FT.com / Currencies – Sterling hit by double-dip recession fears. As the FT notes: The pound dropped to a fresh nine-month low against the dollar
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MPs act to stop vulture funds
MPs act to stop vulture funds using UK courts to pursue poor nations | Business | guardian.co.uk . Vulture funds would be banned from pursuing
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Letters: We need wholesale reform of the banks
Letters: We need wholesale reform of the banks | Business | The Guardian . From this morning’s Guardian: As Jill Treanor reports (Anger escalates over
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Now tell me there’s no case for a financial transaction tax
FT.com / Companies / Banks – RBS pays more than 100 staff a £1m bonus. The FT notes: Royal Bank of Scotland admitted on Thursday
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Martin Wolf has bought the Green New Deal
FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf – How unruly economists can agree. Well, I might overstate my case a bit, but he does argue for
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Icesave repayment talks collapse
FT.com / Europe – Icesave repayment talks collapse. The FT notes: Talks have collapsed between Britain, the Netherlands and Iceland about repayment of £3.4bn (€3.8bn)
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Stop the nonsense – people aren’t leaving because of tax
When is a non-resident a resident under British tax rules? – Times Online . The Times notes: [A] seminar that Withers held last month —
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