2013 October 21

City property prices overvalued by 20% as asset bubble fears increase – and that’s Germany

Posted on October 21 2013

From the FT tonight: Sound familiar? The fact is that when some in society have excess cash they destabilise the economy. It’s a theme I
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The UK’s patent box rules for corporation tax violate EU law

Posted on October 21 2013

Tax Analysts reports this morning (behind a paywall) that: In a report prepared ahead of the October 22 meeting of the Code of Conduct Group
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Hinkley Point: poverty of thinking pointing to a disaster waiting to happen

Posted on October 21 2013

Hinkly Point C nuclear power station is to go ahead. So, the UK government is going to give a state owned French company working in
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A financial transaction tax for Germany? It would be a game changer for Europe

Posted on October 21 2013

The FT notes this morning: Germany’s opposition Social Democrats cleared the way on Sunday for weeks of hard bargaining on a coalition agreement with Chancellor Angela
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Could a change in the government of Luxembourg provide chance for a tax haven breakthrough?

Posted on October 21 2013

I was encouraged by this report in the FT this morning: The political career of Luxembourg’s premier Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU’s longest-standing prime minister, was
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The City of London engineering the world’s leading bespoke crime servicing multinational enterprise

Posted on October 21 2013

I thought that this exchange between John Githongo and Alex Cobham on twitter last night was interesting: John Gothingo is a former Kenyan journalist who investigated bribery and
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Grubby profiteering is not popular capitalism, it’s sordid electioneering

Posted on October 21 2013

This was one of the headlines in an email from the FT this morning: To confuse grubby profiteering with any form of reputable capitalism is
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