LIGFI : the genesis : Ethics and governance in the European Financial centers. Jerome Turquey notes some interesting facts on the Luxembourg Institute that is
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The Netherlands – home of US profits
SOMO in the Netherlands has issued the following note in response to the Dutch furore at being described as a tax haven by the USA:
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PR please
Parliament in crisis: When will MPs start to listen to the people? | Politics | The Observer . This letter said: The expense crisis reveals
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Let’s be realistic: this debt will not be repaid
The credit crisis and the recession that followed happened because of a collective suspension of belief in economic reality. It was assumed that low income
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GSK accused of earnings stripping
Jesses Drucker is a good tax journalist, and I’ve had the privilege of working with him. In a new Wall Street Journal article he notes
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MPs and the Crown Dependencies: same excuses
I loved this from Sir Anthony Steen, said on the World at One, quoted in the Guardian: This was no fault on my part. We
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Baucus Wants to Fast-Track Panama Agreement
Baucus Wants to Fast-Track Panama Agreement ¬´ Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development. Crazy Mad Or just bad judgement I don’t mind which
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The IASB sent prudence out of the window
Fascinating stuff from the Telegraph: Senior fund managers are becoming increasingly frustrated with the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). The most ardent critics of IFRS
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Fining big company finance directors is fair
The Times notes: Eight in ten of Britain’s biggest companies are set to clash with HM Revenue & Customs over new rules to hold finance
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