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28/12/2000 Barbados: Metered Telephone Rates Will Spell Disaster For E-Commerce Says ISP
28/12/2000 Caribbean Development Bank Chief Gets Last Word (This Year) On OECD
28/12/2000 The OECD's Version Of Tax Harmonisation
28/12/2000 Center For Freedom And Prosperity Will Defend Jurisdictions Against OECD In Barbados
22/12/2000 Cyprus About To Agree OECD Measures
22/12/2000 Tory Treasurer In Belize Row
22/12/2000 Ireland: Central Bank's Winter Bulletin Warns On Economy
21/12/2000 Paul O'Neill, Chairman Of Alcoa, Is To Be Treasury Secretary
21/12/2000 Bahamas Business Outlook Conference Set For January 15 2001
21/12/2000 Hong Kong: Companies Registry To Go Online
21/12/2000 Seychelles 2001 Budget Figures Released
21/12/2000 Cayman Islands Governor Says UK Visit Was 'Profile-Raising'
20/12/2000 Seychelles Budget Address Takes Place
20/12/2000 Gibraltar: Finance Centre Changes - What Will The Government Do?
19/12/2000 Isle Of Man Approves Online Gambling Regulation Bill
19/12/2000 Swiss Bankers Ask EU To Act Against Tax Evasion In Asia As Switzerland's Own Activities Are Scrutinized
19/12/2000 Isle Of Man Appoints Independent Consultants To Review Manx Telecom
19/12/2000 Cook Islands Establishes Taskforce With A View To Opening Door To Foreign Workers
18/12/2000 New International Business Companies Act Threatens Bahamas' Revenues
18/12/2000 Cyprus Tax Reforms Put On Hold
18/12/2000 Senior Republicans Line Up Behind $1.3 Trillion Tax Package
18/12/2000 Cayman Islands, St. Kitts & Nevis Discuss Financial Services With FATF And US Treasury
18/12/2000 Immigration Department Launches E-Services In Dubai
18/12/2000 The OECD's Glass House
15/12/2000 George Bush Faces Critical Decisions On Taxes
15/12/2000 British Channel Islands Close Ranks With New Internet Portal
15/12/2000 St Vincent & Grenadines To Review Offshore Sector In 2001
15/12/2000 Hong Kong Strengthens Financial Role With Completion Of Final Phase In US Dollar Clearing System
15/12/2000 The OECD's Perpetual Tax Grab
15/12/2000 Bermuda: Bank's 60/40 Exemption Paves The Way For More Applications
14/12/2000 The Isle of Man And Netherlands Antilles Join The OECD's 'Commitment Club'
14/12/2000 Bank Of Bermuda Virtually Safe From Takeover
14/12/2000 DTI & Telecoms Minister Says Gibraltar Needs Finance Centre To Stay Strong
13/12/2000 The European SuperState Has Crept A Millimetre Forward
13/12/2000 Seychelles National Budget Proposals Show R1m Surplus
12/12/2000 Costa Rica: New Undersea Cable Brings Cheaper, Faster Internet Access
12/12/2000 Indian Internet Firms Flock To Dubai
12/12/2000 Isle of Man: Offshore Internet Bank FSharp Wins Department of Trade & Industry Accolade
11/12/2000 BVI Financial Services Sector Thriving In Spite Of Tax Haven Initiatives But Major Overhaul Still Planned
11/12/2000 Cayman Islands Governor Returns From High-Level Discussions With UK Treasury
11/12/2000 Bermuda Labour Minister Hints At Fast Track Work Permits For 'Good' Corporate Citizens
08/12/2000 Antigua And Barbuda Pleads For Mercy From The UK And The US
08/12/2000 Mauritius And Seychelles To Promote Bi-Lateral Relations In Trade, Investment And Commerce
08/12/2000 Gibraltar Finance Centre Faces Pressure After OECD Talks
08/12/2000 Irish Budget Gives Away £2bn But Increases Taxes And Spending - Only In Ireland!
