Multi-million bonuses shame City
Monday, December 17th, 2007War on Want issued the follwoing press release today: Tax haven poverty alert The City of London today came under fire for paying out million
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Everything has changed
Friday, December 14th, 2007Martin Wolf is one of the biggest hitters in the world on economic thinking. He said in this FT column this week that: These are
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All's not well offshore
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007I seem to have touched a raw nerve in Jersey and Guernsey with a recent blog (There are lies, d***ed lies and some in the
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Down at the zoo
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007The Observer highlighted a curious story today: 100 of the world’s biggest multinationals help [Jersey] zoo look after its rare birds, insects and giant mammals
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No, no, no
Sunday, December 9th, 2007Richard Hay of London lawyers Stikeman Elliot has been in Jersey offering more of his well known opinion, which is always strongly pro-tax havens. As
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There are lies, d***ed lies and some in the offshore financial services industry
Sunday, December 9th, 2007My blog entitled The Crown Protectorates – Open for Money Laundering was reposted on the Is This Jersey? web site. They often are. And, as
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UK Tax Amnesty raises £400 million - so far
Friday, December 7th, 2007The Times has reported that: HM Revenue & Customs has clawed back £400 million from people with offshore bank accounts after it granted a partial
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Jersey in cloud cuckoo land
Thursday, December 6th, 2007Jersey’s Treasury Minister, Terry le Sueur was in fine form this week. When presenting the budget for 2008 he did three things. First he promised
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The Crown Protectorates - open for money laundering
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007The National Audit Office Report on the Crown Protectorates is shocking. I knew things were bad in the tax havens, but not this bad. I’ll
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