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May 23, 2013
by Mark Brooks
ECB Official: New Bank Authority "Indispensable"
Benoit Coeure said in the text of a speech Thursday in Copenhagen that such an agency could end "the bailout culture" and spare taxpayers by forcing losses on troubled banks' creditors and shareholders instead of using public funds to rescue them.
May 22, 2013
by Mark Brooks
IMF Calls on Britain to Do More for Growth
Infrastructure projects -- such as building social housing -- could create jobs and stimulate economic activity. But that alone is not enough, given that the economic downturn has been one of the most prolonged since the Great Depression.
May 22, 2013
by Mark Brooks
EU Leaders Discuss Fight Against Tax Evasion
European officials say tax fraud costs the 27-nation bloc an estimated 1 trillion euros ($1.3 trillion) a year at a time when much of the bloc is in recession and governments are forced to tighten their budgets despite record unemployment.
May 21, 2013
by Mark Brooks
Former IRS Chief: Can't Say How Targeting Happened
Douglas Shulman, who vacated his position last November when his five-year term expired, told the Senate Finance Committee he didn't learn all the facts until he read last week's report by a Treasury inspector general confirming the targeting strategy.
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