07/12/2000 Mexican Budget Takes Prudent Line
07/12/2000 Malta's Central Bank Governor Calls For Consistency In Bank Supervision Responsibilities
07/12/2000 Panama Sees Opposition Grow To Tax Reform
07/12/2000 UK Government Praises Cyprus' Anti-Money Laundering Systems
07/12/2000 Malta: ISPs Create New Internet Backbone, Blockade Rival ISP
06/12/2000 Second Captive Insurer Sets Up In Hong Kong
06/12/2000 Bermuda Annual Report Records Benefits Of International Business
06/12/2000 Bermuda's Finance Minister Denies 60/40 Deal
06/12/2000 Jersey Telecoms and Cable & Wireless Open New Communications Link To UK
06/12/2000 UK's European Dependencies Meet In London To Discuss OECD's Harmful Tax Initiative
05/12/2000 Guernsey Sees Big Growth In Investment Funds
05/12/2000 Hong Kong's Electronic Service Delivery Scheme Ready For Launch
05/12/2000 Israel's Tax Commission To Lower Tax On High-Tech Sector
05/12/2000 Gibraltar Gets Euros 8.38m Funding Under EU Programme
04/12/2000 EU Council This Week May Extend Fiscal Powers
04/12/2000 Isle Of Man: Council Of Ministers Proposes OECD Commitments
04/12/2000 European Union Expresses Concern Over Spain-Gibraltar Frontier
01/12/2000 Hong Kong Investment Group Sees Shares Plunge After Scam Allegations
01/12/2000 Maltese Finance Minister Addresses Financial Transactions Seminar
01/12/2000 Bermuda Government Remains Silent On 60/40 Decision
01/12/2000 Cayman Islands Budget Falls Short An Estimated $7.8m
30/11/2000 Canadian Government To Announce Tax Cuts After Election Victory
30/11/2000 Cyprus Offshore Tax Set To Increase
30/11/2000 Jersey Financial Services Commission Publishes Quarterly Report
30/11/2000 WTO Sets Up Panels To Resolve Foreign Sales Corporation Spat
30/11/2000 Cayman Islands' Governor Visits UK For Finance Talks
29/11/2000 Bahamas' PM Sets December Deadline For New Financial Laws
29/11/2000 Belgian Dentist Seen Crossing Andorran Border
29/11/2000 Korea Offers Extensive Tax Incentives For Foreign Investors
29/11/2000 OECD Announces Meeting With Tax Havens In Barbados, Publishes Memorandum Of Understanding
29/11/2000 KMPG Director To Speak On The Future Of Offshore Financial Centres in Bermuda, London
28/11/2000 Bahamas Blacklisting Down To Drug Trafficking And Offshore Funds, Say Politicians
27/11/2000 Barbados: Cable & Wireless Monopoly Will End In 2002
27/11/2000 Eastern Caribbean Securities Commission Due Soon
27/11/2000 Hong Kong Confirms Commitment To E-Commerce
27/11/2000 Labuan Financial Exchange Launched To Aid Development Of Budding Offshore Centre
27/11/2000 Russian Finance Minister Accuses Oil Companies Of Holding Back On Taxes
27/11/2000 Gibraltar: High Net Worth Individuals Get Better Deal Say Non-EU Residents
24/11/2000 British Virgin Islands Introduces New Law To Reduce Banking Secrecy
24/11/2000 Gibraltar Makes A Bid To Become An Investment Fund Centre
24/11/2000 Jersey And Guernsey Join Forces In Talks With OECD
24/11/2000 Malaysian Trade Minister Studies Tax-Free Singapore's Threat To ASEAN Bloc
24/11/2000 Russian Tax Reforms Don't Look So Good To Practitioners
24/11/2000 Lack Of Fiscal Reforms Delays IMF Loan To Ecuador
24/11/2000 Maltese Government Awards Dual Citizenship Passports
23/11/2000 Antigua & Barbuda's Economy In Good Health, Says IMF
23/11/2000 Bahamas' Finance Minister Opts For Co-operation, Not Conflict
23/11/2000 Cayman Islands Names Kurt Tibbetts As New Head Of Government
23/11/2000 IMF Tells The UK Not To Use Unexpected Surplus For Public Spending
23/11/2000 UK Government Modifies Advisory On Antigua & Barbuda
23/11/2000 Opposition Respond To Malta Budget
22/11/2000 Malta Announces Budget Measures
21/11/2000 Jersey, Guernsey To Hold Talks On Closer Co-operation
20/11/2000 Caribbean Leaders Concerned Over EC Duty-Free Proposals
20/11/2000 EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy Announces $4bn Sanctions In EU/US Dispute
