Posts Tagged ‘luxembourg’

UK companies cut secret tax deals

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Major UK-based firms cut secret deals with authorities in Luxembourg to avoid paying millions in corporate tax in Britain, a BBC Panorama investigation finds.

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The iEconomy: Apple’s Tax Strategy Aims at Low-Tax States and Nations

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

Apple serves as a window on how technology giants have taken advantage of tax codes written for an industrial age and ill suited to today’s digital economy.

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The iEconomy: Apple’s Tax Strategy Aims at Low-Tax States and Nations

Romney’s Cayman Islands holdings complicate tax return debate

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s newly released tax return shows sprawling international financial interests , from Bain Capital entities based in Luxembourg to a Goldman Sachs fund in Dublin. It discusses a foreign currency transaction and details foreign tax credits. Read full article > >

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Embattled Dexia gets huge bailout

Monday, October 10th, 2011

France, Belgium and Luxembourg look to secure the future of the troubled bank Dexia with a massive bailout, following fears it could go bankrupt.

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Embattled Dexia gets huge bailout

3 Countries Agree on Bailout of European Bank

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

France, Belgium and Luxembourg agreed to a rescue plan for Dexia ahead of a board meeting where directors are expected to decide on a break-up.

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Q&A with designer Mona Hajj

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

In the 20 years since Mona Hajj opened her own firm in Baltimore, she has designed the interiors of the Embassy of Luxembourg in the District and a Maryland home by architect John Russell Pope (whose projects include the Jefferson Memorial and the National Archives). Last year, she was named one of Architectural Digest’s top 100 designers and architects.

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Q. and A.: How Has Mladic Managed to Evade Capture?

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

Serbia faces a crucial test in its bid to join the European Union despite its failure to arrest Ratko Mladic. The president and a war crime prosecutor answer questions.

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Q. and A.: How Has Mladic Managed to Evade Capture?

Keothavong into Luxembourg semis

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

Britain’s Anne Keothavong keeps up her superb run of form at the Luxembourg Open with an epic victory over Iveta Benesova in the quarter-finals.

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Radar snag hits European flights

Friday, August 20th, 2010

An air traffic control problem delays hundreds of flights in northern Europe over Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

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Wales 5-1 Luxembourg

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

David Cotterill, Andy King and Ashley Williams claim their first international goals as Wales thrash 10-man Luxembourg in Llanelli.

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Wales 5-1 Luxembourg