Bank Lobby Criticizes European Support For Transactions Tax http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110202-706639.html
EU Parliament Approves Report On Financial Transaction Tax. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110201-713215.html Thankfully it's...
Fortunately, the last word really lies with each European country as tax raising powers remain firmly at national level, not EU level. It isn't...
"Turning to France's G20 proposal for a financial transactions tax, Cordero said Mexico -- which takes over the presidency of the group in...
Transcript of UK Chancellor when being asked about bonuses mentions FTT in the House of Commons: Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD): What...
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/5&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
The earlier Bloomberg article (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-15/german-financial-transaction-tax-proposal-takes-shape-ftd-says.html)...
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1606216.php/German-financial-market-tax-could-produce-20-billion-euros-in-funds...
German Financial Transaction Tax Proposal Takes Shape, FTD Says...
Wikileaks - US Embassy cables - on Gordon Brown's push for FTT: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/238904
Strauss-Kahn: ON CAPITAL CONTROLS "I am not a fan of the Tobin tax ... Tobin tax does not fit into the idea of an economy today."...
"The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - Margaret Thatcher
More good news: Barroso drops financial taxes from G20 wish-list...
RobinHoodies concede defeat on FTT: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/economy-and-finance/robin-hood-campaign-concedes-tobin-tax-$21384741.htm
IMF changing position on financial sector taxation? http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/art-566633 The article includes a link to the...
ECB's Trichet: "Major difficulties" with financial transaction tax...
There isn't anything new in this article but it summarises the state of play of the FTT in Europe quite well:...
I agree with your comments above, although I'm not sure why a report would be confidential if only an opinion piece. In any case it seems...
Last Friday's BBC Newsnight is on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bxmYRlLBX4 It quotes briefly from an un-named and leaked IMF...
This article is a bit misleading. The "group of 60 nations" it refers to is merely the membership of "The Leading Group on Innovative Financing...
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