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March 15, 2018
‘You can’t just point at things and tax them,’ said the singer Myleene Klass to Ed Miliband in a TV debate about the ‘mansion tax’ in 2014.
February 12, 2018
Keeping your funds in cash is generally viewed as much safer than holding them in stocks.
January 17, 2018
The EU’s second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) came into force earlier this month.
January 16, 2018
The decision by the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to remove so-called “net neutrality” laws in January produced a flurry of outrage.
December 12, 2017
On 24 November in many places around the world shops and their customers celebrated “Black Friday”, with promotional sales and special offers.
November 29, 2017
For a number of years now, the use of the glyphosate molecule as a herbicide has been controversial to the point that the member states of the EU could not reach an agreement about it until recently.
November 11, 2017
Since the adoption of the 1990 Directive 90/220/EEC the EU has “de facto” imposed a moratorium on cultivating GM crops.
November 1, 2017
The turmoil in Catalonia appears finally to be subsiding thanks to the central government’s intervention this weekend to restore constitutional order.
October 26, 2017
Throughout history, people have lived in extreme poverty.
