{"id":3094,"date":"2009-02-05T12:18:43","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T10:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2009\/02\/05\/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-february-4th-through-february-5th\/"},"modified":"2009-02-05T12:18:43","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T10:18:43","slug":"my-delicious-bookmarks-for-february-4th-through-february-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2009\/02\/05\/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-february-4th-through-february-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"My del.icio.us bookmarks for February 4th through February 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are my links for February 4th through February 5th:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indystar.com\/article\/20090204\/NEWS05\/902040340\/1278\/BUSINESS03\">Senate votes down tax break for Lilly, others | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star<\/a> - Repatriation of profits has been rejected\n<p>Thank goodness<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/8999177a-f2ec-11dd-abe6-0000779fd2ac.html\">FT.com \/ Companies \/ Financial Services - SEC &lsquo;illiteracy&rsquo; to blame for Madoff affair<\/a> - They were taught to think that greed is good\n<p>We have to think another way<\/p>\n<p>But be warned: those who do are ridiculed<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/2d67a7c4-f313-11dd-abe6-0000779fd2ac.html\">FT.com \/ UK \/ Business - Law firm partners face axe as cuts continue<\/a> - The mighty are fallen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/b1e100fe-f30e-11dd-abe6-0000779fd2ac.html\">FT.com \/ Companies \/ Banks - US credit card delinquencies at record high<\/a> - The next debt crisis is on its way<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/640ec03a-f306-11dd-abe6-0000779fd2ac.html\">FT.com \/ Brussels -     Brussels signals rethink on labour rules<\/a> - Scrap all progress towards Doha for a start<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/business\/2009\/feb\/05\/tax-avoidance-gordon-brown\">Brown backs international action on tax avoiders |<\/a> - That would require a serious change of his spots\n<p>Given that the evidence is signing some toothless tax information exchange agreements I am not inclined to think it has happened<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caymannewsservice.com\/viewpoint\/2009\/02\/04\/hypocrisy-and-double-standard\">Hypocrisy and the double standard | Cayman News Service<\/a> - Tim Ridley, former chairman of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority is a man with whom I don&#039;t agree on much - but with whom I can do business.\n<p>He&#039;s right on tax cheats and Delaware in this one and its beholden on me to say so. <\/p>\n<p>He&#039;s also very, very wrong on the benefits of offshore, as usual.  Some things don&#039;t change.  \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labourist.org\/taxpayers%E2%80%99-alliance-gives-green-light-to-corporate-tax-avoiders\/\">Taxpayers&rsquo; Alliance gives green light to corporate tax avoiders : Labourist | Where open minded people come together<\/a> - Amusing\n<p>And I&#039;m sure it&#039;s true<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2009\/feb\/05\/offshore-tax-havens\">William Brittain-Catlin: How offshore capitalism ate our economies - and itself |<\/a> - If I&#039;m honest, this is not wholly accurate\n<p>But it&#039;s worth a read<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accountancyage.com\/accountancyage\/news\/2235681\/ec-adopts-tax-assistance\">EC announces plans to crackdown on cross-border tax evasion - Accountancy Age<\/a> - But this has to be extended to tax havens covered by the EU STD as well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are my links for February 4th through February 5th:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indystar.com\/article\/20090204\/NEWS05\/902040340\/1278\/BUSINESS03\">Senate votes down tax break for Lilly, others | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star<\/a> &#8211; Repatriation of profits has been rejected\n<p>Thank goodness<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/8999177a-f2ec-11dd-abe6-0000779fd2ac.html\">FT.com \/ Companies \/ Financial Services &#8211; SEC &lsquo;illiteracy&rsquo; to blame for Madoff affair<\/a> &#8211; They were taught to think that greed is good\n<p>We have to think another way<\/p>\n<p>But be warned: those who do are ridiculed<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/2d67a7c4-f313-11dd-abe6-0000779fd2ac.html\">FT.com \/ UK \/ Business &#8211; Law firm partners face axe as cuts continue<\/a> &#8211; The mighty are fallen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/b1e100fe-f30e-11dd-abe6-0000779fd2ac.html\">FT.com \/ Companies \/ Banks &#8211; US credit card delinquencies at record high<\/a> &#8211; The next debt crisis is on its way<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/640ec03a-f306-11dd-abe6-0000779fd2ac.html\">FT.com \/ Brussels &#8211;     Brussels signals rethink on labour rules<\/a> &#8211; Scrap all progress towards Doha for a start<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/business\/2009\/feb\/05\/tax-avoidance-gordon-brown\">Brown backs international action on tax avoiders |<\/a> &#8211; That would require a serious change of his spots\n<p>Given that the evidence is signing some toothless tax information exchange agreements I am not inclined to think it has happened<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caymannewsservice.com\/viewpoint\/2009\/02\/04\/hypocrisy-and-double-standard\">Hypocrisy and the double standard | Cayman News Service<\/a> &#8211; Tim Ridley, former chairman of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority is a man with whom I don&#039;t agree on much &#8211; but with whom I can do business.\n<p>He&#039;s right on tax cheats and Delaware in this one and its beholden on me to say so. <\/p>\n<p>He&#039;s also very, very wrong on the benefits of offshore, as usual.  Some things don&#039;t change.  \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labourist.org\/taxpayers%E2%80%99-alliance-gives-green-light-to-corporate-tax-avoiders\/\">Taxpayers&rsquo; Alliance gives green light to corporate tax avoiders : Labourist | Where open minded people come together<\/a> &#8211; Amusing\n<p>And I&#039;m sure it&#039;s true<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2009\/feb\/05\/offshore-tax-havens\">William Brittain-Catlin: How offshore capitalism ate our economies &#8211; and itself |<\/a> &#8211; If I&#039;m honest, this is not wholly accurate\n<p>But it&#039;s worth a read<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accountancyage.com\/accountancyage\/news\/2235681\/ec-adopts-tax-assistance\">EC announces plans to crackdown on cross-border tax evasion &#8211; Accountancy Age<\/a> &#8211; But this has to be extended to tax havens covered by the EU STD as well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-delicious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}