The Guardian has been asking a simple question this week: What economic system would really benefit humanity? Yesterday it was the turn of Alex Cobham
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Running scared?
This is from Jersey Finance: ‘Recent reports have suggested that the UK Government is considering implementing an offshore bank account tax as part of a
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Jersey and Guernsey are costing the UK £110 million a year in VAT – and the Treasury is turning a blind eye
There was an adjournment debate on the VAT abuse being facilitated by the Channel Islands last night ion the House of Commons. This was said:
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The audit
Time to cut out the bankers and kill PFI
Colin Hines and I had the follwoing letter in the Guardian this morning: We note that funds for PFI projects are drying up (Hospital projects
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 26th through January 27th
These are my links for January 26th through January 27th: re: The Auditors: PwC and Satyam – Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Yourself Into –
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Please don’t do it Zambia: you must tax copper
Some stories really hurt. This one in the FT does: Zambia, Africa’s biggest copper producer, appears poised to drop plans to secure more of its
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Barclays: accounting trickery is not enough
Barclays is going to report a profit in its forthcoming accounts. We know: it has already said so. And how did it achieve this feat?
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Holding Irish auditors to account
Pat Costello, CEO of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland had a letter in the Irish Times last week. To put his argument in
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