The FT reports that: The very rich have grown richer at double the pace of most Britons under Labour and their incomes may have accelerated
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Credit crunch: melt down time
The FT reports: Fears that the credit crunch might be entering a traumatic new phase grew on Thursday as investors lost confidence in the insurers
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IFRS for local authorities: stop this madness now
It’s been announced that International Financial Reporting Standards are to be used by UK local authorities from 1 April 2010 for the preparation of their
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Tackling regression: social security contributions
I have long been concerned about the regressive nature of the UK tax system; regression that is in part caused by the wholly unfair way
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 17th
These are my links for January 17th: Liechtenstein: Company Formation and Ship Registration – Lichtenstein ship registration? Who is kidding who here? Capello informed Soho
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More form Cayman NetNews: questions needing answers
More from Cayman NetNews, this time in response to the criticisms Obama is making of the place: However, the question is what proactive campaigns –
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There’s change in the wind, and the bankers are feeling it
The FT is on form today. It reports that Josef Ackermann, chief executive of Deutsche Bank, has said that banks needed to find ways of
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Cayman NetNews: Recognising some of the reality of what it is to be a tax haven
Cayman NetNews has to be the best news outlet in any small island tax haven in the world. Amazingly, it has a frank and open
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Banking: too important for bankers
I like this from Martin Wolf: Yet one thing is surely now quite clear: just as war is too important to be left to generals,
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