European peace and stability is no longer a given as economic crisis enters new dark phase.
Archive for Nick Mathiason
Did Lord Bell mislead Newsnight viewers over Bureau reporter claims?
Was Lord Bell right to say Bureau reporter asked him to exaggerate? You decide.
Analysis: US regulators accuse RBC of ‘massive’ dividend tax scam
Huge dividend washing scheme brought to light last year by the Bureau.
Libya acts to seize £10m Gaddafi house in London
No Gaddafi assets have been returned to Libya – but that could soon change.
Analysis: India struggles to contain seismic corruption and rampant tax evasion
Indians evade $500m in taxes as new corruption case rocks India.
City banks ‘cheat’ Europe in €600m tax avoidance trading scheme
A complex dividend trade ‘cheats’ European tax payers out of millions.
Analysis: Business hides behind corporate veil on human rights abuse claims
Big business profits from subsidiaries but runs from them in human rights abuse cases.
Radical plan to stem losses at the Guardian newspaper
Guardian explores option of selling its print building and moving to Trinity Mirror facility.
Analysis: Cameron backs City agenda by resisting Robin Hood tax at G20
The City backing of the Tories appears to have paid off at G20 meeting.
Analysis: Human rights claims to lose out if legal aid reform goes through
Case brought by Peruvian farmers abused by British mining company could be the last of its kind in UK.
Tory Party funding from City doubles under Cameron
Under Cameron over 50% of Tory funding comes from Financial Services
Revealed: Loopholes in Swiss tax deal mean £7bn windfall could be lost
New UK – Swiss tax agreement could cost UK money piling pressure on HMRC boss, Hartnett.
Analysis: Hedge fund tycoons bankroll Fox office as Werritty affair deepens
More evidence emerges of hedge funds influence over UK political process at highest levels.
Hedge funds, financiers and private equity make up 27% of Tory funding
Square Mile contribution to David Cameron’s Conservative party now over 51%.
Hedge funds profit from global economic crisis
As Europe teeters on the brink, London-based hedge funds are still enjoying large bonuses.
Revealed: Secret world of global oil and mining giants
Thousands of subsidiaries owned by giant extractive firms hidden in ‘secrecy jurisdictions’.
Analysis: The real rogue is not UBS’s Kweku Adoboli but Delta One trading
Behind the $2bn UBS scandal is a shadowy City activity that regulators have failed to control.
G20 must ignore bank lobby over food speculation
As rocketing prices hit Africa’s poor, bank giants lobby G20 to let them continue betting on food.
City gears up to kill new finance tax
The City of London lobbies to fend off Franco-German finance tax plan.
Giant grain firm buys up all British wheat in ‘unprecedented’ purchase
Concerns that giant trading companies and financiers are distorting commodity markets.
