As has been widely reported: The FSA blamed "bad" decisions rather than dishonesty for the events that led to the £45bn taxpayer bailout of the
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The banks who have signed agreements with the Treasury and HM Revenue & Customs on tax avoidance have agreed to this Code: Code of Practice
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I have reservations about quantitative easing. I hope to say more on the issue soon. My big problem with it is that it has been
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Bloomberg reports: The 15 biggest banks operating in the U.K. have adopted a government code of practice on reducing tax avoidance, Deputy Prime Minister Nick
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Reports in all newspapers this morning suggest that the Irish bail out has not worked: the markets have reacted without enthusiasm and the talk is,
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From the FT this morning: Barclays will place the booming African market firmly at the centre of its growth strategy over the coming years as
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It is very clear that politicians still don’t get the rightful public anger about banking and bankers. The Observer did this weekend: Before the financial
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As the Guardian notes this morning: Hundreds of millions of pounds of European Union aid to help the poor in Africa is being handed over
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The word is out that Ireland’s recovery package is bound to fail. Bond yields have risen again today. And now the New York Times says:
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