Osborne’s Swiss tax raid to net 5bn pound windfall, but is it fair?
Faisal Islam asks if the Chancellor has played a blinder on the Switzerland tax haven – or if he’s wasted an opportunity.
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The Business Secretary warns bankers economic turmoil will not derail financial sector reform. Meanwhile, 30,000 struggling homeowners are to be told to cut spending or face losing their home.
As George Osborne agrees a deal to recoup £5bn in unpaid tax from UK nationals banking in the secretive Swiss system, Channel 4 News pries open the vault doors of the world’s biggest tax havens.
Faisal Islam asks if the Chancellor has played a blinder on the Switzerland tax haven – or if he’s wasted an opportunity.
As smartphones become the new target for hackers, Channel 4 News Technology Correspondent Benjamin Cohen investigates the new techniques being used to spy on phone calls and access personal data.
Another 3 per cent was wiped off London’s leading shares today as more heavy losses for banking stocks pushed the FTSE 100 Index below the 5000 barrier.
Looking at the stock market over the past year, all you see is a money-printing asset price boom lasting 9 months that disappeared when QE stopped. It was a fake recovery. A sugar high.
London’s leading shares index fell 4.5 per cent today, the 9th biggest fall in its history, amid fears the world is sliding into a double dip recession.
The number of unemployed people in the UK has risen by 38,000. The figure has surprised many economists who were expecting a drop in the number of jobseekers.
My view: watch the CDS market very carefully. And also keep an eye on the battle of wills between US hedge funds and EU politicos
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg pays tribute to communities and the police in Nottingham for their quick recovery from the “ugly and unacceptable” violence of the riots.
Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy suggests the ban on short-selling in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy could do more harm than good.
Stocks resume their slide in Wall Street amid renewed concerns over the health of the US economy, abruptly ending an early boost by shares in London.
RBS announces half-year losses of £794m after writing off its exposure to Greek debt and putting aside money to compensate people who were mis-sold payment protection insurance.
After days of market turmoil over fears for the US and eurozone economies, Business Secretary Vince Cable tells Channel 4 News the UK is an oasis in the present financial turmoil.
It feels like August 2008 all over again. Thin markets, sharp movements in stock prices and credit markets. Europe’s leading bank shares slumping by up to 10 per cent. The world’s financial leaders on holiday.