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21 hrs ago | Sys-Con Media

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. Declares Third Quarter Cash Dividend

Ltd. today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.075 per share.

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Yesterday | Black Voice News

Corruption Fighters Blow the Whistle on Angola's Missing Millions

Hundreds of millions of dollars may have been divvied up between Angola's President, Eduardo dos Santos, and Russian and French arms dealers, in what has been called "one of the most egregious cases of financial crime and corruption encountered" by the investigative group Corruption Watch UK and the Angolan legal rights group Free Hands.

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Yesterday | Morning Star

PM's tax proposals are riddled with holes

Paddy McGuffin in his G8 summit report said that David Cameron had been accused by anti-poverty campaigners of "undermining plans to tackle tax evasion."

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Yesterday | Rediff.com

SECRET offshore companies opened by Indians, Mumbai leads

Of the 498 entities the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists offshore leaks database throws up for the search 'India', 184 are based in Mumbai.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Examiner.com

Paris Hilton, ABC, and BBC on list of offshore tax haven clients

There are two more good reasons to rely on Examiner.com as your trusted source for news from independent industry experts.

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WebCPA

Journalist Group Sets up Database of Offshore Tax Haven Users

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists created a database of users of international tax havens over the weekend, and the group reported Monday that database received 2 million page views in its first 24 hours of operation.

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Forbes.com

Russian Money In Cyprus Is About Corruption, But Perhaps Not About Corrupt Money

There's an interesting paper at Vox EU about the Russian money that used to flood into the Cypriot banking system.

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Charter97

19 Belarusian companies on ICIJ database

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has released the database of holders of offshore accounts in the British Virgin Islands.

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EUobserver

EU tax havens under pressure as leaks go public

On Saturday, British Prime Minister David Cameron - the host of the G8 summit - announced that 10 British protectorates have agreed to create a registry of the owners of foundations, trusts and shell firms in their jurisdictions.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Korea Herald

KDIC faces tax haven controversy

The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. and its subsidiary KRNC are mired in controversy over setting up paper companies in tax havens by former executives and employees of the two state-run financial companies.

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Daily Mail

Embarrassment for Government as it emerges contractor sends 163million to offshore tax haven

Downing Street faces more flak over company tax arrangements after it emerged that a major Government contractor is funnelling profits into an offshore haven.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Indian Express

Govt gets data on investments by Indians in tax havens

The Indian government has obtained data of investments made by hundreds of Indians in tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands, the Cook Islands and Cayman Islands, some of which was part of a global media expose on offshore investments and secret financial transactions two months ago.

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Daily Star

David Cameron declares tax war

BEING the UK's Strongest Man, it is no surprise Eddie Hall has a whole list of impressive stats bigger than his 23in biceps.

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Hot Air

British PM: Hey, why don't we try lowering taxes to attract businesses?

At the G8 summit going down in Northern Ireland over the weekend, British Prime Minister David Cameron will take the opportunity to once again decry the shady role of "tax havens" across the world and talk up his leading-by-example plans to clamp down on the ostensibly nefarious tax-haven activities of Britain's crown dependencies and overseas ... (more)

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Slugger O'Toole

'#G8 development dividend in the balance' - 5 issues to watch

Effective action at the G8 summit could see Africa reap a 'development dividend' that boosts poverty reduction and sets the region on a course for more self-reliant growth, according to the Director of the UK's leading development think tank.

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MindaNews

'ICIJ Leaks Database' now online: BIR chief ready to investigate Pinoys with offshore accounts

THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE says it will investigate leads from the interactive database that reveals names of people from more than 170 countries, including the Philippines, associated with secret offshore tax havens released today by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists based in Washington, DC.

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Jamaica Observer

PHOTOS: CFW Saturday Social

In this week's Saturday Social we share hot scenes from the CFW event held last weekend at the National Indoor Sports Arena in Kingston.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

CBC News

Secret tax-haven names released to public

A glimpse at an enormous trove of leaked records about secret companies and accounts is being opened to the public in hope it will shed light on the murky world of offshore finance.

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Ekklesia Daily News

UK-linked tax havens 'encourage crime, corruption and avoidance', says new report

It highlights for the first time the huge scale of foreign investment routed through the UK's tax havens to poor countries - and the potential for abuse this causes.

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Caribbean News Now!

OECS on course towards implementing integrated labour market information system

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Labour commissioners and permanent secretaries from ministries of labour in the OECS have been applauded for their high percentage turnout and participation at a recently held unprecedented two day meeting in St Lucia from June 6 to 7, 2013.

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