Larry Elliott in this morning’s Guardian: Scholars, politicians and think tanks have little more than six months to come up with ideas to influence policy
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This is Goldman Sachs unaudited result for the year to 30 November 2008 published 16 December: There’s a line to note: provisions for taxes. $6,005
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These are my links for December 22nd: FT.com / Companies / Banks – Ireland injects €5.5bn into country’s biggest banks – Not enough For all
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These are my links for December 21st: Peter Mandelson and Boris Johnson saved the day for comedians – Telegraph – It's strange who you get
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Of course all regulatory systems work in Jersey. As the Jersey Evening Post noted last week: AN Iranian bank with links to terrorist organisations has
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These are my links for December 19th: :: Manx Radio :: Isle of Man News :: – Read it And then note those who say
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I’ve been having a long running debate on this blog with some from secrecy jurisdictions. One of the regular commentators (from the Isle of man)
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TJN has an important blog on its site by Rudolf Elmer, who also comments here on occasion. Rudolf is a whistleblower in what really happens
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Barack Obama has blamed the Bush administration’s laissez-faire philosophy for allowing excessive risk and corruption at the highest echelons of finance, saying: The American people
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