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Eduardo to step in for injured Robin van Persie

16.11.09
Arsene Wenger looks set to turn to Croatia marksman Eduardo as the new head of Arsenal's frontline after Robin van Persie was ruled out for at least six weeks with an ankle injury... more

High-rollers flocking to quit wealth-tax UK

11.11.09
A fifth of the UK’s high-rolling entrepreneurs are planning to leave Britain when the 50% tax regime comes into play next April, accountancy firm Tenon warned today ... more

Wales not deterred by Gareth Bale fitness doubt

02.10.09
Wales have recalled Gareth Bale into their squad even though the Spurs defender has played just 95 minutes of football this season... more

John Toshack looking for final flourish

10.09.09
Wales manager John Toshack has been left clutching at the fleeting chance that his side could still snatch third spot in their World Cup qualifying Group Four... more

How Madoff got away with it

13.08.09
HOT tip for wannabe frauds? A fine taste for design. Apparently that's the reason the authorities didn’t catch Bernie Madoff sooner than they did ... more

So who’s smiling with Cowdery?

12.08.09
The Friends Provident/Resolution merger is a great deal. For a very small number of people. Resolution founder Clive Cowdery in particular has done well ... ... more

UBS to disclose tax details

12.08.09
UBS will hand over details of thousands of tax dodgers with private Swiss bank accounts to the US tax authorities after a deal struck between Switzerland and America... more

UBS to disclose tax details

12.08.09
UBS will hand over details of thousands of tax dodgers with private Swiss bank accounts to the US tax authorities after a deal struck between Switzerland and America... more

Experts condemn landmark Liechtenstein tax amnesty

11.08.09
Tax experts were caught unawares by a dramatic attack launched by the Government today on millionaire tax cheats hiding cash in Liechtenstein ... more

Tax chief set to end Liechtenstein haven

01.04.09
The UK'S top taxman is in Switzerland to broker a historic deal which could see an end to Britain's biggest companies and wealthiest individuals secretly stashing cash in Liechtenstein... more

Roman Pavlyuchenko in bid to keep Guus in place

31.03.09
Football: Roman Pavlyuchenko believes Russia can take a big step towards ensuring Guus Hiddink stays on as full-time coach if they win convincingly in Liechtenstein... more

Brown on verge of deal to clean up rogue tax havens

31.03.09
Gordon Brown is on the brink of a G20 deal to start cleaning up tax havens... more

Battle of national wills is real test for G20 in financial tornado

30.03.09
The pressure is on the G20 to unite behind a deal to restore confidence to the world economy – but national self-interest and regional alliances will hold the key in the negotiations ... more

Monaco lifts the veil on tax secrecy

16.03.09
Monaco is to follow Switzerland in moving to open up its books in the latest victory in the battle against tax havens... more

Swiss banks to ease secrecy laws amid blitz on tax havens

13.03.09
Switzerland has pledged to relax its much-cherished bank secrecy laws amid a global crackdown on tax havens... more

Brown set to lose another bank aide

12.02.09
Gordon Brown looks set to lose another adviser... more

Liechtenstein pays price over banking secrets

10.02.09
Is it all over for Liechtenstein? Hit by the sale of stolen bank account details to foreign investigative authorities, the tiny tax haven has revealed the fall-put from this major breach in its traditional wall of secrecy... more

Roman’s taking yet another big gamble

10.02.09
Football: Guus Hiddink has been asked by Roman Abramovich to carry out a dual role never undertaken in the history of Premier League... more

German tax-scandal boss is sentenced

27.01.09
Scandal: A court in Germany has sentenced the former boss of Deutsche Post to 24 months’ probation for his involvement in the country’s biggest post-war tax-evasion scandal... more

Bellamy's lesson for Wales striker Vokes

10.10.08
Wales teenager Sam Vokes is excited about the potential of his "pupil and teacher" partnership with Craig Bellamy.... more

ID card scheme faces new stumbling block over fingerprinting

25.09.08
Jacqui Smith has admitted that it will be impossible to include fingerprints of some people on the Government's ID cards... more

Lord Mayor, you mustn’t go to Moscow

03.09.08
Will killjoy politicians ruin The Lord Mayor of London, David Lewis's, beano to Moscow ... more

Interpol puts a price on head of Liechtenstein tax whistleblower

18.08.08
Heinrich Kleber, the former LGT Bank employee in Liechtenstein who stole a data disc that triggered a tax hunt in Germany and the UK, is now wanted by Interpol... more

Scout leader in ravine plunge died 'at his absolute happiest'

14.08.08
A 21-year-old Scout leader was at his "absolute happiest" when he set off on a walk in Liechtenstein which ended in him falling 1,000 feet to his death down a ravine... more

Victims of tax trap sue bank

22.07.08
Just as Britain's tax dodgers are facing possible criminal prosecutions over the estimated £1 billion they have salted away in Liechtenstein, Germans who have already been fined are now suing the bank where they hoarded their undeclared assets... more

US legal move to find 'tax-dodge' clients at UBS

01.07.08
The secretive world of Swiss private banking has been shaken to its core as US federal investigators launched a legal action to force UBS to turn over the names of rich Americans allegedly using it to avoid taxes... more

UBS faces probe into 'tax dodges'

15.05.08
US prosecutors are to demand names of wealthy UBS clients suspected of using the Swiss banking giant to help avoid income tax, reports in the US say... more

£1m backer of Islington academy is revealed

14.03.08
The secret donor pumping £1 million into the school where Tony Blair refused to send his children is revealed today as a Liechtenstein-based charity... more

Brown should make life hell for the tax havens

25.02.08
Am I the only person in Britain who pays tax? That's certainly what it's felt like these past few weeks. I've lost track of how many people I've come across who are non-doms - yet seem to have lived all their lives here and have the most English of accents... more

Billionaire's wife gives young artists a chance

18.09.07
A collector is to put her accumulation of British and international art on display this week.... more

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