The FT has an article under the above title this morning. I agree with the sentiment, and hope it is right in its implicit forecast.
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The FT reports:Royal Bank of Scotland is considering recouping half of its imminent regulatory penalty for Libor abuses from the 2012 bonus pool of its investment bankers, as
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A wit has just suggested that my new book would sell better if the title was Under Her and Over-Taxed rather than Over Here and
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As International Tax Review has reported: Online retailer Play.com has shut down its once profitable Jersey business, which thrived because of the low value consignment
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Justin King, CEO of the UK supermarket Sainsbury’s, was interviewed on Channel 4 News last evening. What was notable about his comments was his blistering
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Some interesting legal developments appear to be underway which suggest that Luxembourg and Austria may be forced to abandon banking secrecy. From Le Temps: Austria and
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George Osborne shows his tax avoiding core: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8qjBec3fpBI Hat tip: The Green Benches

The FT has reported this morning that: Half of the chairmen of the largest FTSE 100 companies believe the public is justified in being angry
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The Banking Commission was surprised to hear yesterday that UBS had fired only 18 of the 40 people it had disciplined over LIBOR rigging. I have three reactions. First,
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