20/11/2000 Jersey Budget: UK Ex-Chancellor Supports Mortgage Relief Changes, Chamber Of Commerce Disapproves
20/11/2000 Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority To Hold Annual Lecture Series 2000
20/11/2000 UAE’s GDP Expected To Grow 12.5% This Year
16/11/2000 China To Usurp Hong Kong's Stock Exchange, Says Expert
16/11/2000 IMF Seeks Hong Kong Sales Tax
15/11/2000 Congress Finally Passes Replacement FSC Legislation
15/11/2000 Schroders Investment Management Tops Guernsey Funds Market
15/11/2000 US Reinsurer Opens Operations in Bermuda
14/11/2000 Antigua Comments On Fiscal Reform, Invites IMF To Consult On Tax System
14/11/2000 Bermuda Commercial Bank Profit Jumps By 33 Per Cent
14/11/2000 Gibraltar: Spanish Foreign Minister Acknowledges British Sovereignty
13/11/2000 Hong Kong And New Zealand May Form Economic Ties
13/11/2000 Irish Government Releases Pre-Budget Proposals
10/11/2000 "British Links Are Best" Says Manx Government
10/11/2000 Hong Kong Establishes Panel To Review Securities And Futures Commission
10/11/2000 South Africa To Tackle Tax In Bid To Become Major Offshore Centre
10/11/2000 Cook Islands To Prepare For EU Assistance
10/11/2000 Gibraltar's Telecommunications Problems Put To The House of Commons
09/11/2000 FATF Lifts Warning On Austrian Anonymous Savings Passbooks
09/11/2000 Swiss Financial Sector To Face Renewed Pressure
09/11/2000 UK Pre-Budget Statement II: Double Taxation Mixer Rules Improved
09/11/2000 Cayman Islands Immigration Board Calls for Business Plans Before Granting Work Permits
08/11/2000 Cyprus Enlists Greek Expert To Help Save Ailing Stock Exchange
08/11/2000 EU Enlargement Assessments Favour Malta And Cyprus
08/11/2000 Gibraltar Seeks To Be European Leader In SPV Services
07/11/2000 Cyprus: Emporiki And Glory Create New Bank
07/11/2000 Panama's Finance Minister Optimistic On Economy
06/11/2000 Aruba: Telephone Workers On Slowdown Protest
06/11/2000 Cyprus Authorities Claim Offshore Sector Will Thrive Without Special Tax Regime
06/11/2000 OECD Reports Highest Ever Tax Take By Its Members
06/11/2000 Bermuda: Banks Kept Waiting For Decision on 60/40 Rule
05/11/2000 UK/Caribbean Forum 2000 To Focus on Carribean Concerns
03/11/2000 Report Says Costa Rica Falling Short Of Its Potential
03/11/2000 US Chamber Of Commerce Sets Up In Mauritius
03/11/2000 Robin Cook "Weak" On Gibraltar, Says Opposition
02/11/2000 Congress Cliffhanger Results In Senate Approval Of New FSC Rules
02/11/2000 European Offshore Bank Set To Provide Islamic Banking Services
02/11/2000 Report Claims Antigua Facing Financial Crisis
01/11/2000 Prince Rainier "Saddened" At Money Laundering Slur, Calls For Monaco To Break With France
01/11/2000 Bermuda MP Calls For Independence
01/11/2000 Malta Gears Up For Budget
31/10/2000 British Chamber of Commerce Report Calls For Appointment Of 'Tax Czar'
31/10/2000 Survey Of UK Firms Gives Hong Kong The Thumbs Up
31/10/2000 Swiss Town Forced To Reduce Taxes Because It Is Too Wealthy
31/10/2000 US Reiterates Anti-Money Laundering Strategy
30/10/2000 Guernsey: New Commercial Development A Springboard For E-Commerce
30/10/2000 KPMG Report On Britain's Dependent Territories Is Published
27/10/2000 Cayman Islands Thriving In Spite Of OECD/FATF Crackdown
27/10/2000 Panama Angry At Continued Inclusion On Money Laundering Lis
26/10/2000 Manx Tax Reforms Aid Strong Economic Growth
26/10/2000 PM Sings The Praises Of Antigua Commercial Bank's New Financial Centre
25/10/2000 Republicans Are Agreeing On A Tax-Cutting Package The President Can Sign
24/10/2000 Costa Rica: Hope Fading For Cheaper Internet Access
24/10/2000 Jersey Should Have Proposals For OECD By Year End
23/10/2000 Despite government promises of support, the CSE still feels the pressure
23/10/2000 New Manx Tax Strategy May Be In Place By 2003
23/10/2000 The Price Of Citizenship Is Taxation: Discuss!
