From the Treasure Islands blog, with permission: Last night I caught the tail end of a Channel 4 TV programme entitled How to Buy a Football
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US tell Swiss where to put a tax deal
According to Reuters: The United States has ended talks with Switzerland aimed at settling a row over investigations into Swiss banks accused of helping Americans
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Just supposing no one new anything at News International because all the illicit payments were made offshore?
Every director of News International seems to ‘know nothing’ about hacking. Now I’m guessing here – and I stress that – but just suppose that was
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If we’re to eliminate fear of and from the media then we have to reform libel too
As many have, rightly, pointed out the reason for Murdoch’s extraordinary power has been the fear he’s been able to create. The effect has been
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News International proves CSR is nonsense – we need properly regulated reporting to society at large
The News International debacle has much to say about corporate responsibility in the UK or the lack of it. Faith in major corporations was already
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Why any inquiry into News International should demand Ernst & Young’s working papers
I mentioned on Saturday that Ernst & Young had a role in the News International corruption debacle because of their role as auditors of the company. This has been challenged by a couple
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Where were the auditors at News International?
It looks like the Business model of a major News International subsidiary in the UK was corrupt. Where were the auditors, Ernst & Young? What
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Will News International be done in the USA under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
From Polly Toynbee in the Guardian this morning: Meanwhile, US law may enter the fray. A former Labour cabinet minister has alerted attention to the US
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Jersey and vulture tourism
Tony Bellows has written a first rate review of vulture capital’s use of Jersey to purse its claims through the courts in Jersey. Vulture capitalists
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