Why is a legitimate business in Liechtenstein
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008John Whiting of PricewaterhouseCoopers has told the BBC: It has an image of being secretive but it is major financial centre. An awful lot of
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Tax havens are fences for thieves
Monday, February 25th, 2008The Business Spectator in Australia has said: Tax havens are to those engaged in tax evasion what fences are to thieves. Tax evasion is a
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for February 23rd
Sunday, February 24th, 2008These are my links for February 23rd: How bidders’ battle for Northern Rock turned into a race that no one could be allowed to win
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for February 22nd
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008These are my links for February 22nd: FT.com / World – Swiss apology for âÄòNaziâÄô tax insult – Swiss bankers really do live ina world
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A note of thanks: and why Granite remains at the core of the Northern Rock debacle
Friday, February 22nd, 2008John McDonnell MP offered me a note of thanks today, in the Guardian when he wrote: I first raised the issue of Northern Rock’s Granite
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Merkel says 'Liechtenstein encourgaes lawbreaking'
Thursday, February 21st, 2008The FT reports that: Angela Merkel, German chancellor, on Wednesday threatened Liechtenstein with isolation in Europe unless the Alpine tax haven moved to ease bank
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Northern Rock: You can't not nationalise Granite because it has no existence apart from Northern Rock
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Most of the country’s serious press have called me this afternoon, plus most of its serious news broadcasters. Granite is the theme of the day.
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Liechtenstein: a maggot in the bacon.
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008This is a great article from the New York Times in 2000. Back then it could report that: Banks and fiduciaries are now required to
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Why is Liechtenstein a tax haven?
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Journalists have been asking this question, so it seems important to answer it. The OECD in 1998 defined a tax haven as a place that
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