23/10/2000 Extensive Bahamian Legislative Programme Will Be In Place This Fall
20/10/2000 Ernst & Young Launches NewsMann With Isle of Man Newspapers
20/10/2000 Major New Insurance Player To Set Up In Gibraltar
19/10/2000 Swiss President Ogi To Step Down
19/10/2000 Tory MP Tells Guernsey To Steer Clear Of European Integration
19/10/2000 UK Tax Break Could Affect Gibraltar Betting
18/10/2000 Antigua: PM Slams Businesses For "Shameful" Tax History
18/10/2000 Bahamas: PM Returns From Europe Bent On Making Country A "Major Player In The Financial Services Sector"
18/10/2000 Channel Islands Alliance Gains Support But Guernsey Balks At Formal Federation
17/10/2000 Costa Rica To Investigate Legality Of Internet Gambling
17/10/2000 Costa Rican Business Environment Keeps Investors Coming In
17/10/2000 Gibraltar Used For Tax Evasion Says Spanish Daily
16/10/2000 Guernsey Telecoms Faces Uncertain Future
16/10/2000 Bermuda Leads The Way On Business Says Premier
13/10/2000 Malta: Chamber Of Commerce To Hold Conference On EU's "Four Freedoms"
12/10/2000 Crown Dependencies Pledge Closer Alliance
12/10/2000 Bermuda's "Clean-Cut" Image A Draw For Offshore Business
11/10/2000 IMF To Assess Bahamas' Financial Services Sector
10/10/2000 Gibraltar Debates Telecommunications Liberalisation While Spain Drags Its Feet Over New Numbers
09/10/2000 Antigua In Talks With US, UK Officials Over Offshore Financial Practices
09/10/2000 Swiss Parliament Rejects Money Laundering Bill
09/10/2000 Shadow Minister Says Bermuda Tax Increases Could Lose The Island Its Competitive Edge
06/10/2000 Jersey Calls For OECD To Clarify Conditions
06/10/2000 European Parliament Votes In Favour Of Malta’s Accession To The EU
05/10/2000 Cyprus Hosts Money Show 2000, October 14-15
05/10/2000 Gibraltarian Comms Satellite Launched From Baikonur
04/10/2000 Isle of Man Gets New Business Park For Expanding Financial Services Sector
04/10/2000 US Attends FATF Madrid Meeting Without Crucial Money-Laundering Legislation
04/10/2000 EU Parliament To Discuss Malta’s Progress Towards EU Membership
03/10/2000 Denmark's Euro Rebuff Could Mean Good News For Jersey Business
03/10/2000 International Security Regulators To Visit Jersey
03/10/2000 Caymans Delegation Heads To UK For Financial Regulation Talks
02/10/2000 US, EU Agree To Delay Next Round Of FSC Contest Until November
29/09/2000 "Grave Concern" Over Ireland's Rising Inflation
29/09/2000 "So Far So Good" Says Bahamas PM On European Talks with OECD, FATF
28/09/2000 Christoph Blocher Takes Helm Of Switzerland's Move To The Right
28/09/2000 Italy's Budget Will Include Bigger-Than-Expected Tax Cut Package
27/09/2000 Mauritian Premier Asks Trade Unions To Support Government Reforms
26/09/2000 KPMG Sells Channel Islands Trust Business
26/09/2000 Senate Delays May Imperil New Foreign Trade Corporation Legislation
26/09/2000 Private Sector Is Key To Economy, Says Gibraltar Chief Minister
25/09/2000 US Treasury's Eizenstat On Anti-Money Laundering Crusade
21/09/2000 Bahamas Pour Cold Water On Regional Stock Exchange As Caribbean Discusses Financial Services
21/09/2000 Gibraltar Is "Painful Anachronism" Says Spanish Foreign Minister
20/09/2000 US, Canada Agree To Change Tax Treaty To Close Loophole
19/09/2000 Costa Rica: Bank Debt Repayment Would Bring Interest Rates Down
18/09/2000 Brunei Sets Out Its Offshore Stall
18/09/2000 Netherlands Antilles: IMF Demands Cause Controversy
18/09/2000 Swiss National Bank Retains Tight Money Stance
18/09/2000 Bank Of Bermuda Profits Boosted By Far East
15/09/2000 Cook Islands To Get One Stop Banking Option
15/09/2000 Malta Gets A Step Closer To EU Membership
