Accountancy Age has reported that the Tories are confused by Alistair Darling’s call for a review of the off balance sheet finance of banks at
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The Guardian has reported that: Gordon Brown yesterday announced that he will close some of the tax loopholes enjoyed by private equity companies in the
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Transparency International have published their new Corruption Perceptions Index today. I remain worried by this index. It covers 179 countries. Look at the top decile
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Monitoring what is happening in Europe’s finance centres is a near full time occupation. I’ve found a blog that helps. It’s by a Frenchman called
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Kenya is one of the most troubled countries in Africa right now. So it’s good to read this reprot on allAfrica.com of work done there
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It’s been reported that: L’Oreal is facing renewed accusations in the French Court of Appeal in Paris that it illegally sold luxury cosmetics in Russia
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Barack Obama said yesterday that: It’s time to shed some sunlight not only on companies that abuse the tax code, but also on the secretive
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Northern Rock is in trouble because it has financed its mortgage book by borrowing commercial money rather than taking deposits from customers. To do that
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The UK’s banks are beginning to be hit by a liquidity crisis. They won’t lend to each other because they don’t know what debt the
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