As the Guardian reports: HM Revenue and Customs has wound up its inquiries into claims that hundreds of British customers used HSBC’s Swiss bank to
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This comes straight from the Tax Justice Network, and is far too important not to share, especially in the light of the FCA having turned a
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The Guardian reported last night that: HSBC will not face formal action from the City regulator following revelations that the Swiss arm of Britain’s biggest
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Prof Steve Keen of Kingston University drew my attention to an article by Nobel Laureate Prof Jospeh Stiglitz in which he writes about the current
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Who is going to get the best Christmas presents of all this year? According to the FT it’s already been the City, who have had:
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The Guardian has reported tonight that: The whistleblower who exposed wrongdoing at HSBC’s Swiss private bank has been sentenced to five years in prison by
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Barclays have been fined £72 million for their failure to apply proper money laundering standards to a single deal, suggested to be worth £52 million
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I have already mentioned the cover up at HBOS. There is, however, a villain in the piece who the Guardian have correctly identified Andrew Tyrie
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We all knew the story of HBOS before yesterday’s report. Senior management ran a bank recklessly for its own gain. That’s it. One sentence summarises
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