NEW YORK: The push to demand banks start giving more back to the community has made headway in the US, where 7,500 protesters have marched onto Wall Street.
Led by the country’s most powerful union group, the mass of campaigners chanted investment banks must “fix the mess that you made’’ by paying more taxes and lending… More >>
BERLIN: The possibility of a Robin Hood Tax remains alive and well in Germany where major political parties continue to rally for a Financial Transactions Tax.
Germany’s largest opposition party, the Social Democrats, on Friday abstained from voting for or against the US $175 billion rescue package for Greece. Their reason: a Financial Transactions Tax was… More >>
To get everyone thinking merry, Robin Hood would like to give a new iPod Nano to his most avid fan in Australia.
All you need to do is take a picture that relates to the Australian Robin Hood Tax campaign and upload it to our brand new FlickR site.
It could be of you or your… More >>
A Robin Hood Tax or FTT was not among the menu of suggestions recommended by Treasury Secretary Ken Henry in his 971 page Review of the tax system. Why not? Well, partly because the FTT has only been on the political agenda for the last few months, whereas the Henry Review … More >>
The latest Robin Hood video to hit YouTube comes with a US accent and in the form of a dance, yeah.
It’s from Rock Cookie Bottom, aka American singer-songwriter Jonathan Mann, the internet sensation who writes, records and posts online a new song every day.
But don’t be turned off by his productivity rate – this… More >>
North America inches closer to making a dent in the Robin Hood global campaign this week with the official launch of the Canadian Robin Hood website.
The site launched with a fanfare of media publicity, events and a viral video that is already gaining worldwide attention.
The animated film begins “Once upon a time, the world faced… More >>
In the lead up to the June G20 summit, the IMF issued an interim report on financial reform. G20 finance ministers and central bank governors discussed it when they met in Washington April 23.
Preoccupied with Greece’s financial woes, the G20 ministers did not make any decisions on the IMF report’s recommendations. They… More >>
