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Vestager asks EU states for details of tax deals

Bloomberg The European Union’s (EU) antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager says she’s asked European governments for information on tax rulings, pledging to continue a crackdown on potentially unfair corporate tax deals. Governments will have to update their status on how they use tax rulings, following up on a similar sweep in 2014 where the EU gathered information on how many corporate ...

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Coffee prices in London tumble to lowest since 2010

Bloomberg The coffee market is looking increasingly bleak. While robusta futures rose on Tuesday, the gain followed the biggest daily slump in four months that sent prices to the lowest since 2010. The beans, favoured for instant drinks, have been pressured by a glut of coffee and money managers have never been so bearish. As well as a global surplus, ...

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Trump’s confounding Syria moves spur policy confusion

Bloomberg Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that US forces would stand aside if Turkey invades Syria sowed chaos in his administration, drew criticism from his allies in Congress and left Kurdish fighters feeling betrayed. Yet after a day of confusion, it wasn’t clear how much American policy had really changed. It was, in short, another example of how foreign policy gets ...

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