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Wouldn’t it be amazing if the US Government wanted to help you buy a house. Well, it does.

As you read every word of this article you will discover why the government is offering first time home buyers an amazing incentive to buy a home. You will also learn four reasons why this may be the best time ever to enter the home buying market.

President George W. Bush recently signed into law the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. This newest act for the weakened housing market is a reaction to the SOS being sent out by plummeting home prices.

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act includes temporary tax incentives for first time home buyers. If this describes you, be sure to check out the incentive.

One of the most intriguing features in this Act is the temporary tax credit for qualified first time home buyers.

The $7500 tax credit amounts to a dollar for dollar reduction of what the taxpayer owes. Even though you may owe taxes less than the credit, you will still get the difference sent to you by the government.

Here are some of the details.

The tax credit is for first time home buyers only. But don’t quit reading simply because you owned a home in the past. Our government defines someone buying a home for the first time in their own way.

According to the government if you haven’t owned a home 3 years prior to the purchase of your next home, you qualify as a first time home buyer.

When you hear the government is offering a program like this, you might feel as skeptical as I did. Is there a catch? There is. Keep reading and by the time you reach the end of this article you will know what it is.

My first question regarding the tax credit qualifications was what kind of home can I buy and still receive the credit? Can I buy a new home? The answer is yes. How about a resale home? The answer is yes again.

I could feel myself getting pretty excited so I figured I’d better slow down and read more about it.

Tax incentives go as high as $7,500. Congress wishes to credit you $7500 just for purchasing a home. Why? Is it because they are a bunch of really nice people up there in Washington DC? That is a question I doubt I need to answer but in truth the House of Representatives and the Senate both have a method to their madness.

Here is why this first time buyer credit is important to all of us and may be something you want to take advantage of.

Homeowners are truly feeling the tight squeeze inflicted on them by the mortgage crisis. Real estate values have fallen. Credit has tightened. Homeowners and home buyers are having a difficult time obtaining mortgage loans. So Congress is motivating home buyers with incentives to stabilize our financial markets. The tax credit to first time buyers is one of those incentives.

To qualify for this government incentive you need to act soon. The offer which began on April 9, 2008 is not open ended. For anyone buying a house, this limited offer ends July 1, 2009.

Most likely we are seeing the formation of a bottom in the housing market. The correction in the housing market is probably not completed yet. But in several cities and metropolitan centers, real estate values have remained steady.

It is beneficial to be a first time home buyer today.

First, home prices are low. You may never see such affordable housing again. Prices have slid for now but the fact remains that as long as the United States continues to grow and prosper, the value of our homes will increase over the long term.

Second and unique to today’s market, current mortgage rates are affordable. 1979 was another time I experienced a real estate crisis of this magnitude. The mood in the real estate market felt much like today’s except for this. Interest rates were high. Many of us remember interest rates soaring to 18%. Compared to that market, today’s interest rates are cheap.

Third, the cost of homeownership becomes even more affordable for those who itemize income tax deductions.

Fourth, to enlist home buyers, George W Bush is creating tax incentives.

You can qualify for this tax credit up to the full amount if you are a single tax payer with an income up to $75,000. Married couples are allowed $150,000. But you can qualify for partial credit even if your income exceeds the limits.

Okay if you’re like me, I know you’ve been waiting for the catch. The tax credit works like an interest free loan and must be repaid over a 15 year period.

Essentially the tax credit is a tax free, interest free loan from the US Government to help make buying a home more affordable. The only thing the government asks is that you return the money over the next 15 years or when you sell the house.

Not a bad deal!

As always, consult your financial adviser for more information regarding this program and your own personal financial situation.

Good Luck.

As the implications of globalization have come into IT business, the idea of what a company should be has changed. Not long ago they were institutions—buildings and factories with workers who drove to work in the morning and punched out at night.

Business models have become much more customer oriented since those days. It’s not about your company or your staff, or even your product—your business is about your customers and what they want. This shift in focus has led to many companies experimenting with different structures in order to discover how to meet their customer’s needs at the lowest cost and for the highest profit.

One of the most effective ways of doing so is outsourcing. Companies define their core competencies and then look to outside contractors to meet their other needs. System development, coding, call centre, printing, human resources—for every business function, there are other businesses that specialize in providing it. Microsoft now employs between 4,000 and 5,750 temporary and contract workers.

Benefits of Outsourcing

Outsourcing allows businesses to focus on their distinctive core competencies, the specialties that the business is based on and that help it achieve competitive advantage.

Because they are working within their specialties, companies that provide outsourced services can often work on a project in a faster, more efficient and more sustained way than an in house team could.

Outsourcing allows businesses to better asses future costs because the company providing the outsourced services must clearly estimate and propose costs.

Drawbacks of Outsourcing

Managers have much less control over products and services once they have been outsourced—you are placing trust in another company to meet your businesses needs.

Communication between your company and the contractor can be difficult. By transferring a function to a contractor you lose the ability to directly communicate your company’s goals and values.

Outsourcing can result in the loss of in-house and local jobs due to its ability to lower costs and improve efficiencies. This can, in turn, make your company dependant on contractors to survive.

How to Outsource Effectively

Make sure that you have a contact person with your contractor that you can easily communicate with and who will be accountable to you.

Have the service or product you want outsourced as clearly defined as possible before you hand it over to contractors.

Make certain that you can draw from a pool of qualified contractors so that if you have problems with one you can find others to provide the services you need.

This report provides detailed opportunity assessment of key elements in the Indian Logistics sector. The report starts with identification of key strategic elements of the value chain / supply chain in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 provides overview of strategic elements. Chapter 4 discusses each element in-depth to understand the sector opportunities in detail. The details covered include overview of the element in Indian logistics context, importance of the element, market analysis, stakeholders, end-user analysis, competition assessment, needs and future trend, investments done in the sector, rules, and opportunities in the sector. This is supported by financial analysis done in Chapter 5 of the report. Financial analysis also includes typical investments, expenditure, ROI etc. Chapter 6 compares various sector opportunities by using a standard benchmark of factors spanning across possible ROI, technical and financial requirements, competition assessment and difficulty of implementation. This is presented as an Opportunity Matrix.

This report is one step ahead in understanding the strategic elements of Indian logistics sector as it delves into each strategic element and identifies opportunities, rather than skimming over the logistics scenario by reporting facts, figures and new developments. The report provides insights which can be used to understand the sector and directly assess a particular sector opportunity.

Scope

The report covers opportunity assessment in key elements of the Indian logistics sector. The ten strategic sectors identified in the report include :

1. Air Cargo Logistics

2. Cold Chain / Cold Storage

3. Custom Bonded Warehouse

4. Custom House Agents (CHA)

5. Distribution Centre (DC)

6. ICD / CFS

7. Project Cargo

8. Road Transport Service Provider

9. Sea Ports

10. Warehouse

Containerization and rail based logistics are other major strategic growth areas of Indian logistics sector and these are studied under various strategic elements mentioned above, wherever they impact.

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47 tables & 16 charts

Statistics from reliable official sources

Statistics and trends based on analysis of data and insights gained by interviews with existing market players / policy decision makers

Holistic view taking all factors into account

Benchmarking of various sectors on broad level parameters to provide relative assessment of opportunities

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