Polls are cast in the brazilian election. We have the latest on the tight race. And why the u. S. Is hoping to use elephants for lifesaving work. Now, as we take you o hong kong lie, it is 10 oclock. Hong kongs chief will take all actions necessary to make sure schools and government offices open. Despite the warning many protesters filled the streets of a night but not as many as we have seen in the past several days. Everything appears to be peaceful. Adrian brown joins us from hong kong. It is monday morning, dead line day, what is happening on the ground . We are approaching the busiest part of the week. Behind me the offices warned, told the protesters, this they wanted the area cleared by the morning of monday. It has not happened. Protesters are encamped here refusing to leave. And they expect the police to use tear gas, rubber bullets, to clear the area. Theres a hard core of student protesters that remain, but the majority left the site. Also important to recap why the student
Gerri at them, thank you for coming on the show. Great to see you. So we were talking in the break the numbers are far higher than what i just said. He said Something Like 200 million americans may have been hit in some of these attacks had major american retailers. The credit cards were compromised and contained names, phone numbers and email addresses. Gerri lets go down to some real hardcore advice for people worried, concerned they are unsafe this Holiday Season. What is step number one to make sure will not have some of my identity stolen . Use a credit card, not a debit card. Zero liability, even though some give you zero liability, you get much stronger fraud protection. And remember, you were talking about price protection, you get warranty protection, credit cards are a better bet, a safer bet and you can even get what is called Virtual Credit cards where it switches the number each time you do a transaction, banks can arrange that for you. Gerri great idea be at some they get
Now is critical before yearend. Why is it so important . So many people believe april 15th is the most important day when it comes to taxes. In fact it is not. It is december 31st. Most of us have only 23 days left to make some critical decisions that could really go a long way in reducing our biggest expenditure which is taxes. Gerri dominic, so i think the main thing youre thinking about here, i want to reduce 2014 income so my taxes are lower. That is the name of the game. You do that without hurting yourself. Well have a light inching round here. Start with deferring income. To johns point, if you eight until april 15th that is too late. Defer income. If youre a Small Business owner and dont have to take the income into this year, if you get the opportunity at work to take advantage of a 401 k , this is the time to do it. Gerri bonus, what about the bonus. The bonus is brilliant one. I want to defer part of my bonus. With 5 taken out of paycheck, only 5 of the bonus gets deferred.
Gerri at them, thank you for coming on the show. Great to see you. So we were talking in the break the numbers are far higher than what i just said. He said Something Like 200 million americans may have been hit in some of these attacks had major american retailers. The credit cards were compromised and contained names, phone numbers and email addresses. Gerri lets go down to some real hardcore advice for people worried, concerned they are unsafe this Holiday Season. What is step number one to make sure will not have some of my identity stolen . Use a credit card, not a debit card. Zero liability, even though some give you zero liability, you get much stronger fraud protection. And remember, you were talking about price protection, you get warranty protection, credit cards are a better bet, a safer bet and you can even get what is called Virtual Credit cards where it switches the number each time you do a transaction, banks can arrange that for you. Gerri great idea be at some they get
Gerri at them, thank you for coming on the show. Great to see you. So we were talking in the break the numbers are far higher than what i just said. He said Something Like 200 million americans may have been hit in some of these attacks had major american retailers. The credit cards were compromised and contained names, phone numbers and email addresses. Gerri lets go down to some real hardcore advice for people worried, concerned they are unsafe this Holiday Season. What is step number one to make sure will not have some of my identity stolen . Use a credit card, not a debit card. Zero liability, even though some give you zero liability, you get much stronger fraud protection. And remember, you were talking about price protection, you get warranty protection, credit cards are a better bet, a safer bet and you can even get what is called Virtual Credit cards where it switches the number each time you do a transaction, banks can arrange that for you. Gerri great idea be at some they get