FT.com / Global Economy - Tax haven drive will mean greater scrutiny. The FT notes: The international drive to prise open tax havens could expose businesses to greater scrutiny as a result of a little-noticed feature of hundreds of new deals aimed at tracking down tax evaders. Jeffrey Owens, director of the centre for tax policy and administration

Bud Conrad, Editor, The Casey Report writes: On March 3, I heard John Taylor over lunch at the San Francisco Federal Reserve. In his talk he reviewed the government’s bailouts and their effects on our economy. If you aren’t familiar with Taylor, he co-authored, along with Bob Hall, the macroeconomics textbook most widely used these days. In addition, he served as undersecretary of the ...

Energy analysts have criticised Tory plans to effect the biggest shake-up of Britain's energy policy in a generation as "verging on the impossible".

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Less than half of hospitality firms have a flexible working policy in place, according to research by Caterer.com.The research shows that just 47% of companies polled has a formal policy in place, while 24% operated with an informal policy and 26% had none at all.

The Tories have today unveiled plans to establish a green investment bank, which would help fund major energy infrastructure projects, as part of a package of reforms to energy policy.

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Stuart Fraser, chairman of the policy and resources committee at the City of London Corporation, yesterday revealed details of the new body to promote the area, City UK.

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David Cameron has launched what he described as the biggest shake-up of Britain's energy policy in a generation, as he set out Conservative proposals to mobilise the massive investment needed to secure supplies and cut greenhouse gas emissions