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...In April, its chief executive Herman Gref estimated the bank’s potential contribution to the windfall tax at Rbs10bn, which accounts for more than 3 per cent of the total tax take....
...One clue comes from a wonderful study conducted by Felienne Hermans, a computer scientist. A few years ago, Hermans realised that there was a bountiful source of spreadsheets she could study....
...Last year, the lender’s costs were trimmed by just 1.7 per cent, as rising bank levies and higher personnel costs offset a drop in operating expenses. ....
...Donald Trump has said he plans to nominate Herman Cain, pizza magnate and former Republican presidential nomination contender, for a Federal Reserve board position....
...Portraits by Talia Herman...
...“Right now, on average, it’s a buyers’ market,” said Darren Levy, head of capital introductions group for the Americas at Morgan Stanley....
...As economy minister, Herman Gref led efforts to bring Russia into the World Trade Organisation....
...Herman Hauser, founding father of Britain’s semiconductor industry who has produced a report on the network, has called for a doubling to £1bn of Innovate UK’s budget for the programme by 2020....
...But the two governments have yet to bridge divisions on how the so-called “Robin Hood” levy would be applied in the 11 EU states that have signed up to implement the tax....
...Mr Anastasiades first met with José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, Herman Van Rompuy, the European Council chief, and Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister who heads the eurogroup...
...In a letter sent to Herman Van Rompuy, the EU Council president, three UK business lobby groups warn the measure is “growth tax” that will hurt competitiveness....
...That view was shared by Herman Van Rompuy, EU president, who said on a visit to London in February that in even opening the debate so far in advance, the UK had restricted which countries would work with...
...Shinzo Abe, Japanese prime minister, José Manuel Barroso, European Commission president, and Herman Van Rompuy, European Council president, gave the go-ahead for talks in a telephone meeting on Monday....
...While the deal spares Cyprus of the sweeping levy on all deposits that caused outrage earlier in the week, it could end up being far more painful for large depositors, including Russian account holders,...
...Five seven five / Is unsustainable, so / Haircut to seven: Joseph pitted his haiku skills against the towering talent of one Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council....
...Herman Huaman, leader of the local activist organisation the Espinar Defence Front, said the mine had polluted rivers and killed animals....
...Herman Cain, one of the leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in the US, has denied allegations that he sexually harassed at least two female employees while he was head of a restaurant...
...Among the three who are in with a real chance, Herman Cain has struck out most boldly....
...A flat tax exempts levies on capital gains, which offers incentives to save and invest but acts like a regressive tax on consumption....
...But the levy on each account was only 0.6 per cent and, even with a property tax, was not enough to stop the lira from leaving the European Monetary System. Markets reacted positively on Friday....
...Making such controls binding is central to Germany’s push to reopen the EU’s treaties, an effort viewed with trepidation by Mr Barroso and Herman Van Rompuy, the European Council president, who has been...
...According to officials, it would amount to a 0.0025 per cent levy on all assets held by eurozone banks and would raise €10bn per year for five years....
...The tax plan, which would have raised €10bn a year for five years through a 0.0025 per cent levy on all assets held by eurozone banks, was strongly resisted by Berlin, which saw the plan as taking too long...
...It still took seven hours to get a deal, with Mr Trichet called in from Frankfurt, and Herman Van Rompuy, the European Council president, on the end of a phone....
...Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, the powerful body comprising the heads of all member governments, is heading his own task force examining economic governance....
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