The European Parliament has today adopted the Commission’s proposal for a financial transaction tax, and widened its scope. The Parliament’s press release is here and the text adopted is here (shows changes made by the Parliament to the Commission’s proposal). The Parliament’s vote is advisory at this stage and the Council can ignore or adopt the Parliament’s amendments. The timetable for the FTT remains:
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23 May 2012
European Parliament votes in favour of financial transaction tax
23 May 2012
Round-up of the various Facebook IPO shambles
Facebook’s IPO is turning into a legal and PR disaster. Here is a round-up of what’s gone wrong so far:
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