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May 11, 2018
On May 2 the European Commission released a Communication that outlined the Union’s overall budgetary plan for the 2021 – 2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), which included the proposal of a 5% funding cut to the Common Agricultural Policy.
April 11, 2018
One year after the triggering of Article 50 an acceptable deal on financial services between the UK and the EU now looks likely.
March 15, 2018
‘You can’t just point at things and tax them,’ said the singer Myleene Klass to Ed Miliband in a TV debate about the ‘mansion tax’ in 2014. But of course you can. Governments can tax virtually anything.
February 12, 2018
Keeping your funds in cash is generally viewed as much safer than holding them in stocks. This is because, on any given day, the value of the US and UK capital stock – as measured by the NYSE and FTSE indices – can easily fluctuate by one or two percentage points either way.
January 17, 2018
The EU’s second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) came into force earlier this month. According to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), its 1.7 million paragraphs will make financial markets more efficient, resilient and transparent.
January 16, 2018
The decision by the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to remove so-called “net neutrality” laws in January produced a flurry of outrage.
December 12, 2017
On 24 November in many places around the world shops and their customers celebrated “Black Friday”, with promotional sales and special offers.
November 29, 2017
For a number of years now, the use of the glyphosate molecule as a herbicide has been controversial to the point that the member states of the EU could not reach an agreement about it until recently.
November 11, 2017
Since the adoption of the 1990 Directive 90/220/EEC the EU has “de facto” imposed a moratorium on cultivating GM crops.
