Germany leaning towards purchase of stolen bank data – swissinfo. Selling deatils of Swiss bank accounts looks like becoming a regular pastime in the Alps
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BBC – Peston’s Picks: Tories withdraw support from the gilt market. I’m not Robert Peston’s biggest fan He may not be mine either But he
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FT Alphaville » Is this the big one?. As the Ft blog notes: Two big investment banks, UBS and JPMorgan, are on Monday asking themselves
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Weapons firms run for cover in Ireland to avoid paying tax. The Sunday Tribune in Ireland has reported: FIVE of the world’s leading weapons manufacturers
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John McDonnell is feeling militant. Start at about 3 minutes in if you don’t want to watch it all:    

FT.com / By sector – Political meddling seen as danger for banks. The FT head their article on this issue “Political meddling seen as danger
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Thursday January 28 was an important day in the seven year history of country-by-country reporting. The OECD is to establish a task force of representatives
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FT.com / Columnists / Wolfgang Munchau – What the eurozone must do if it is to survive. Wolfgang Muchaus says amongst other things: [T]he EU
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