The FT has just published this. London equities tumbled on Friday extending the FTSE 100’s decline to five-consecutive days during which the senior index lost
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Q: “What is the capital of Iceland?” A: “About one and a half Krona”

Do you remember the domicile debate and how almost all accountants argued that we had to keep our favourable tax treatment so that all those
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Hot news from Accountancy Age: UK has lost its ranking in the top three of Europe’s most favourable tax and legal environments, according to the
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People are asking me a simple question at the moment: why are we bailing out the banks when ti seems that the banks have done
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I have already noted market reaction to the bank bail out this morning. It is clear that £500 billion is not enough to stabilise markets.
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This morning’s FTSE 100 graph (so far): The package has not worked. Nationalisation is the only option for the banks.

These are my links for October 10th: Tribune » Blog Archive » Red Alert: What went wrong in the capitalist casino – Tony Benn: always
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From the Guardian this morning, by my Tax Justice Network colleague John Christensen and me: The global economic crisis means financial re-regulation is, finally, on
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