14/09/2000 Insinger de Beaufort Continues Guernsey Growth With Channel Buy
14/09/2000 Jersey States May Support Work Permit Rules Changes To Bring Down Inflation
14/09/2000 Offshore Finance Report Postponed
13/09/2000 Citigroup Chief Says Hong Kong Important For Market-Based Chinese Economy
13/09/2000 Clinton, Congressional Leaders Haggle Over Tax Cuts
13/09/2000 Costa Rica: Faced With 2003 WTO Deadline, Free Zone Firms Look At Alternatives
12/09/2000 Isle Of Man: 13.5% Economic Growth Rate Is Highest For 12 Years
12/09/2000 Switzerland Hits Back At Financial Stability Forum
12/09/2000 UK Official Visits Caribbean To Discuss Offshore Sector
11/09/2000 Antigua Business Community Petitions Government Over Taxes
11/09/2000 House Majority Leader Tells Summers To Dump OECD Anti-Offshore Initiative
11/09/2000 Malta Government Keeps Options Open On Budget Tax Hike
08/09/2000 Critics Say Bush's Proposed Tax Cuts Would Spend Entire Budget Surplu
08/09/2000 Jersey Close To OECD Deal As Business Continues To Boom
07/09/2000 Guernsey Banking Sector Secure Despite OECD Criticism
06/09/2000 Antigua And Barbuda Ambassador Discusses OECD Blacklisting in Washington
06/09/2000 Hong Kong's Changing Role As China Grows
06/09/2000 Ireland: GBP3.5bn Surplus As Tax Receipts Run 15% Ahead
06/09/2000 Switzerland Fears Loss of Banking Customers
06/09/2000 Ukranian Tax Chief Accuses First Deputy Premier Of Tax Evasion
05/09/2000 "Clean"Antigua Cannot Associate With Rest Of Caribbean, says PM
05/09/2000 Blair And Brown Bicker As Parties Make Their Tax Pledges
05/09/2000 Cyprus Stock Exchange To Star In New SitCom
04/09/2000 Fabius Announces FFr120bn Tax Cut Package
04/09/2000 Prominent Lawyer Investigated As Enquiry Clears Liechtenstein Over Money Laundering Allegations
03/09/2000 Hong Kong Budget Raises Growth Estimate To 5% - No New Taxes
01/09/2000 New Director At Guernsey Financial Services Commission Says Regulator And Regulated Are On Same Side
31/08/2000 Hague Ditches "Tax Guarantee", Promises Specific Tax Cut Proposals
31/08/2000 Italy's Tax Cut Programme "Necessary" And "Realistic"
30/08/2000 Antigua: Businesses Oppose Government Over Income Tax Changes
30/08/2000 KPMG Offshore Report "Watered Down"
29/08/2000 Dominica Falls Into Line With OECD Requirements
29/08/2000 OECD/EU Accused Of "Fiscal Colonialism"
29/08/2000 Taiwan Grapples With Fiscal Crisis
24/08/2000 Australia's Union Capital Invests In Maldives Offshore Bank
24/08/2000 Former Bahamas Attorney General Says Blacklisting Was Orchestrated
24/08/2000 Panama To Send Money Laundering Delegation To Europe
23/08/2000 Labuan To Launch New Offshore Exchange In October
22/08/2000 Hong Kong: US Dollar Clearing System Goes Live
22/08/2000 Jersey's Bank Deposits Surge In Second Quarter
21/08/2000 Costa Rica's Postal Service Launches B2C Portal
21/08/2000 Thatcher Economic Guru Predicts A Messy End For Irish Bonanza
21/08/2000 Bank Of Bermuda and BSX Still Riding High After Stock Split
21/08/2000 Malta's Public Debt Goes Up But So Does Revenue
18/08/2000 Bank Of Bermuda Continues Record-Breaking Run
17/08/2000 KPMG Report On Bermuda Expected To Be Positive
15/08/2000 Bermuda Stock Exchange Has Record Week
14/08/2000 Kazakh President Nazarbayev Tells Oil Companies To Pay More Tax
13/08/2000 Hong Kong Set To Become E-Commerce Hub Of Asia Pacific
11/08/2000 German Tax Minister Rules Out Futher Tax Cuts
10/08/2000 Liechtenstein And the Demise Of European Banking Secrecy
08/08/2000 Putin Signs Russian Tax Overhaul Into Law
01/08/2000 Hong Kong Monetary Authority Launches "Money In Hong Kong" Exhibition
01/08/2000 What Is Money-Laundering?
