The FT has reported: General Electric agreed to pay $50m on Tuesday to settle civil accounting fraud charges by US regulators, calling into question the
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KPMG have published a review of latest transparency initiatives. It’s far from clear or complete. But it’s one for the record.

FT.com / Europe – Resignations hit Irish government majority. Ireland got into its current staggering mess by promoting a banking model that has for all
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The Wall Street Journal reports: Chile’s lower house has approved a bill that would allow the national tax service to access Chileans’ bank-account information and
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The New York Times asks that question of Guy Hands who claims to have quit the UK to take up tax residency in Guernsey. As
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