Tapping the Line
Scotland Yard finds itself in the curious position of collecting evidence for foreign jurisdictions that cannot be presented in the…
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WSJ: Place your bets against the PIIGS nations
The sudden spotlight on troubled government borrowers is presenting a long-awaited payday for investors who placed early bets against countries…
BySwissInfo: HSBC confirms client data stolen
The private banking arm of British bank HSBC in Geneva has filed a criminal complaint against a former employee who…
ByUpdated: Darling’s Nasty Surprise
The Pre-Budget Report’s hidden measures will hurt Britain, not help it, as the Chancellor takes aim at the bonuses of…
ByUpdated: Darling's Nasty Surprise
The Pre-Budget Report’s hidden measures will hurt Britain, not help it, as the Chancellor takes aim at the bonuses of…
ByPre-Budget Report Live
Live coverage of the Pre-Budget Report as it happens, plus expert analysis in the aftermath. Live coverage of the Pre-Budget…
ByFT: Darling to impose one-off bonus levy
The chancellor will levy a one-off tax on the billions of pounds set aside by banks to pay bonuses in…
ByGuardian: Swiss wooing bankers with DVD?
The Swiss canton of Uri is more used to holidaymakers flocking to see its stunning Alpine vistas and the statue,…
ByTime Flies When You’re Hedging Funds
Only yesterday they were the pariahs of the business world, but hedgies are bouncing back quickly and are eager to…
ByYule Fools
How can you go away for one week and come back to find your country taken over by the ghost…
ByThe Red Baroness
EU foreign minister Baroness Ashton, who has never had any elected office, is a typical ambitious left-wing apparatchik. The foreign…
ByFT: Darling to tax bonuses?
Alistair Darling, chancellor, is preparing a crackdown on “extraordinarily high” bankers’ bonuses when he makes his pre-Budget report on Wednesday,…
ByReuters: UBS advisers now allowed to go abroad
ZURICH, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Switzerland’s UBS(UBS.N: 行情)(UBSN.VX: 行情) has lifted a ban on Swiss-based client advisors travelling abroad, provided…
ByFT: Osborne says banks should not offset losses against tax
Mr Osborne has called for banks to be prevented from offsetting past losses against tax on distributed profits. “When the…
ByAll the Fun of the Fayre
Entertainers extraordinaire Victoria Cator and Lucinda Bruce reveal that Christmas can actually be stress-free as long as you plan carefully…
ByPoll Position
Good polls are the ones you can control. Bad polls are the ones that involve money and phoning 1378 men…
ByBlack & Blue Friday
You’d think I’d know better at my age, but apparently hope does indeed spring eternal. You’d think I’d know better…
ByTimes: Deripaska races to refinance
Oleg Deripaska, the Russian oligarch, is in a race against time to complete the $7.4 billion (£4.5 billion) refinancing of…
ByAFP: Swiss tell 500 UBS clients of data transfer
BERN Swiss authorities said Tuesday they had informed more than 500 UBS clients suspected of having evaded taxes in the…
ByLula and Ahmadinejad
What’s Lula up to by hosting and defending such a global enfant terrible? Same as always, in a word: power.…
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