I suggested yesterday that the failures in auditing at PWC might be systemic, even though (inevitably) the Financial Reporting Council did not test that hypothesis.
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Is China showing us the way to go green?
Larry Elliott is the Guardian’s economics editor. He is beming ever more strident on the need for reform to tackle climate change. This morning he
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The PWC BHS Audit failure reveals a system rotten to its very core
It is not every day that a classic that will be read for years to come is published. Yesterday was such a day. And the
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CEOs are rigging markets to increase their pay and then sponsor free market mythology to justify their abuse
It should come as no surprise to anyone that UK chief ex3cutive pay has risen by 11% in the last year. This, of course, vastly
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Labour’s fiscal rule is much worse than the headlines suggest
The response from commentators (Jo Michell, Jonathan Portes, retweeted by Simon Wren-Lewis) on Twitter to the ongoing debate on Labour’s fiscal rule that I sparked has been
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Poverty in Jersey
Jersey likes to suggest that it is a deeply successful finance centre where milk and honey flows for the benefit of all. That’s not true. As
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The UK tax system is a mess but it could be sorted
Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies has written an article for the FT this morning that says the UK tax system is a
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Where does the money come from?
Turkey will be happy to make it to Christmas
Turkey is in trouble. It’s banks cannot pay their foreign currency debts. People have borrowed in cheap foreign currencies and now cannot afford to repay.
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