FT.com / Companies / Insurance – Willis latest to leave low-tax Bermuda. Willis, the world’s third-largest insurance broker, plans to move its global headquarters from
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Ireland: a lesson in continual failure
FT.com / Europe – Resignations hit Irish government majority. Ireland got into its current staggering mess by promoting a banking model that has for all
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Ireland’s bad banks
FT.com / Lex / Financial services & property – Ireland’s bad banks. The Irish government has outlined a scheme for its bad bank agency Wouldn’t
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Accenture flees to Ireland
The Wall Street Journal has reported: Accenture is seeking to become the latest company to switch tax-haven locales. On Tuesday, the consulting and outsourcing firm
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Ireland needs to recognise low tax is not the answer
The FT has reported: Ireland’s unemployment rate climbed to 11.4 per cent in April, from 7.7 per cent at the end of 2008, putting further
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Of course banks use tax havens for innocent purposes
From the Irish Independent: AIB’s stockbroking arm used black-listed tax havens to circumvent rules preventing it from buying and selling the bank’s shares, the bank’s
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Ireland acts on my advice
The FT has reported: Ireland is planning to introduce tough legislation to clamp down on crony capitalism and excess bank lending in the wake of
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Bono: If he doesn’t act now, it could be the biggest PR disaster of his career
Sorry to bang on about Bono — but the man deserves it. Look at this from the Irish Independent: Fifteen minutes. That’s how long it
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Poor old Bono
The Irish rocker Bono is unhappy about being criticised for moving his tax affairs (along with those of his fellow band members) to the Netherlands
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