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Time for Tobin tax on fin transaction
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
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It’s time to put some sand in finance’s wheels...Yes, say top British officials, who oversee the City of London, one of the world’s two great banking centres...Unfortunately, US officials — especially US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner — are dead...
Tags: James Tobin, financial transaction, United Kingdom, London, Timothy Geithner, Adair Turner Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, Finance, Tobin tax, Business Finance, Speculation, Tax, Financial markets
Commonwealth summit: What are we doing here?
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
Credibility The leaders of its 53 members, meeting this weekend on the island of Trinidad, are attending out of tradition and duty – a school reunion for a class that has grown up since graduation, but whose former headmistress still enjoys getting her old boys and...
Tags: Gordon Brown, Nicolas Sarkozy, Britain, Commonwealth, prime minister, climate change, France, Mr Brown, Trinidad, United Kingdom, London, Politics, Environment, Carbon finance, Business Finance, Global warming, Government of Andorra, International organizations, Finance, Tobin tax, Tax, European Union, Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions, Forms of government, Tax haven, G-20 major economies, 21st century, Commonwealth of Nations, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Public finance, Value added tax
Tobin tax advocates pile pressure on US
New York City :: NY :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility S • Supporters admit international levy needs US support • Obama administration and Wall Street unenthusiastic US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner remains to be convinced about the viability of a Tobin tax in the US. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP...
Tags: tobin tax, Tobin, obama administration, Obama, Timothy Geithner, Peter DeFazio, New York City, Presidency of Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Tax, Council on Foreign Relations, Group of Thirty, Social Issues, Politics, Business Finance
Chinese premier congratulates Rompuy on electi ...
Brussels :: Belgium | 8 days ago
Credibility Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday sent a message to Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy to congratulate him on his election as full-time president of the European Union (EU). In the message, Wen expressed his wishes that the EU integration will...
Tags: Herman Van Rompuy, European Union, prime minister, minister herman, Belgium, Brussels, Turkey, Politics, Nicolas Sarkozy, Wen Jiabao, Hu Jintao, Tax, Tobin tax, Value added tax, Josￃﾩ Manuel Barroso, Bilderberg Group, Business Finance, Finance
Russia Weighs Cross-Border 'Tobin' Tax
Moscow :: Russia | 11 days ago
Credibility Russia is considering ways to discourage speculative currency traders from driving up the ruble exchange rate, including a tax on cross-border currency transactions, a central-bank official said Thursday. Such a plan would put Russia in line with other...
Tags: Russian, rouble eases, bank stepped, Russia, Moscow, International trade, Macroeconomics, Tobin tax, Tax, Currency, Business Finance, Foreign exchange market, Public finance, Finance
Letters: How to plug the budget gap without hitting the poorest
London :: United Kingdom | 13 days ago
Credibility Letters How to plug the budget gap without hitting the poorest No wonder the public think Labour is as bad at tackling poverty as the Tories ( Labour is no longer seen as champion of the poor, poll shows , 17 November). Inequality has increased under...
Tags: Labour, public spending, United Kingdom, London, Tax, Tobin tax, Politics, Finance, Employment law, Unemployment benefits, Business Finance
'Tobin tax' gains transatlantic support
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | 14 days ago
Credibility Tobin tax' gains transatlantic support • Tax on financial transactions proposed to pay for bailout • US reluctant to devote proceeds to international causes US treasury secretary Tim Geithner was sceptical about a 'Tobin tax', but the new bill should...
Tags: tobin tax, financial transaction, Peter DeFazio, transaction tax, financial sector, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, Tax, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Henry Paulson, Finance, Timothy Geithner, Business Finance, Social Issues
Tobin tax gains City supporters
City of The Dalles :: OR :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility The controversial tax on financial transactions endorsed by Gordon Brown and Lord Turner, the top City regulator, was last night beginning to garner the support of leading financiers for the first time. As the new lord mayor of the City of London prepared...
Tags: City, Tobin, lord mayor, tobin tax, Terry Smith, Nick Anstee, City of The Dalles, Lord Mayor of the City of London, Adair Turner Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, Tax, Business Finance, Politics, Finance, Financial Services Authority
Terry Murden: While credit is still crunched, direct investment must become easier
London :: United Kingdom | 16 days ago
Credibility Scotland's miserable business birthrate, sluggish growth and inability to deploy the undoubted talent that exists within its borders has long eluded those tasked with finding solutions. Grants, seminars, advisory bodies and all else have been thrown at...
Tags: Xavier Rolet, tax breaks, Royal Bank of Scotland, stamp duty, United Kingdom, London, Economy of London, London Stock Exchange, Tax, Capital gains tax, Tobin tax, Stock market, Finance, Taxation, Business Finance
Tobin is not a mythical monster to frighten the City; it has a moral force
London :: United Kingdom | 16 days ago
Credibility The Tobin tax is like the Loch Ness monster; it appears once or twice a year, then goes away." Otmar Issing, the former chief economist of the European Central Bank, evoked the sinuous Scottish beastie to dismiss the idea of a levy on financial transactions...
Tags: James Tobin, tobin tax, Gordon Brown, moral force, United Kingdom, London, Tax, International taxation, Offshore finance, Speculation, Finance, Financial markets, Business Finance
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