Madeleine Bunting wrote a powerful column in favour of aid this weekend. I want to see an end to aid: it should be replaced by
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Dutch bluff
The US publication The Hill has reported: The White House on Monday angered the Dutch Embassy by lumping the Netherlands in with a group of
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High pay does not equate to results
The FT has reported: Royal Dutch Shell is facing the risk of a shareholder rebellion over pay for the second successive year after two influential
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More criticism of PWC’s work for the World Bank
Doing Business – Doing Business: An Independent Evaluation. The criticism of the World Bank’s use of the PWC ‘Total Tax Contribution’ aa a quasi-policy document
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The old boy’s club
The Scotsman reports: LINKS between Government and the banking sector have been condemned in a new report that has uncovered the extent of the "old
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Obama goes for offshore
These are today’s press releases from the White House: Leveling the Playing Field: Curbing Tax Havens and Removing Tax Incentives For Shifting Jobs Overseas There
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Informa?
Somehow you’d think a company with such a name would be well advised. I’m not sure why — it just has that sort of claim
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An end in sight for folly?
The Sunday Times has reported: Labour whips have told the prime minister that, with his authority badly damaged, a Commons defeat over the Royal Mail
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Is there no depth to which Barclays will not sink?
I admit this is probably not news to those who read this blog, but the Observer reports today: Barclays bank is playing a lead role
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