31/07/2000 Bahamas Opposition Leaders Launch Attack In PM's Absence
31/07/2000 IMF Board Reviews Issues Surrounding Work on Offshore Financial Centres
28/07/2000 US Passes Revised Foreign Sales Corporation Bill
27/07/2000 French Raise Money Laundering Issue At Okinawa Summit
27/07/2000 US Treasury's Eizenstat Says Globalisation Demands Global Tax Standards
26/07/2000 Bahamas Delegation To US Will Attempt Advisory Damage Limitation
25/07/2000 Bahamas Continues To Attract New Banks
24/07/2000 Bahamas: Opposition Leader Concerned Over Government Response To "Financial Crisis"
21/07/2000 Liechtenstein Ends Anonymous Banking, Introduces "Know Your Customer" System
20/07/2000 Ireland May Turn To Low Tax Savings Schemes To Help Curb Inflation
20/07/2000 UK Tonnage Tax Regime Excludes Lowly-Taxed Offshore Dividends
19/07/2000 Bermuda Sees Strong Growth In Economy
19/07/2000 US Politicians Argue Over $4.5 Trillion 10-Year Surplus
17/07/2000 Polish VAT To Cover A Wider Range of Products And Services
17/07/2000 Russian Prosecutor Accuses Swiss Of 'Intrigue' In Mabetex Case
17/07/2000 Russian Tax Reforms Hit Trouble In The Upper House
17/07/2000 Schroder's Tax Triumph Will Lead To A European M & A Boom
14/07/2000 Banking Licences Revoked In St Vincent And The Grenadines
13/07/2000 Bermuda Business Community Reacts to Government's Deal With the OECD
13/07/2000 Schroder's Tax Reform Package May Fail In Bundesrat
11/07/2000 Brunei To Enter Offshore Sector With Labuan
11/07/2000 G7 Meet In Japan To Discuss Moves On Money Laundering
11/07/2000 US State Dept. Acts Against FATF 15, Attacks Offshore E-Commerce
10/07/2000 Malta's Finance Minister Lambasts The Times For "Last Ditch" Slur
06/07/2000 Costa Rican Business Group Fears Downward Spiral For Prosperity
05/07/2000 Malta To Open Nine More Chapters Of EU Negotiations
04/07/2000 Cyprus Pledges Reform Of Offshore Sector
04/07/2000 Gibraltar Chief Minister: Relations With Spain Are Getting Worse
03/07/2000 Jersey May Go For Independence From The UK
03/07/2000 New Goods And Services Tax Introduced In Australia
29/06/2000 Mauritius Embarks On Cleaning Up The Offshore Sector
28/06/2000 Bolkestein Addresses Enemies Of Globalisation At IMF, World Bank Meeting
28/06/2000 Caribbean Goes Into the Ring Over Blacklists
27/06/2000 Guernsey Smug But Not Complacent After FATF Blacklist Escape
27/06/2000 Oxfam Claims Tax Havens Cost Poor Countries $50bn A Year
27/06/2000 The BVI Beats Bermuda On New Captive Formations In 1999
27/06/2000 The Morality Of Offshore
27/06/2000 Gibraltar Responds To Publication Of The FATF Tax Havens List
23/06/2000 Guernsey Blames French For Near-Inclusion on OECD Tax Haven Hit List
23/06/2000 OECD's FATF Publishes Its Long-Awaited Black-List
23/06/2000 The Chinese Are NOT Taking Over Panama
21/06/2000 EU Cuts Information-Sharing Deal But Puts Off Implementation
21/06/2000 Intel Announces US$2 billion Investment Into Ireland
20/06/2000 Guernsey's Bankers Warned To Ignore External Threats At Their Peril
20/06/2000 Liechtenstein Royal Bank Raided In Money Laundering Probe
19/06/2000 EU Close To A Deal On Withholding Tax
19/06/2000 Ireland Turns To Taxation To Curb Rising House Prices
19/06/2000 Malta Leaves Offshore Banking Organisation
16/06/2000 Austria Agrees To Abolish Anonymous "Passbook" Accounts
16/06/2000 New CIB Local Chairman Announces Debate On Future Of Offshore Centres
15/06/2000 Luxembourg Ready To Dominate EU Pension Fund Market
14/06/2000 New Twist In Panama's Banking Merger
13/06/2000 Estonia Abolishes Corporate Taxation
13/06/2000 Liechtenstein Geared Up For Money Laundering Ramifications
12/06/2000 Michael Portillo Commits Tories To Reverse Brown's International Tax Measures
12/06/2000 Radical US Bill To Counter Money Laundering Approved
12/06/2000 New Bermuda Joint Venture To Offer Offshore Variable Insurance Policies
09/06/2000 Bank of International Settlements AGM Mulls Financial Stability Forum Ratings
09/06/2000 Britain's Competitiveness To Be Damaged By The Finance Act 2000
08/06/2000 Cyprus Reacts to IMF Report on Economic Stability
08/06/2000 Russian Duma Approves Putin's Tax-Cutting Bill
08/06/2000 Malta DryDocks Fires CEO
07/06/2000 CBI Tries To Resolve UK 'Mixer' Tax Imbroglio
06/06/2000 Latvia Reduces Diesel Duty By 25% To Boost Economy
06/06/2000 Sealand Sticks Up Two Fingers At UK Government
05/06/2000 IOM's David Robbie Official Confident on E-Commerce But Still Fears The OECD
02/06/2000 Hong Kong Monetary Authority Pleased By 1st Quarter Banking Figures
01/06/2000 Government Challenges Financial Stability Forum's Gibraltar Rating
30/05/2000 Ireland Growing Out of Euro-Zone?
