Tobin tax could cost British firms £18bn a year, says report - London Loves Business


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Tobin tax could cost British firms £18bn a year, says report
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London's financial sector would contribute approximately 64 per cent of total revenues from the proposed levy, which is also known as a 'Tobin tax', if it was applied to all trades in euros regardless of where they take place, Ernst & Young's ITEM Club ...
UK bank lending to shrink in 2012, says Item Club BBC News
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Q&A: Michael Spencer on Europe, Tobin taxes, OTC reform and futures monopolies - Risk.net


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Q&A: Michael Spencer on Europe, Tobin taxes, OTC reform and futures monopolies
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The opposite could happen if the European Union (EU) decides to implement a financial transaction tax (FTT) – trading in London would shift to the US, with Icap reluctantly moving as well – but Spencer says he has it on good authority that the UK would ...

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France plans Tobin tax on financial transactions - The Guardian


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France plans Tobin tax on financial transactions
The Guardian
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has announced plans to impose a tax on financial transactions. Sarkozy said a new 0.1% tax would come into force in August regardless of whether or not the European Union agrees to impose a 'Tobin tax' across the ...
Sarkozy set to introduce Tobin Tax New Statesman
France will tax all financial transactions RT
France pitches 'Robin Hood' tax CBC.ca
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The Tobin Tax: Stealing from Not Just the Rich - American Thinker

The Tobin Tax: Stealing from Not Just the Rich
American Thinker
And no leftist protest is complete without a full-throated demand for implementation of the Tobin tax. The Tobin tax, otherwise known as the Robin Hood tax, is a small tax to be levied on financial transactions. Support for the tax often goes hand in ...

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Sarkozy commits France to Tobin Tax - GlobalPost (blog)


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Sarkozy commits France to Tobin Tax
GlobalPost (blog)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy before a television interview last night in which he confirmed France would go it alone and impose a Tobin Tax on financial transactions. (LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images) Say what you like about French President ...
London could benefit from French Tobin tax, claims Cameron London Loves Business
Sarkozy agrees Tobin tax and labour reform CITY A.M.
FRANCE'S SARKOZY SIGNALS AUGUST TOBIN TAX ADOPTION Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
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UK says Tobin tax won't make markets safer - Reuters


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UK says Tobin tax won't make markets safer
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UK financial services minister Mark Hoban said the UK would still veto any European Union-wide tax on financial transactions, dubbed a Tobin tax, as it would hit London hardest as the bloc's top trading centre. "At a time when the European Union needs ...
Tobin, or not Tobin, that is the question Finextra

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What is the Tobin Tax? - America Magazine (subscription) (blog)

What is the Tobin Tax?
America Magazine (subscription) (blog)
The proposal aimed toad a tax of 0.1% to stocks and derivatives, such as, futures or credit default swaps increase the tax to 0.01% For Cameron, this tax, known as the Tobin Tax, is ether applied in a global level or its effects could even be negative ...

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