The Scotsman reports: LINKS between Government and the banking sector have been condemned in a new report that has uncovered the extent of the "old
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I admit this is probably not news to those who read this blog, but the Observer reports today: Barclays bank is playing a lead role
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The world would be a poorer place without Austin Mitchell: EDM 1297 ENFORCEMENT OF BANK OF ENGLAND ACT 1694 20.04.2009 Mitchell, Austin That this House,
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The FT reports: UBS defended itself on Thursday against attempts by the US Internal Revenue Service to extract names of thousands of American customers holding
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Business Today in the USA has reported: US tax authorities moved to force payment-card processor First Data to identify merchant clients who set up offshore
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The FT notes: Britain’s “too-big-to-fail” banking groups could be forced to hoard billions of pounds of extra capital as an insurance against future financial crises,
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Tax Justice Network: Gordon Brown’s indecent love affair. Worth reading – as is the John Kay argument that inspired it.

The FT says: Swiss and US officials will meet in Bern on Tuesday for their first talks on a new tax treaty after Switzerland asked
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The FT. reports that: Sir Win Bischoff has emerged as a possible candidate to take over the chairmanship of UK Financial Investments, the government body
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