25/05/2000 US Senate Tables Bipartisan Bill Attacking Corporate Tax Shelters
24/05/2000 Offshore Issues Under Discussion at Bahamas Finance Conference
24/05/2000 Vanuatu Sets Out Its Stall For Offshore E-Commerce
23/05/2000 British Workers Bolster Ireland's Booming Economy
23/05/2000 Panama Banks Merge to Form Biggest Banking Group in Central America
22/05/2000 Bahamian Ambassador To China Hits Back At Caribbean Critics
22/05/2000 Cyprus Offshore Sector Tax Breaks To Go By 2005
19/05/2000 German Tax-Reduction Package Clears First Hurdle
17/05/2000 On Sunday Switzerland Will Vote On A Package Of EU Agreements
15/05/2000 Doubts About Maltese Telecommunications Liberalisation
15/05/2000 Maltacom Continues To Increase Profits
11/05/2000 UK Taxpayers Fleeced For 19% More Tax Under New Labour
09/05/2000 Gibraltar Insurance Sector Confident With Passporting Now Unassailable
08/05/2000 BA Abandons Heathrow Jersey Link
04/05/2000 UK Treasury Delays Application Of Its New 'Mixer' Rules
03/05/2000 Belgian Dentists: 'Reports Of Our Death Have Been Much Exaggerated'
02/05/2000 Isle of Man Issues £75m Eurobond
02/05/2000 Swiss May Vote For Bilateral Treaties With The EU On May 21st
02/05/2000 US Will Offer Proposals To Comply With WTO's Foreign Sales Corporation Ruling
01/05/2000 Possible 2bn Barrel Oil Find In Maltese Waters
28/04/2000 Maltese Public Sector Union Attacks Government Budget Measures
27/04/2000 Panama's President Denies IMF Call For Additional Taxes
26/04/2000 Antigua's High Commissioner Asks UK, US To Lift Warnings
17/04/2000 Antigua & Barbuda, UN, Sign Letter Of Commitment Against Money-Laundering
12/04/2000 Luxembourg Takes Pole Position In EU Savings Tax Battle
10/04/2000 UK Minister Denies UK Agenda Against IOFCs
08/04/2000 Caribbean Community Slams OECD "Self-Preservation", Forms Regional Group
07/04/2000 Congress Attempts to Close U.S. Tax Loophole for Bermuda Insurers
06/04/2000 Hong Kong GDP To Grow 6.8% In 2000
04/04/2000 Korea Tells Companies to Report Finances of Overseas Affiliates
04/04/2000 Leichteinsten To Get Special Money Laundering Police Force
03/04/2000 Luxembourg In The Firing Line Over Banking Secrecy
30/03/2000 US Democrats Leader Supports New Net Tax Moratorium
29/03/2000 Irish Finance Minister Lauds Success of Dublin IFSC
28/03/2000 Labuan To Launch Islamic Funds And Money Market
27/03/2000 Over 50 New BVI Captives Registered in 1999
27/03/2000 Isle of Man Praised by UK Govt for Reponse to Edwards Report
27/03/2000 PM Tells Summit Irish Economic Employment Experience Offers Model For EU
23/03/2000 Gibraltar Trade & Telecoms Minister Prioritises E-Commerce
22/03/2000 Chancellor's Broadside For Offshore Tax Industry
22/03/2000 Tax Freedom Day Is May 30th, The Adam Smith Institute
20/03/2000 British Budget: Brown To Target British Offshore Dependencies
20/03/2000 Cook Islands Disputes Accuracy Of US Narcotics Report
20/03/2000 Isle of Man Voted Best International Finance Centre for 5th Year Running
20/03/2000 Tax Issues Will Play Big Part in Tuesday's UK Budget
20/03/2000 UK Government Welcomes Measures to Tackle Finance Crime in the Crown Dependencies
