It’s not fair, blah, blah, blah
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009The predictable response to the new Banking Code has arrived. Accountancy Age has reported: Michael Wistow, head of tax at City law firm Berwin Leighton
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One down, 51,999 to go
Saturday, June 27th, 2009UBS Client Rubinstein Pleads Guilty Over Tax Return (Update2) – Bloomberg.com. A Florida millionaire pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return that failed to
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And the winner of the race to the bottom is….Obwalden
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009As the Guardian reports: The canton of Obwalden is planning to launch "special living zones" for millionaires in an attempt to boost its tax take
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Consider the paradox
Monday, June 22nd, 2009The FT has noted: Just 8 per cent of the $1,000bn (£605bn) in .. infrastructure investment budgeted worldwide will be ready to start work by
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Jersey, sinking despite all the claims to the contrary
Saturday, June 20th, 2009The Jersey Evening Post notes: The latest statistics for the Island’s finance industry show a marked decline in both bank deposits and funds. In the
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We're not alone
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Dennis Howlett has written: Many readers will know that Richard Murphy, Francince McKenna and myself are sharp critics of the profession for one reason or
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Doha? Give us country-by-country reporting instead
Friday, June 12th, 2009This from Hansard: Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the likely effect on levels
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The Blairite-Brownite vendetta is destroying Labour
Friday, June 5th, 2009Michael Meacher – Labour’s Future: The Blairite-Brownite vendetta is destroying Labour. The tragedy for the country is that half or more of the electorate is
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Lessons not being learned
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009The government has published “UK international financial services — the future: A report from UK based financial services leaders to the Government” I guess this
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