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Tax Purgatory Money

Tax Purgatory

The fight against 'tax havens' is becoming increasingly intense, but has not yet yielded radical improvements. As Expert notes, the financial sector of developed countries is too interested in…

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Evergreen World Leader Money

Evergreen World Leader

Unlike most states in the world, in recent decades the United States has not pursued a policy aimed at consciously strengthening or weakening the dollar exchange rate. The real value of the American…

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Benefits for the Rich Abolished Money

Benefits for the Rich Abolished

In early February, a referendum was held in the Swiss canton of Zurich, in which more than half of residents voted to abolish tax benefits for wealthy foreigners living in Zurich and its suburbs…

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Mr. Great Euro Money

Mr. Great Euro

On January 1, 2009, the euro celebrated its tenth anniversary - the first milestone in its short but eventful biography. The first decade of the euro's existence showed that EU countries weather…

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Britons oppose introduction of euro Money

Britons oppose introduction of euro

Although the exchange rate of the pound sterling against the single European currency has fallen, residents of the United Kingdom are in no hurry to part with their national currency. Both current…

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Enlargement of the Eurozone Postponed Money

Enlargement of the Eurozone Postponed

The timelines for Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to switch to the single European currency are shifting. It was assumed that this would happen in 2010, but now these plans will have to be…

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House of Cards Money

House of Cards

American consumers have set a new record. According to Itogi, their total credit card debt grew by 8.2% over the year and was estimated by the Federal Reserve System at $951.7 billion – almost $9,000…

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Zimbabwe introduces 100 million dollar banknote Money

Zimbabwe introduces 100 million dollar banknote

The Zimbabwean government will put into circulation a 100 million Zimbabwean dollar banknote from December 4. The authorities were forced to take this step due to high inflation rates, which set a…

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Diaspora Does Not Change Menu Money

Diaspora Does Not Change Menu

Financial crisis in the US has not spared the large diaspora of people from former Soviet republics. The biggest losses, as elsewhere in America, are borne by real estate and construction companies…

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Taste for Life Money

Taste for Life

The United States, which became the source of the global financial crisis, seems to be gradually recovering from its consequences. Last week, it was announced that the collapsed real estate market…

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Germany Demanded Compensation Money

Germany Demanded Compensation

Last year, Germany completed payments of monetary compensation to victims of forced labor during World War II. However, apparently, this chapter in German history is not yet closed. According to…

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Anniversary of the Single European Currency Money

Anniversary of the Single European Currency

Last week, the single currency of the European Union celebrated its anniversary. In early May 1998, the first list of countries that switched to using the common currency as their national currency…

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