The FT notes: Spain was forced to pay big premiums to sell new debt as investors warned the country’s cost of borrowing had risen to
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Being wealthy does not make you an entrepreneur
Theresa May clearly shares George Osborne’s understanding of economics. The FT has reported: Britain will make it easier for wealthy individuals to immigrate, the home
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Wolf on Ireland
Martin Wolf’s take on the Irish crisis is predictably intelligent. As he says: It was not the public but the private sector that went haywire
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JP Morgan is not quitting
The FT has a headline this morning that says: JP Morgan ready to axe £1.5bn London HQ I guess it was designed to make it
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Staggering admissions by the Big 4
The Big 4 are giving evidence to the House of Lords right now on auditing. I missed the start but the admissions are amazing. First
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Italy says the Swiss withholding deals do not comply with EU Code of Conduct
Tax-News.com has reported: During a meeting of the European Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) in Brussels, Giulio Tremonti, Italy’s Minister of the Economy, declared
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12,000
I have been blogging the increase on traffic here over the last few months, noting that it hit 6,000 in a day in September and
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Territorial tax won’t work for Jersey
Informed sources tell me that the word in St Helier this morning is that Jersey is looking for a territorial tax solution to its failure
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Jersey admits it has failed the EU Code of Conduct
Philip Ozouf, Jersey Treasury Minister, issued the following press release this morning: EU Code Group The EU Code of Conduct Group met in Brussels on
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