Clearing up some misunderstandings on the EU Savings Tax Directive and the Isle of Man
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008A commentator on this blog has written: Having an interest in the KSF IOM affair, where we invested funds for overseas resident grandchildren (there was
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for December 22nd
Monday, December 22nd, 2008These are my links for December 22nd: FT.com / Companies / Banks – Ireland injects €5.5bn into country’s biggest banks – Not enough For all
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Bare faced lies
Monday, December 15th, 2008The FT has reported that: A stinging attack on Irish tax policies has been launched by a senior Liberal Democrat who described Dublin as “Liechtenstein
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Boris' Tory Tax Haven
Friday, December 12th, 2008Boris Johnson has issued a new report on the future of London as a finance centre. I assume this is pretty much what the Conservatives
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The triumph of greed
Thursday, December 4th, 2008Tax evasion, tax avoidance, money laundering: institutionalised crime is so much part of the global economy. Then there is moral crime… Clive Dilnot discusses the
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An Open Letter to Bob Key, the Dean of Jersey
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008The following is from the TJN web site, but so important I reproduce it here. I have discussed this issue with John Christensen since as
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Farewell Granite
Friday, November 21st, 2008As the FT has reported: The vehicle that funded Northern Rock’s ambitious expansion of mortgage lending has been cut loose by the state-run bank –
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Ireland feels the Obama heat
Thursday, November 13th, 2008From the Irish Voice this morning: THE Irish government is preparing an intense lobbying campaign to persuade President-elect Barack Obama to keep almost 100,000 jobs
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Melua, Norton vs. Geldof, Bono
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008The Georgian-born singer Katie Melua is a wealthy woman: last year she was listed as being worth £18m in the UK Young People’s Rich List.
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