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19/12/1999 Australia To Review Internet Gambling
19/12/1999 Bermuda Opens New E-commerce Centre
19/12/1999 British Tote Looks to Move Internet Betting Offshore Despite Treasury Objections
19/12/1999 Canary Islands Special Economic Zone Set to Open in 2000
19/12/1999 Caribbean Bankers Upset by OECD 'Blacklist'
19/12/1999 DIRT Report Recommends Banks Pay Up
19/12/1999 HedgeWorld.com Raises Over $11 Million
19/12/1999 Jersey Stakes Its Claim at British-Irish Council Meeting
19/12/1999 UK Casino Company to Set Up Offshore Gambling Site
18/12/1999 Dutch Government Bails Out Antilles
12/12/1999 ACEC Releases Agenda, Issues & Policy Options
12/12/1999 Bank of Bermuda Invests $6.5m in First Ecom.com
12/12/1999 Bermuda Monetary Authority to Get Expanded Role
12/12/1999 Bermuda Premier Looks to Forge New Partnerships
12/12/1999 EU Pends Withholding Tax Plan as UK Stands Firm
12/12/1999 European Union Approves New E-commerce Directive
12/12/1999 Guernsey Budget Will Not Include Sales Tax
12/12/1999 Malta Budget Commits to Investment Incentives and E-Commerce
12/12/1999 OECD Adopts E-Commerce Consumer Protection Guidelines
12/12/1999 Positive Guernsey Progress Report on Edwards Review
12/12/1999 UK Government Announces Gambling Law Review
12/12/1999 US Retail Group Pushes for Internet Taxes
12/12/1999 White House Backs Internet Access Tax Ban, Calls for Simple E-Commerce Sales Tax
05/12/1999 CSE Closes Again! To Get First Offshore Listing
05/12/1999 Cyprus Government Introduces Mutual Funds
05/12/1999 EU Announces New Electronic Signature Directive
05/12/1999 Gore Backs Internet Self-Regulation
05/12/1999 Guernsey Trust Firm Refuses Irish Ansbacher Help
05/12/1999 IOM Government Welcomes OECD Dialogue
05/12/1999 Irish Budget Closes Offshore Tax Loophole
05/12/1999 Luxembourg Prime Minister Says It's Britain's Fault
05/12/1999 Michigan 'Remote Sales Tax' Plan Will be Unenforceable
05/12/1999 New Tax Treaty and Tribunal for Cyprus
05/12/1999 Privacy Concerns Over Leavitt Internet Sales Tax Plan
05/12/1999 South Africa May Break Ranks On E-commerce Taxes
05/12/1999 UK Veto Threat Dooms EU Withholding Tax; Draws Angry Response
05/12/1999 WTO Ministers Extend Internet Tax Ban For 2 Years
01/12/1999 USA Hands Back Panama Bases
28/11/1999 Bailiff Tells UK To Stand By Jersey Against OECD
28/11/1999 Bermuda Economy Gets AA1 Rating from Moody's
28/11/1999 Guernsey Waits Confidently for OECD Blacklist
28/11/1999 Malta's Budget seeks To Stabilise Finances
28/11/1999 Microsoft Urges Duty-Free Cyberspace On WTO
28/11/1999 UK Steadfast On Floundering Withholding Tax Proposal
28/11/1999 US Bankers Fear Congress Money-Laundering Laws
28/11/1999 US Hi-Tech Industry Dislikes Encryption Proposals
22/11/1999 Bermuda Stock Market Benchmarks Compare Well
22/11/1999 Edwards Report Author Predicts Future For OIFCs
22/11/1999 Internet Privacy Showdown Expected In Congress
22/11/1999 Irish Employers Say Directive Will Hurt Foreign Investment
22/11/1999 Jersey Denies Independence Rumours in UK Press
22/11/1999 Jersey Responds to Edwards Report
22/11/1999 Ladbrokes to Offer Internet Gaming from Gibraltar
22/11/1999 Leavitt Tables E-commerce Tax Plan
22/11/1999 RTE Uncovers Liechtenstein Tax Evasion Scheme
22/11/1999 U.S. Senate Passes Electronic Signatures Bill
22/11/1999 UK Bookie Coral Buys Gibraltar-Based Eurobet
22/11/1999 UK Finally Introduces E-Commerce Bill
15/11/1999 Britain Still Holding The Line Against EU Withholding Tax
15/11/1999 Caribbean Reports Ukrainian Money Laundering
15/11/1999 Clash Likely Over Isle of Man Political Reform
15/11/1999 ECB Muscles in on E-Commerce Debate
15/11/1999 Isle of Man Tops OFFEX Awards
