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Corbyn asks Cameron to halt tax evasion in UK territories

Bloomberg U.K. opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn called on PM David Cameron to crack down on tax evasion and avoidance in British overseas territories following the release of documents detailing offshore accounts held by some of the world’s wealthiest people. Reports on Sunday based on 11.5 million leaked documents from a Panama law firm, Mossack Fonseca, suggested politicians and business figures ...

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Lira’s volatility sinks as demand for Turkish assets rises luring traders

Bloomberg For option traders, the lira is headed for a period of calm. Contracts that measure expected swings in the currency over the next month retreated the most in emerging-market in 2016 to the lowest level since December 2014, a sign of growing confidence in Turkey’s economy. The drop is a boost for carry traders, who buy higher yielding assets ...

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British farmer fears losing Brussels lifeline as Brexit looms

Thetford / AFP Toby Bulgin’s face wrinkles worriedly as he surveys his farm and contemplates the looming vote on Britain’s EU membership that could leave his livelihood hanging in the balance. The sunbathed fields, bleating lambs and birdsong on his farm in Norfolk, eastern England, seem a long way from the European Union’s corridors of power in Brussels. But Bulgin ...

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