US demands tax tolerance of foreign financial groups

Recent financial data from the OECD countries showed that the implemented austerity measures and higher corporate taxes has actually harmed countries, decreasing the amount of fresh foreign investments, reported Financial Times.   

By Guraaf: Introduction I am a US-resident dividend-yield and dividend-growth investor. Most of my current holdings are U.S. companies but over the last couple of years, I have diversified into foreign equities. I do not restrict myself to only U.S. companies and feel that in the future the high-level of U.S. debt may come to haunt the U.S. financial system.

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Prepare for Greece to exit the Eurozone. Germany has made a request that in my opinion practically guarantees that outcome. The Financial Times has a pair of articles on the matter but the conclusion above is mine. German Government Calls for Greece to Cede Sovereignty to Eurozone "Budget Commissioner" Please consider Call for EU to Control Greek Budget

The UK had been expected to have a voter referendum on proposed EU treaty changes. The EU of course does not want voter referendums or anything that look remotely democratic as we have seen by actions in Greece and Italy. Deal or No Deal?

That was the title of a conference in Beijing (October 21st), organized by the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and the German