Paul Wolfowitz may not be an elected politician, but he’s certainly part of the US political elite, if for no other reason than having been
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Bono’s partner pays up $3.5 million – because he’s done nothing wrong
Dennis Howlett covers the option backdating scandal at Apple today and provides links to useful stuff. Reuters summarise the story like this: Fred Anderson, Apple’s
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Are the Channel Islands used for money laundering?
It’s a bit like asking is the Pope a Catholic really, isn’t it? Some of the latest evidence is available here. And note who was
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Corruption in the City
There’s an interesting discussion of insider dealing in the City in the FT today. Take this as some indication of the flavour: Many have found
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African Oil and American Foreign Policy
Nick Shaxson, the TJN media officer has a new book out ‘Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil’. He’s talked about it in the
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Well done Vermont
Vemont has voted to start impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney. I checked this wasn’t an April Fool. Then I wanted to cheer. It’s my
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No time for excuses
I’ve been involved in a debate at AccountingWEB which flows from their limited coverage of the new tax amnesty (a story that I note has
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When it’s time to quit, just go
I note the FT says this morning that: One of Paul Wolfowitz’s two deputies on Wednesday urged the World Bank president to resign as the
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The World Bank quotes TJN adviser
The World Bank has launched its Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative. Basically that’s a service to help countries that have been plundered by corrupt rulers
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