I like this, published today: It is no longer satisfactory that the affairs of some of our greatest companies – upon which the jobs and
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38.56% is apparently a magical number
I noticed all the garbage about tax freedom day last week, which is in fact an attack on society as we currently structure it. I
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Falling off the hedge
You can tell there’s a financial crisis coming. The world is so awash with cash that the FT reports that: A hedge fund investing in
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Petrodollars pouring into London
The FR has a piece on petrodollars being invested in the UK. There are serious issues arising from this – not least the fact that
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Hedge funds are a risk
I’ve been reading the report of the Financial Stability Forum on hedge funds. The UK and USA might be resisting Germany’s call for more regulation
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Charitable giving – £210 million of tax relief for the best off in society?
As Simon Sweetman notes at AccountingWEB, the Revenue have published a report on charitable giving. As he concludes: it seems that tax reliefs make little
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Wolfowitz goes
I’ve said before. I won’t gloat. Wolfowitz has gone from the World Bank. That had to be. Now it’s time for a proper process of
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A race to the bottom is not the answer
The Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange, Clara Furse, has had a rant about taxation. According to Accountancy Age she said: We (public companies)
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Leadership of the World Bank
I’ve blogged on this issue before. And I’ll say it again. The rules for appointing the next President of the World Bank (and IMF come
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