The advertising is tacky The subject even more so
Cough up, now
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed the details of a new disclosure initiative that will allow people with unpaid taxes linked to offshore accounts
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Jersey – I hate to say it, but I told you so
Sorry to brag — but I’ve just read the Jersey Business Plan for 2010. And this is where it now forecasts its finance will be
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Tax Information Exchange Agreements really do not deliver
I hope people have noted I’m not a great fan of Tax Information Exchange Agreements. The basic reason is that they are virtually impossible to
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Darling threatens banks over loans
FT.com / UK – Darling threatens banks over loans. Why put Win Bischoff in charge then? If you don’t want bankes to bahve like the
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The lunatics are in charge of the asylum
The FT has reported: Sir Win Bischoff, the veteran British banker, is to become the new chairman of Lloyds Banking Group from September. The 67-year-old
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Accounting rules did not overstate losses – but they did overstate profits
The FT has noted: Accounting rules probably understated, not overstated, the losses embedded in the financial system, according to a report on Tuesday from an
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What is a big salary?
This is from the BBC, and I’m quoting a big chunk as I think it illuminating: Rarely a day seems to pass these days when
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On growth
Tim Worstall — in his usual contemptuous style — had a go at Caroline Lucas’ promotion of a steady state, carbon neutral economy. Caroline, leader
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