Why Panama Is The Best Place In The World To Start An Internet Business

June 10, 2010, Panama City, Panama: Set yourself up property, and you’re liable for no corporate tax as an Internet-based business owner in Panama.

Dear Live and Invest Overseas Reader,

Set yourself up properly, and you'll be liable for no corporate tax. Not in Panama and not anywhere else either (including, you may be wondering if you're an American, in the United States).

That's a big reason why Panama is the #1 place in the world right now to start an online or e-commerce business. It's also the best place to base yourself if you want to make a living from consulting, travel writing, copywriting, or any other laptop-based profession you can think of.

Secrets Of The Perpetual Traveler

June 9, 2010, Chiang Mai, Thailand: Tips and recommendations for downloading books from the web.

Dear Live and Invest Overseas Reader,

"Vicki and I travel light," writes Intrepid Correspondent Paul Terhorst from his current position in Chiang Mai, Thailand. "We never check bags. When we run out of something on the road, we buy it.

"We also like to read. How do we travel light when we read three or four books a week?

"We've struggled with this problem for years. Recently we've come up with a solution: Download books from the web.

Adventures In French Wine Country--Where Everything Is Old, Small, And Charming

June 8, 2010, Gabian, France: Wine is the backbone of life in the Languedoc-Roussillon department of France, where more vin is produced than in any other region of this country.

Dear Live and Invest Overseas Reader,

"The picture on the Internet was of a stone house straddling a river in a small French village," writes new Euro-Correspondent Jann Seal. "It looked idyllic, and its location, in the town of Gabian, was exactly where I wanted to be--a few miles outside Pezenas, in the French countryside, where everything is old, small, and charming.

"The vicar who owned the house and lived in England promised he'd have his house manager warm the three-foot-thick stone walls before the two post-menopausal women from Florida arrived mid-February.

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