15/11/1999 Lamont Tells Jersey: Keep Independence Threat In Reserve
15/11/1999 Luxembourg PM 'Astonished' at EU Tax Break List
15/11/1999 Major Calms Channel Islands EU Tax Fears
15/11/1999 Tax Free 'ResidenSea' To Set Sail in 2001
15/11/1999 UK Betting Industry Disappointed, Wants Cut in Betting Duty
15/11/1999 UK Government to Clamp Down on Offshore Betting
15/11/1999 US Anti-Tax Coalition Proposes Ban on E-Taxes
11/11/1999 Vega-Atlantic Acquires Panama Gold Concession
08/11/1999 Antilles Government Re-Forms but Financial Crisis Still Looms
08/11/1999 Bank of Bermuda Denies Link to Internet Gambling
08/11/1999 Bermuda Telecoms Company Gears Up For Internet Telephony
08/11/1999 Deloittes Announces Hotline, Fiduciary Survey
08/11/1999 Dominican Internet 'Stock Exchange' Casino Controversy
08/11/1999 Electronic Signature Standards Battle Looms in US
08/11/1999 Fsharp Appoints New Managing Director
08/11/1999 Guernsey FSC Publishes Guidance Notes on Money Laundering Prevention
08/11/1999 New Zealand Supports OECD E-commerce Tax Plan
08/11/1999 UK Bahamas Delegation Fights Back at Critics
31/10/1999 Cyprus Stock Exchange Has An Exciting Week
31/10/1999 Global Merchant Gateway Beckons Offshore E-Commerce
31/10/1999 Luxembourg's 10% EU Withholding Tax Proposals Unwelcome
31/10/1999 OECD Readies Sanctions Against Errant OIFCs
31/10/1999 UK Treasury Fights Back On Fleeing Betting Tax Revenue
31/10/1999 US Appeals WTO Ruling On Overseas Sales Corporations
31/10/1999 US House of Representatives to WTO: No Net Taxes!
30/10/1999 Maltese PM Puts Positive Gloss On Economic Results
25/10/1999 Andorra To Have Pavilion At Expo 2000
24/10/1999 Antilles Politics in Chaos as Governments Collapse
24/10/1999 Bermuda To Launch New Hedge Fund Exchange
24/10/1999 Brierley Investments Move to Bermuda Sparks NZ Fuss
24/10/1999 Britain and Colonies Discuss Tax Future
24/10/1999 EU to Step Up Fight Against Money Laundering
24/10/1999 Guernsey Directors Defiant On EU, Talk Independence
24/10/1999 IOM Chief Angry At UK Reports of Threats to Tax Status
24/10/1999 IOM Seeks Irish Advice on E-commerce Security
24/10/1999 Segregated Cell Captives To Boost Bermuda Insurance
22/10/1999 Cable & Wireless Drops ISP and E-Mail Charges
21/10/1999 OECD Proposes New Web Server Tax Rules
20/10/1999 UK Opens Door to Slash Bermuda MPs
19/10/1999 RBS In Jersey To Announce New B2B E-Banking Service
16/10/1999 Bermuda To Ride E-Commerce Wave To The Fullest
16/10/1999 Compromise Resolution to Gibraltar Passporting Is Hollow Victory
16/10/1999 Guernsey Urged To Address Future Relationship with EU and UK
16/10/1999 PwC Calls For Lower UK Tax Rate For E-Business Profits
15/10/1999 US Netymology Opens Cypria.com Portal
14/10/1999 UK gives Gibraltar Deadline for EU Directives
12/10/1999 Caribbean Hideaways Promote Financial Safe Havens But Arouse Suspicions
09/10/1999 Bermudian To Head New Risk Management Allianz Subsidiary
09/10/1999 Cracks Showing in EU Withholding Tax Proposal
09/10/1999 Guernsey Ambivalent About UK's Designer Tax Attack
09/10/1999 UK Treasury Runs Into Flak Over 'Designer' Clamp-down
07/10/1999 OECD Conference in Ottawa On E-commerce
05/10/1999 Global Bets Could be Worth Millions for IOM
05/10/1999 Isle of Man E-commerce Alliance Formed
05/10/1999 Senior UK Tory MP Warns Island of ‘Euro Jealousy’
04/10/1999 Ansbacher Names Begin To Appear In Press Reports
02/10/1999 Financial Stability Forum to Investigate IOFCs
02/10/1999 William Hill To Employ 150 In Irish Betting Operation
01/10/1999 Aeroflot Refuses Co-operation With Swiss Probe
01/10/1999 Five New Companies For International Trade Zone
01/10/1999 John Moscow, Jersey's Nemesis, Praises Cooperativeness
01/10/1999 Russian Offshore Banks Set For Disposal?
