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15th March 2010

Monday 15^th March 2010

Guardian: ‘Class war, but they started it.  Bring on the Robin Hood tax’ – 13.03.10, by Polly Toynbee
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/13/robin-hood-tax-budget-banking

Sunday Times: ‘Taxman gets secret bank files of the rich’ – 14.03.10, by Michael Woodhead and Robert Watts
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7061114.ece

Sunday Times: ‘Why the rich flee to France’ – 14.03.10, by Ali Hussain and Elizabeth Colman
http://rss.precise-media.co.uk/email/83532/59822045.pdf

Times: ‘Voters will be kingmaker, not me, Clegg tells party’ – 15.03.10, by Sam Coates
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7061452.ece

Times: ‘He may so but, but party faithful really hope Deep Croak is wrong’ – 15.03.10, by Ann Treneman
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/parliamentary_sketch/
article7061678.ece

Bangkok Post: ‘Are ex-pats in an offshore or international world?’ – 15.03.10
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/34479/are-expats-in-an-offshore-or-international-world

FT: ‘£30,000 charge take-up meets Treasury expectations’ – 15.03.10, by Vanessa Houlder
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/22af5de2-2fd3-11df-9153-00144feabdc0.html

FT: ‘Tax rules slow down non-dom arrivals in UK’ – 14.03.10, Bob Sherwood
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/978aba6c-2fa1-11df-9153-00144feabdc0.html

Wall Street Journal: ‘The Hedge Fund Wars’ – 15.03.10
http://online.wsj.com/article/
SB10001424052748704131404575117302452329796.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopBucket  

Wall Street Journal Blog: ‘EU to Geithner: Drop dead’ – 12.03.10, by Stephen Fidler
http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2010/03/12/eu-to-geithner-drop-dead/

Telegraph: ‘Lehman's Boesky, and why you can get away with anything in London’ – 12.03.10, by Jeremy Warner
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jeremywarner/100004328/lehmans-boesky-and-why-you-can-get-away-with-anything-in-london/

Sunday Telegraph: ‘Alistair Darling digs in on EU directive’ – 13.03.10, by Kamal Ahmed and Helia Ebrahimi
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/7436863/
Alistair-Darling-digs-in-on-EU-directive.html

Financial News: ‘IMF finds "trillions" in undeclared wealth’ – 15.03.10, by David Bain
http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2010-03-15/imf-finds-trillions-in-undeclared-wealth   

Times: ‘UBS fears for Swiss banks if US tax deal fails’ – 12.03.10, by Catherine Boyle
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/
banking_and_finance/article7060252.ece

Times: ‘Ernst & Young faces legal action over Lehman collapse’ – 12.03.10, by David Robertson and Alexandra Frean
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/
banking_and_finance/article7059469.ece

Sunday Times: ‘Sainsbury beats 50% tax rate’ – 14.03.10, by Kate Walsh
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/retailing/
article7061360.ece

Observer: ‘Don't celebrate these billionaires, be horrified by their existence’ – 14.03.10, by Will Hutton
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/14/will-hutton-economics-billionaires

Observer: ‘Auditors face inquiry call after Lehman revelations’ – 14.03.10, by Phillip Inman
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/14/reform-demands-auditors-lehman-brothers

Reuters: ‘CS sees withholding tax on Germans' accounts-paper’ – 15.03.10
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE62E06X20100315   

BBC: ‘Lehman: How $50bn was buried in London’ – 12.03.10, by Robert Peston
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2010/03/
lehman_how_50bn_was_buried_in.html  

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