Today the Z/Yen Group publishesdthe tenth Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 10) covering 75 financial centres. The GFCI Top 10 were: Centre GFCI 10 Rank GFCI
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I hear rumours from the EU Commission on the UK Swiss tax deal. First rumour is forget the Swiss German deal – it won’t get
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Did Ed Balls do well enough? Yes: he apologised, enough Yes, he stayed Keynesian thinking Yes, he talked of hope for ordinary people. The 5
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The FT has reported this morning that: US tax authorities are targeting cross-border finance deals worth billions of dollars between leading US and UK banks
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The following story is in the FT today but has also been published under a Creative Commons licence by Propublica who co-authored it so I republish it
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Left Foot Forward runs an annual poll for the Left Wing Thinker of the Year. I have been nominated this year by someone who, as
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Ed Balls is delivering his keynote economic speech today. I have no real idea what he will say but note the reports this morning that
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I wrote the following at the request of the Brighton Evening Argus for publication after the close of the UK Uncut trial in that city, in which I appeared as an expert
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My re-posting of Church Action on Poverty’s poster on inequality on Friday gave rise to comment. Seemingly talking about inequality and the need to end it offends some, and
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