01/10/1999 Sark Ready To Leap Into 21st Century
01/10/1999 UK Government Rumoured To Consider Betting Intervention
30/09/1999 UK Tory Leader Hague Says Cut Betting Tax
29/09/1999 Bermuda Tries To Attract New Hotel Investors
27/09/1999 EOCnet Offers Virtual Bermuda Companies
25/09/1999 Jersey States Prefer Grey Power to Immigrants
25/09/1999 Top Jersey Civil Servant Attacks OECD Campaign
25/09/1999 UK To Review Bermuda and Caribbean IOFCs
21/09/1999 German Firm To Build $75m Ship Facility In Freeport
19/09/1999 Bank of Butterfield Tries to Protect Against Hostile Takeover
19/09/1999 BNY Russian Offshore Scandal Rumbles On
19/09/1999 Paris Forum Plans Standards for Offshore Centres
19/09/1999 Royal Bank of Canada Decamps to Guernsey
19/09/1999 US E-Commerce Tax Panel Still Unanimously Split
18/09/1999 Enba Raises $45m for First-E Dublin On-Line Bank
18/09/1999 IOM-Based On-Line Retailer Plans $50m Float
11/09/1999 UK Continues Lone EU Withholding Tax Defence
10/09/1999 Curacao Organizations Promote E-Commerce
10/09/1999 Guernsey President Mulls 5-Year Housing Problem
09/09/1999 Estate Agent Warns of IOM Housing Shortage
08/09/1999 Jersey Telecoms Announces £77m Investment Programme
05/09/1999 BVI Residents Fear British Pressure on Offshore
04/09/1999 Guernsey Plans Free Internet Access
04/09/1999 US National Tax Association E-Commerce Tax Report
03/09/1999 Cyprus Stock Exchange Crisis Still Mounting
03/09/1999 New York DA's Office Attacks Bank Secrecy Laws
03/09/1999 Outrage at Cyprus Stock Exchange Closure
01/09/1999 New Panama President Mireya Moscoso Takes Office
30/08/1999 UK Betting Industry Alive and Well in Gibraltar
30/08/1999 US Treasury Acts Against Money Laundering
27/08/1999 Barbados Minister Launches Lobby Against OECD Black-List
27/08/1999 Manx Encryption Specialists Invisimail Ink AMD Deal
27/08/1999 New PM Arthur Presents First Budget of New Term
20/08/1999 Jersey Mulls Residential Contracts for Migrant Workers
20/08/1999 New Act Allows Bank of Bermuda to List Abroad
20/08/1999 UPS Case Not Affecting Captives
18/08/1999 OECD Warns Swiss About Tax Evasion
16/08/1999 PSINet Buys Panamanian ISP Sinfonet
13/08/1999 Tax Collection Responsibility Shifts to Commissioner
11/08/1999 Senate Passes Three Tax Evasion Bills
06/08/1999 Guernsey Software Company Invests £3m
30/07/1999 IOM Bids for Global E-Commerce Role
30/07/1999 New Minister for UK Dependent Territories?
14/07/1999 EU Commission Plans Legal Threat to E-Commerce
29/06/1999 New LLC Rules Allow Corporate Lloyds Vehicles
26/06/1999 Another UK Bookmaker Flees to Jersey
23/06/1999 UK Government Confirms Guernsey Fiscal Independence
23/06/1999 UK Government Confirms IOM Fiscal Independence
16/06/1999 New Manx Association of Corporate Service Providers
16/05/1999 Global Crossing to Move to US after US West Deal
15/05/1999 UK Bookies Threatened by Offshore Betting
07/05/1999 British Inland Revenue Can See Confidential Correspondence
05/05/1999 United Nations Launches 'Offshore Initiative' Against Laundering
01/05/1999 Compliance Conference Reflects Rapid Pace of Regulatory Change
01/05/1999 Hungary Relaxes Offshore Company Legislation
01/05/1999 Loophole Closed in UK CFC Anti-Avoidance Rules
01/05/1999 Luxembourg-United States Tax Treaty Ratified
01/05/1999 New Maltese Tax Treaties with Denmark and Croatia
27/04/1999 Offshore Status Threatened by EU Accession?
19/04/1999 Governor James Gilmore III Interview on Internet Taxation
06/04/1999 US Warns Banks And Investors On Antigua
01/04/1999 Guernsey Funds Now Marketed in South Africa
23/03/1999 FDIC 'Know-Your-Customer' Rules To Be Dropped?
23/03/1999 Massachusetts Court Ruling
17/03/1999 British Government Sets Out Reforms For Its Offshore Islands
01/03/1999 Canadian Federal Budget
16/02/1999 The Mounties Raid Turks and Caicos Islands
10/02/1999 Cayman/Brazil Banking Agreement Signed
01/02/1999 US Commerce Dept. E-Commerce Press Release
31/01/1999 First Ecom.com Inc. Lists On Bermuda Stock Exchange
29/01/1999 8% Rise in Cayman Captives in 1998
26/01/1999 UK Minister Praises Cayman Islands
01/01/1999 Caymans Finally Remove Fiscal Exemption Clause

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