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Can publicity curb corporate tax avoidance?
Shaming techniques could be a good vehicle for promoting tax reform, at least on the company side of the ledger
– Bruce Bartlett
Economic nationalism will only fuel failure
Currency wars just lead to an international redistribution of economic pain but little growth
– Stephen King
China’s banks are too big to manage
A radical action would be to break up the big four into three regional banks
– Yukon Huang
John Authers Feb 1, 2013

Markets dazzled by Goldilocks on Ice

On the basis of rates staying low, the global rally goes on

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Britain in knots over infrastructure

Big projects need clear plans and honesty about who pays, writes Dieter Helm

Lucy Kellaway from COLUMNISTS 7:19pm

Brought round to the benefits of boarding

Not much emotional development goes on at home when both parents work and the Xbox rules

Illustration depicting a virtual university ©Shonagh Rae Gillian Tett from LIFE & ARTS Feb 1, 2013

Welcome to the virtual university

Today’s students can download ebooks, Skype with a tutor and watch lectures on an iPad in their dorm

Christopher Caldwell from COLUMNISTS Feb 1, 2013

The bill for cheap lawnmowing is overdue

A US demographic that will vote on the basis of ideology is taking shape

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A poor excuse to rob from the rich

A financial transaction tax would at best be irrelevant to financial stability, says Tim Harford

Ed Koch speaking on the first day of the Republican National Convention in New York in August 2004 ©AP OBITUARIES Feb 1, 2013

Ed Koch, brash champion of New York

The mayor who restored the city’s chutzpah

Inside London from MARKETS 7:53pm

Time for calm as Treasuries age nears end

After a bull run like this, self-control is the best investment

On Wall Street from MARKETS Feb 1, 2013

House price rebound cruising for a fall

Beware US real estate flippers that could cause recovery to flop

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French soldiers salute Malian people after the prayer next to the Djingareyber mosque, on January 31, 2013 in Timbuktu. The fabled desert city of Timbuktu, an ancient centre of Islamic learning, has been recaptured on January 28 by French-led forces in their offensive against Islamist rebels who have been occupying Mali's north since last April. The extremists last year smashed up mausoleums of ancient saints and the entrance to the 15th-century Sidi Yahya mosque, claiming the sites were blasphemous. Reports had emerged in recent days that rebels fleeing the advancing soldiers had torched a building housing thousands of priceless manuscripts, but an expert said on January 30 that most had been smuggled to safety as the Islamists overran the city last year. ©AFP Bienvenue à Timbuktu: Many are celebrating the flight of Islamist fighters but fears persist

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A man, holding a Thai baht bank note, prays before attaching his offering to a "merit tree" at the Bank of Thailand in Bangkok in 1998 ©Reuters Emerging markets have done much to combat ‘original sin’ but threats to stability still linger

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