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Time to clip the wings of the vultures?

Monrovia :: Liberia | 3 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

According to the World Bank it is the second poorest country on the globe – a place where 84 per cent of the population scrapes by on less than $1.25 a day. And yet Liberia was this week told by the High Court to pay $20m it can't afford to two shadowy...

Tags: Liberia, vultures fund, tax havens, London, UK Treasury, Monrovia, Funds, Offshore finance, Finance, Tax haven, Debt, International taxation, Vulture fund, Jubilee Debt Coalition

Recession 'worse than estimated'

London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The adjustment follows the economy's unexpectedly poor performance in the first three months of the year. But he is likely to stick to 2010 forecasts of growth between 1-1.5%. Return to growth On Thursday, Mr Darling said that since the Budget forecasts...

Tags: UK Treasury, United Kingdom, London, Business Finance, Pre-Budget Report, Recessions, Late 2000s recession in Europe, Business cycle, Government of the United Kingdom, Economy of the United Kingdom, Fiscal policy, Alistair Darling, Economic disasters, Gordon Brown, Late-2000s recession, Macroeconomics, HM Treasury

New small firms 'need tax break'

London :: United Kingdom | 16 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The suggestion is one of 10 core findings in the study produced by the British Library's Business & IP Centre. It adds that a fast-track scheme should be created to help firms patent ideas, and that broadband speeds must rise. The report has been produced...

Tags: Financial Services Authority, UK Treasury, Alistair Darling, Lord Myners, United Kingdom, London, Paul Myners Baron Myners, Business Finance, Investment banking, Goldman Sachs, Bank, AIG bonus payments controversy, Investment banks, Economy of the United Kingdom, Liberal Democrats, Conservative Party, Guarantee, Politics, David Cameron, Tax, Income tax in the United States, Tax reform, Finance, Value added tax, Banking and Financial Services Bill, Barclays, Central bank, Banking, economics, Economic history of the United Kingdom, Short, Financial services, Financial markets, Service industries

Royal Bank of Scotland admits EU sale plan

London :: United Kingdom | 28 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

RBS admits EU sale plan Brussels wants taxpayer-funded bank to sell off its insurance operations, hundreds of branches and its US retail arm, Citizens RBS shares fell this morning on news of the EU demands. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP Royal Bank of Scotland...

Tags: RBS, billions pounds, royal banks, UK Treasury, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, banks group, Lloyds To Escape, lloyds banks, Ulster Bank

Lloyds desperate to pull out of toxic-asset insurance plan

London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Lloyds Banking Group is in talks with the Treasury about whether it can withdraw from the Government's toxic-asset insurance scheme because it believes the economic situation has improved. The news emerged a day after watchdogs at the Financial Services...

Tags: Lloyds Banking Group, UK Treasury, United Kingdom, London

Odds shorten on Betfair IPO

London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Betfair, the betting exchange operator, reignited speculation that it may be eyeing a stock market flotation after defying the recession to report impressive full-year results. The group, which was founded almost a decade ago, announced a 29 per cent...

Tags: UK Treasury, Britain, online gambling, Gibraltar

Halifax set to close retail division here after order by UK Treasury

Dublin :: Ireland | 4 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

THE Halifax Bank in Ireland is set to close its retail division following an instruction from the UK Treasury to repatriate assets back to the UK . The 'Sunday Tribune' reported that Bank of Scotland Ireland is preparing to shut the Halifax starting in...

Tags: UK Treasury, Scotland Ireland

Gilts sales by foreigners fuels deficit fears

London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

A record sell-off of UK government debt by overseas investors is fuelling City anxieties over the Treasury’s ability to fund soaring public borrowing that is set to top £150 billion over this year and next. The surge in foreign selling of gilt-edged bonds...

Tags: UK Treasury, Mervyn, Alistair, Britain, online retail

UK Treasury chief denies expenses abuses

London :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

In this Oct. 8, 2008 file photo Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alastair Darling, right, watches as Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, speaks during a news conference at 10 Downing Street in London. Darling is the latest lawmaker to be accused of...

Tags: Gordon Brown, UK Treasury, prime minister, Alistair Darling, finances minister, minister gordon, expenses scandal, downing despite, Mr Darling, European Commission

UK faces 'Budget woes' - Tories

London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The 2009 Budget will be a "day of reckoning" for the government with the UK set for the worst recession since 1945, the Conservatives have said. Chancellor Alistair Darling is expected to tell MPs the recession will be more severe than earlier forecast...

Tags: UK Treasury, chancellor alistair

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