The Bermuda Royal Gazette (where else could have such a paper?) reports: Offshore financial centres (OFCs) are facing a "Doomsday scenario" as the world’s major
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I argued on Sunday that: The sheer folly of thinking that the Royal Mail could be privatised was always madness. It is a utility. These
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I’ve edited and revised my summary of the case for country-by-country reporting. It’s available here. At two pages it’s the shortest summary available.

There’s mighty stink in the US corporate world this morning about Barack Obama’s attack on offshore. According to the FT: “It is the wrong idea,
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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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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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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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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 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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