17/03/2000 France Pledges Crackdown on Money Laundering With New Legislation
16/03/2000 Caricom Asks OECD To Postpone Black-list For Multilateral Talks
16/03/2000 Indian Finance Bill Removes Free Trade Zone Tax Breaks, Damages Venture Capital Sector
14/03/2000 Irish Submission to the Special European Council
14/03/2000 Prodi Impressed By Maltese Progress, But Local Opinion Still Divided
13/03/2000 Caribbean Leaders Hope Chirac Will Rein Back OECD
13/03/2000 Cyprus Government Said Ready To Climb Onshore
13/03/2000 New York Senator Says He Will Fight to "Toughen Up" Clinton Money-Laundering Bill
13/03/2000 Offshore Betting: Can The Feds Stop Antigua?
13/03/2000 Worldwide Fiber Buys Bermuda Telco GlobeNet for US$1 Billion
07/03/2000 Clinton Urges Congress to Stick with WTO
07/03/2000 US Insurers Ask Treasury To Attack Bermudan Competition
06/03/2000 Hong Kong Budget May Give Offshore Funds A Tax Break
03/03/2000 Isle of Man Rated AAA By Moody's And Standard And Poor's
01/03/2000 U.S. Treasury Forces Companies To Disclosure Tax Shelters
28/02/2000 Cyprus Stock Exchange Denies Money Laundering Allegations
28/02/2000 EU Commissioner Warns of Risk of Irish Economy Overheating
25/02/2000 WTO To Rule Against Foreign Sales Corporations
24/02/2000 Caruana Re-elected as Gibraltar Chief Minister
16/02/2000 Isle of Man 2000/2001 Budget Delivers Tax Cuts, Increased Spending
16/02/2000 OECD's Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to investigate 50 territories under money-laundering initiative
14/02/2000 Vanuatu, Nairu Seek US, UK Help To Deter Russian Launderers
07/02/2000 Jersey Makes Top Priority Of Fighting Inflation
07/02/2000 Opposition Says Barbadian Government Ignoring Danger
07/02/2000 Russians Watch 'Flight' transfers To IOFCs
07/02/2000 St Marteen To Vote In Independence Referendum
05/02/2000 Royal Bank Of Canada Buys Ernst & Young Jersey
31/01/2000 Passporting Delays Cost Gibraltar Another US Bank
25/01/2000 Portugal Steps Into Ring For EU Withholding Tax Slugfest
20/01/2000 Work Permit Issuance To Be Centralised
18/01/2000 Bermuda Eases 'Rent-A-Captive' Formation Rules
18/01/2000 Leaked British Report Says Bermuda 'Over-Governed'
18/01/2000 Lowtax Special Feature: Why Internet Users Will be the 'Soccer Moms' of The US 2000 Presidential Race
18/01/2000 PM Urges Barbadians To Spend Less, Save More
17/01/2000 EFN Publishes Year 2000 Country Freedom Rankings
17/01/2000 Financial Stability Forum Planning Attack On IOFCs
10/01/2000 Barbados Opinion Poll Opts For Republic
10/01/2000 Bermuda Government Facing Budget Crisis
10/01/2000 Bermuda Insurance Grew in 1998 Despite Soft Market
10/01/2000 Cayman Predicts Strong Economic Growth in 2000
10/01/2000 Swiss Freeze Accounts Possibly Linked To Yeltsin
05/01/2000 Bermuda Independence Campaign To Push Ahead In 2000
05/01/2000 Cayman Islands Appoint New UK Representative
05/01/2000 Changing Of The Guard In Gibraltar
05/01/2000 Guernsey Funds Sector Turns Back Up After Slow 1998
05/01/2000 Insurance Offshore Captives Sector Powers Ahead
05/01/2000 Seychelles Economic Trends Mixed In 1999

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