The BBC and many others report: The singer and activist Billy Bragg has threatened not to pay his taxes in protest against the bonuses being
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FT.com / Columnists / Philip Stephens – How the big banks rigged the market. Excellent to see a columnist asking why and how banks make
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Op-Ed Columnist – Bankers Without a Clue – NYTimes.com. Krugman in the New York Times: The official Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission began taking testimony on
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Debtonation ¬ª Blog Archive ¬ª Osborne’s puppet-masters: Soci?©t?© G?©n?©rale.. Ann Pettifor notes the delightful style of Societe Generale who wrote last week: Removing the stimulus
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FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf – How the Icelandic saga should end. Martin Wolf says: The combination of cross-border banking with generous guarantees to
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FT.com / Financials – US banking levy expected to raise $90bn . The FT has reported: President Barack Obama will announce on Thursday a sweeping
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FT.com / Companies / Banks – US and UK banks face political heat . The FT notes Stephen Hester of Royal Bank of Scotland: mounted
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FT.com / Companies / Banks – Central bankers demand new rules. The FT notes: Top central bankers and regulators underlined their differences with accounting rule-makers
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FT.com / US / Economy & Fed – Obama to target banks with new levy. The Obama administration is planning to impose a new levy
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