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Philanthropy needs simpler support: Perpetual Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... and in policy," Thomas said. The public treatment of private philanthropy is topical, with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne using his budget speech in March to argue tax breaks to wealthy donors were overly generous and unfair. Osborne's ...

HSBC announces first int'l RMB bond

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... sovereign territories. The move dovetailed with an initiative launched by George Osborne, British chancellor of the exchequer, to make London a centre for offshore RMB trade. "Today's event emphasises that we are not prepared to let anyone steal a march ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... the world that the European saga will be over by 23 October. No one said it better back then than UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne when he announced that the weekend (of 22-23 October)"is the moment people are expecting something quite impressive" ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... coming weekend (23 October) at the European Union summit in Brussels. The weekend that, according to UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, "is the moment people are expecting something quite impressive" because the European contingent "will ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... fiscal austerity, the risk to Britain's economy is to the downside. Latest UK budget data show that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is losing its battle against fiscal austerity with government spending clocked doing a 4.6 per cent increase in the year ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010

12 Apostles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009

Damned either way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009

Danger, Will Robinson!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... of is the action taken by the UK Treasury in its annual budget. In unveiling the Kingdom's budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announced that the Treasury would raise taxes on people earning 100,000 per year and increase duties on alcohol ...

She'll be right mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... surged by more than 4 per cent while the FTSE-100 gained 3.4 per cent over the week. This despite Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) Alistair Darling admitting that his country's recession is "worse than we thought" and that he thinks the ...