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Europe
France also introduced a financial non-transactions tax last month
09 August 2012

It's not just a 0.2 per cent Robin Hood tax which Hollande introduced.

Chart of the day: tin-rattlers
08 August 2012
Economics blog
Cayman Islands scrap planned income tax
08 August 2012

Tax haven remains tax haven.

Art and Design
Instagram + GPS = Cities, Now
08 August 2012

A new site shows the beauty of cities around the world. But it also reminds us of the redefinition of privacy

UK Politics
America's unsustainable universities
08 August 2012

When 15 per cent of graduates default in three years, there's problems with a system.

Newspapers
Daily Express puts the Dutch dressage team on the front page [Updated]
08 August 2012

Oh dear.

Newspapers
Daily Express puts the Dutch dressage team on the front page [Updated]
08 August 2012

Oh dear.

Consumer/Retail
Chart of the day: primacy of privacy
07 August 2012
Economics
GIF of the day: Skynet is in your stock exchanges, taking your money
07 August 2012

High frequency trading has experienced a boom in the last five years. What next?

UK Politics
George Bush becomes deputy finance chairman of Texas republican party
07 August 2012

No, not that one. His nephew.

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