 a.m. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which is 12:04 a.m. Eastern time.

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Items of Dominican Republic real-estate are on available! Massive bits of Dominican Republic property are on the market! 1 Dominican Republic real estate is 1123 miles or 2.12 parts around the outskirts of the resort town of Sosua. Certainly, an incredibly exceptional opportunity!

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Rancho Santa Fe Electrician- Choose a Good Franchise Electrical ...

When you are looking for ways to get your business, franchising is one of the safest bets around. If you supply electronic services, the same principle applies, which, though it may be tempting to start your own business under his own name, selecting a franchise could be a much safer alternative.

You?ve undoubtedly heard horror stories about companies doing poorly in the first 18 months of departure. It is a sad reality, many entrepreneurs with stars in his eyes began what they thought was the beginning of his dream of finding that the practicalities of running a business are more complex and unpredictable than ever imagined.

Starting a business is like looking for gold, which seems so easy at first and feels it will be a matter of time before they get rich. But as the days drag by the accounts and start up you are faced with a bitter task to decide whether or not economically viable to continue, or the possibility of closing the doors.

There are so many variables when it comes to starting a business that even the best plans can go wrong due to unforeseen circumstances. A safer alternative would be to consider a franchise, because of the proven business systems and ready-to-market, already has a successful experience that you can comfortably count.

So how do you choose the best franchise? Here are some tips to get you started.

Try to find a franchise with a good reputation and a name that people are familiar with. The recognition of the market is one of the hallmarks of success and the name of the franchise was established on the market before buying a franchise means that you can hit the ground running and take advantage of previously recognized.

Some franchises are built around a unique concept, while others simply use marketing tools to great competition in highly competitive markets. As an electrician, you can enjoy peace of mind if you choose a franchise that not only is known in the market, but also safeguarding the well-established systems of success.

Many franchises are divided by geographical area so it is important to make sure you buy a large enough area to produce a satisfactory income. Note that most of the sectors more competitive and more profitable geographic quickly trapped and can potentially make it less profitable locations. However, it is a good idea to hire a business analyst to help you determine if the franchise can succeed in other areas.

Ease of operation is the hallmark of a successful business, so make sure your franchise, offers made, easy to operate systems that do not get distracted by red tape and can not get to the bottom of the service and make money.

Low overhead is crucial for any new venture, and the same rules apply to new franchises. Be sure not to overload current expenditure in the early stages of your business and make sure you can improve their marketing based on sales.

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Whitney Cummings juggles 2 shows this season (AP)

NEW YORK ? So far, Whitney Cummings is halfway to having a great autumn.

She co-created and co-produces the show "2 Broke Girls," which premiered Monday to 19.2 million CBS viewers. What could make this season her best ever is if her eponymous NBC sitcom, of which she is also executive producer, does well, too.

The 29-year-old comedian said she doesn't feel like she's competing with herself so far ? especially because they're on different nights, with the CBS show airing Mondays and "Whitney" showing on Thursdays.

"You know, that's funny," she tells the Associated Press.

"I don't really think we're competing, and they're two different shows, although both of them I'm incredibly proud of," she says.

"2 Broke Girls" follows the adventures of two waitresses who meet and become roommates. Her partner behind the show is Michael Patrick King, who also directed and wrote for "Sex and the City."

"I don't think anybody's better at making comedy about women in New York, so I can't wait to watch both of them," Cummings says.

"Whitney" is a relationship ensemble show that has drawn comparisons to "Friends."

"That's a huge compliment," she says.

"The characters on `Friends' were all really funny and had their own thing and were all very specific and fully developed. ... That was always my goal. Each character should be able to have a spinoff show, you know."

Cummings grew up on a steady diet of television and honed her comedic chops by watching sitcoms like "Three's Company" and "The Cosby Show." She's best known for her standup and her appearances on Chelsea Handler's late-night show on E, "Chelsea Lately."

She says fans of her comedy will hopefully see it in her character on "Whitney."

"There's no difference between me and my comedy and my character, solely because I'm lazy," she jokes. "It's important people who do know me from my standup recognize me on the show. That's what got me here."

"Whitney" premieres Thursday at 9:30 p.m. Eastern.

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Road Cycling Information You Should Realize | Wrigley Bound

Bikes continues to be a interest of many people for many decades. Road bikes are designed for fast riding on paved streets. They feature slim tyresthat match the light weight body of the bike. The bikes are designed in a manner that demands you bend your upper part of the body giving stress over the handle bars. This kind of design is excellent forriding bikes over a long distance at higher speed and this in a way avoids you from getting tired. These bikes have a relaxed geometry that offers the riders a relaxing ride.

You are suggested to purchase a road bike helmet. It could provide protection to your head from bad damage should any accident happens. This is a great investment you should take into consideration if you want to have a safety road biking trip.

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Broadcast System Integration For Existing Sports Stadia

Gearhouse Broadcast and associate company AV Tech were awarded the contract to upgrade the technical infrastructure at four football stadia in Doha, Qatar ? Al Gharaffa, Al Rayyan, Al Sadd Sports Club and the Qatar Sports Club.

As the preferred supplier to the Qatar National Olympic Committee, Gearhouse Broadcast and AV Tech have previously completed a number of broadcast cabling and audio visual contracts at various sports arenas including; the Aspire Tower and Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence, Khalifa Tennis and Squash Centre, Qatar Sports Club, Al Arabi Sports Club, Al Khor Sports Club and the Al Wakrah Sports Club.

