en-us Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:18:40 -0800 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:22:36 -0800 Reuters UK) - Chancellor Alistair Darling will next week stake his government's future on tax rises for the rich to pay for continued support for the recession-hit economy and to bring down a record budget deficit.With an election due within six months, Wednesday's pre-budget report may well...]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:01:47 -0800 Reuters) - Corporate executives expect a value-added tax to be considered by the U.S. Congress in the next five years, according to a survey by tax and accounting firm KPMG released on Thursday.The poll conducted by KPMG of 600 executives at a cross section of U.S. domestic...]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:01:06 -0800 Reuters) - China will expand schemes that give consumers a discount if they trade in old cars and household appliances for new ones, according to Vice Commerce Minister Jiang Zengwei.The programs will contribute to a fresh drive by the government to boost rural and urban consumption next year to...]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:30:27 -0800 Reuters UK) - Special tax breaks for entrepreneurs who build new plants in Britain could be considered, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson told the Financial Times in its Friday edition.Mandelson also told the newspaper that "if he could put the clock back" he would like to see more large UK-owned...]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:45:28 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:19:14 -0800 Reuters UK) - South Africa's Illovo Sugar Ltd ILVJ posted a 3 percent fall in first-half headline earnings per share on Thursday and said it expected full-year headline EPS to fall due to the impact of its rights offer.Illovo, a unit of Associated British Foods ABF, said headline EPS...]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:45:40 -0800 Reuters) - Don't expect the expanded home buyer tax credit to be a permanent cure for the U.S. housing market. It won't.Take the spike in mortgage demand created by the tax credit this summer. It was followed by a plunge as the incentive was set to...]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:30:48 -0800 Reuters) - U.S. home builder sentiment held steady at a low level in November, according to a survey taken before the government extended a popular tax credit for first-time buyers.The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index was unchanged at 17 for November, below market expectations for...]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:15:36 -0800 Reuters) - U.S. home builder sentiment held steady at a low level in November, according to a survey taken before the government extended a popular tax credit for first-time buyers.The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index was unchanged at 17 for November, below market expectations for...]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:15:14 -0800 Reuters) - Some 14,700 rich Americans worried about a U.S. government crackdown on offshore tax cheats came forward to participate in a tax amnesty program, the top U.S. tax official said on Tuesday.Participation in the Internal Revenue Service's amnesty program was "unprecedented" and the final number was...]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:45:22 -0800 UBS UBS Reuters) - Switzerland will hand over the names of wealthy U.S. clients of UBS UBSN suspected of tax evasion or fraud, to settle a bitter row that cut through bank secrecy and threatened to bring the bank to its knees.The Swiss Justice Department said it will hand...]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:01:00 -0800 UBS UBS Reuters UK) - Turnaround wizard Oswald Gruebel must prove to investors he has not lost his magic by clearly mapping out UBS's road to recovery at a key investor event.UBS is expected to unveil business targets, and investor expectations for the no-nonsense Gruebel...]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:47 -0800 UBS UBS Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Reuters UK) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday banks must be made to act responsibly but that a levy on transactions was only one possible way of achieving this.Brown floated, to a weekend meeting of G20 finance ministers, a series of ways of getting banks to start...]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:47 -0800 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 MORN MORN Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:24:01 -0700