Is it inevitable that multinational companies pay pitifully small sums in tax relative to huge profits? Not necessarily because amid growing…
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UK
Closing the Loopholes on Multinational Tax Abuse
Politics
Osborne Misses Targets and Austerity Continues to 2018
Chancellor George Osborne presented his Autumn Statement today, with a gloomy message of a shrinking economy, missed targets, and the need for austerity measures to continue to 2018.
Politics
Autumn Statement 2012
The full text of the Autumn Statement 2012 to the House of Commons by the Rt Hon George Osborne, MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
UK
UK Economy Returns to Growth
Aided by the success of the Olympic Games, the UK economy emerged from recession with the GDP growing by 1.0%…
Science
Laos: Diversifying Crops To Cope With Climate Change
Lemons and sweet bamboo may not be associated with frontline efforts to adapt to climate change in most parts of the world, but in Kioutaloun village in northern Laos, rice farmers hit by landslides, land erosion and severe flooding are looking to different crops.