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In this new era of rampaging oligarchs, nothing may seem as satisfying as slapping a tax on Elon Musk ’s new trillion-dollar fortune. What most bothers Americans about federal taxes is that billionaires don’t pay their …
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Home-grown food may become a niche product for wealthy in our supermarkets as British farmers’ incomes plummet
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In the first of a series on nationalisation, we look at the critical tests ahead for the PM-in-waiting, from choosing a chancellor to the future of Thames Water
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With a new prime minister incoming, Labour faces a fundamental question about its economic vision
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A niche type of fraud is lucrative enough for criminals to set up fake websites with dodgy software to harvest your data
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KPMG partners leaked client information and mishandled the whistleblower who raised the alarm, an inquiry has heard. Top global and Australian managers, three law firms and government regulators all missed the signs.
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Passengers report being stuck on grounded planes in sweltering conditions as severe weather causes travel disruption across Europe
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As well as being the most popular politician in the country – for now – Andy Burnham is also the most popular man at Westminster. Labour MPs, the unions, Whitehall civil servants, political advisers and thinktanks are a…
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World Cup StubHub ticket mess shows how weak consumer protections are in the US, but there are steps fans can take
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Every couple of decades, investors will ask themselves how long can the stock market keep climbing. Is it safe to buy more shares? Is their pension or equity portfolio vulnerable should financial markets, and especially…
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Insight EU provides delayed access to the content table of its specialized monitoring emails. For real-time updates and full monitoring services, consider subscribing to one of the annual plans available in the Insight …
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On Wednesday, Pierre Masselot received a text from his daughter’s nursery – less than 50 miles from the weather station that was the first this week to break the UK June temperature record – asking parents to collect ch…
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A pair of debenture tickets changed hands this week for a sum far beyond the means of ordinary tennis fans
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Whether to pursue a master’s degree was not really a choice for Francesca Peters. Fresh from an undergraduate degree in biochemistry in 2020, she had set her sights on securing her dream job. There was a catch, however.…
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Hotels report increase in last-minute bookings, including from families attempting to escape hot homes
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When Australia launched its ban on social media for children under the age of 16 in December, its global impact remained to be seen. The world watched with keen interest as the country adopted the most far-reaching ban …
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The monarch’s declaration does not tell us much, except that his bill is lower than for people with much smaller fortunes
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King Charles has become the first monarch in modern times to reveal how much tax he pays on his private income: £24.6m over the last two years.
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For decades, the World Cup belonged to broadcasters. Fans gathered around the television, watched the game live or caught the highlights later that evening. In the UK, BBC and ITV acted as gatekeepers, deciding which st…
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The monarch says how much he pays the Treasury but did not reveal the wealth behind it. Britain still lacks proper scrutiny of royal cash
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Andy Burnham has said he will be donating 15% of his MP’s salary to local causes in his constituency of Makerfield.
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From the Derivatives Practice Group: This week, ESMA published a report relating to transaction reporting simplification, while ISDA published a joint association letter for enhancing the EU’s legislative and supervisor…
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Good governments have a vision. They know what they want to achieve, can articulate why, and work out in public how to get there. They don’t just spout slogans about economic growth – because growth is meaningless unles…
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To most grocery shoppers, rotisserie chickens look like a mouth-watering and easy option for dinner. But whenever I pass by the rotisserie case in a supermarket, I see chicken carcasses piled up in the trash, their once…