?The stadia were all being upgraded from SD to HD and the new installation consisted of installing new cabling, wall boxes and technical equipment.? The installation was spread across four stadia and the upgrade consisted of 115 wall boxes, SMPTE hybrid fibre, HD video and audio and network cable.

The equipment racks used for the upgrade were assembled in the UK prior to the installation phase and shipped to site pre-wired to all the local termination panels. This meant that only the wall box connectivity will need to be terminated on-site thus speeding up the installation process.? Harris distribution and conversion equipment was used, along with Tektronix video test equipment, Bel audio test equipment and Belden and Draka audio and network cable.?

To complete the installation Gearhouse Broadcast provided a supervisory management team of 12 Wireman, 16 riggers, a Project Engineer and a Project Manager.?? Each venue had a dedicated installation team headed up by a Site Supervisor, who oversaw the pulling in of all cables from the TV Rooms to the correct locations.?? The HD upgrade took two months to complete and was ready for the start of the Asian Football Cup which Qatar hosted in January 2011.

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Bank of England set to pump more money into economy (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) ? Britain's economic prospects are deteriorating so swiftly that the Bank of England signaled on Wednesday it was on the verge of pumping in more money to support growth, potentially as soon as October.

Minutes from the Bank's September meeting showed most policymakers believed the stresses of the past month had strengthened the case for an "immediate" return to the policy of quantitative easing.

A Reuters poll after the minutes found a 40 percent likelihood of more QE happening in October, though most of the 47 respondents saw the MPC voting for more stimulus by November.

A bold move in October would put the Bank ahead of the pack globally. The Federal Reserve also looks set to make a fresh effort to invigorate the faltering U.S. recovery later on Wednesday, though only minor steps are expected.

The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday that Europe and the United States could slip back into recession unless economic problems aren't tackled quickly, and the IMF also slashed its growth forecasts for Britain.

Action to support the economy would provide some relief to the Conservative-led coalition after figures showed higher government spending and weak tax receipts drove the deficit to a record high for a month of August.

Treasury minister Danny Alexander insisted that the government was sticking to its plans to erase the large budget deficit after reports that ministers were looking at investing an extra five billion pounds on capital projects to ward off fears the economy could fall back into recession.

With interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent, attention is focusing on whether the Bank of England will revive its programme of asset purchases after spending 200 billion pounds in 2009-10, mainly on buying gilts, to help drive down borrowing costs for businesses and boost confidence.

BoE chief economist Spencer Dale, who dropped his call for higher rates only in August, said in a speech the outlook for the economy had weakened materially over the past few months.

"If the economic situation continues to deteriorate, some additional loosening in monetary policy might be needed," he said.

Any decision on more stimulus had to be weighed against high inflation, which is expected to top 5 percent later this year, Dale said, though he noted that inflation was set to fall back quite materially next year.

STRESSES

At September's meeting, arch-dove Adam Posen remained the only one to vote for an additional 50 billion pound in asset purchases.

But the minutes showed most members of the Monetary Policy Committee thought it was increasingly likely that more asset purchases would become warranted at some point.

"For most members, the decision of whether to embark on further monetary easing at this meeting was finely balanced since the weakness and stresses of the past month had significantly strengthened the case for an immediate resumption of asset purchases," the minutes said.

"For some members, a continuation of the conditions seen over the past month would probably be sufficient to justify an expansion of the asset purchase programme at a subsequent meeting."

Sterling fell to an eight-month low against the dollar, while gilts rose after the minutes were published.

The minutes said that those voting for an unchanged policy in September had seen some merit in waiting to see how actions taken by overseas authorities would develop.

The Bank said earlier this week in its quarterly bulletin that the first round of asset purchases gave the economy a significant boost during the recession.

Policymakers also discussed other policy options, including cutting its main interest rate and giving explicit guidance on the future path of rates. However, they concluded that none of these options appeared to be preferable to further asset purchases at the moment.

AUTUMN ACTION

Since the September meeting, a string of bad news from the economy, the euro zone debt crisis and rising tensions in financial markets have stoked recession fears in Britain.

Business Secretary Vince Cable, a member of the Liberal Democrat junior coalition partner, has backed calls for more quantitative easing to help the economy.

Economists said it was now a question of when, not if, the Bank would move.

"The minutes of the September MPC meeting are appreciably more dovish, opening the door wide to more quantitative easing by the Bank of England and very possibly sooner rather than later," said Howard Archer, of IHS Global Insight.

"Barring a marked improvement in the economy over the next few weeks (which is currently hard to see), we expect the MPC to approve a further 50 billion pounds in quantitative easing during the fourth quarter," he added.

"A move as soon as October is entirely possible, but we suspect November is more likely."

The Bank will publish its latest quarterly inflation report in November and changes to policy often come in the same month as these reports are produced.

The IMF slashed its growth forecast for Britain to 1.1 percent for 2011 and 1.6 percent for next year.

However, inflation remains a headache for the Bank, however, and Dale said any decision on more stimulus had to be weighed against high inflation.

It is currently running at 4.5 percent, more than double its target, and the Bank itself says it is likely to top 5 percent before coming down next year.

(Additional reporting by Fiona Shaikh, David Milliken and Matt Falloon; Editing by Patrick Graham)

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