Wednesday, November 07, 2018

James Joyce’s Dublin pub puzzle

American broadcaster and film maker, hosts Keiser Report, a financial program broadcast featuring heterodox economics theories

“Bitcoin is the currency of resistance… If Satoshi had released Bitcoin 10 yrs. earlier, 9/11 would never have happened”
~ Max Keiser
Shane Weak, anyone will tell you that a man in possession of such good looks and such a name must be in want of a taxing fortune ...


Dodgy phoenix directors would be named and shamed under a Labor proposal to stamp out illegal phoenix activity — a problem that is costing the economy billions of dollars annually.

Labor, if elected, would grant the Tax Commissioner the powers to name and shame individuals and entities as a penalty for the most serious tax offences.
The name and shame option was recently detailed in the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute paper "Detect and deter or catch and release: Are financial penalties an effective way to penalise deliberate tax evaders?" by Chris Leech



“The “name and shame” concept is elaborated in a Tax and Transfer Policy Institute’s paper, Detect and deter or catch and release: Are financial penalties an effective way to penalise deliberate tax evaders?, by the tax expert Chris Leech.” Name and Shame



Labor to give Tax Office power to name and shame dodgy phoenix ...

Labor wants to name and shame illegal phoenixes



* Chris Leech: Detect and deter or catch and release



Andrew Leigh
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Bill ShortenBill Shorten
@billshortenmp
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Labor will crack down on dodgy directors so they can’t reinvent themselves under different names and rip people off again. It’s hurting our economy and hurting workers - that’s why we will act.
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To boost productivity, protect vulnerable workers & secure the tax base, Labor will take tough new measures to crack down on dodgy phoenix directors who are ripping $5b/year from our economy https://t.co/jYd9xJk7QF #auspol https://t.co/2FsxFrfS1L

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Tom McIlroy
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Labor to give Tax Office power to name and shame dodgy phoenix directors https://t.co/rTBLh1B0pD #auspol #austax
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Creating Shell Companies to hide Assets in Tax Havens 




House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts Report: HMRC’s performance in 2017–18 

'Win at all costs': Cricket and banks caught tampering with ethics




A computer algorithm solved James Joyce’s Dublin pub puzzle Leopold Bloom, the central character in James Joyce’s modernist masterpiece Ulysses, famously said it would be a good puzzle to walk across Dublin without passing a pub. The problem was only solved in 2011 by software developer Rory McCann, using a computer algorithm. There are fewer pubs now than on Bloomsday, June 16th, 1904. On his first attempt, McCann could not find a route that did not pass a hotel. He did, however, rule out restaurants with licences to serve alcohol. McCann’s route runs from Blackhorse Avenue to Baggot Street. It goes through Stoneybatter, past St James’s Gate – the home of Guinness – down Bride Street, across York Street, past St Stephen’s Green, detouring through the Iveagh Gardens, and down Adelaide Road. He modified this route in 2014 to avoid passing any hotels. Fittingly, it now crosses the James Joyce Bridge.



TWEET OF THE DAY: Does this reporter deserve a raise? You tell me:

Cryptocurrency pump-and-dump schemes
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Thirty-three illegal betting sites pull out of Australia


More than 30 illegal offshore betting sites have been forced to pull out of Australia after an escalation of enforcement action.





Experimental AI lie detector will help screen EU travelers engadget. Institutionalizing bad science. 




As far as I can tell, this is Not From the Onion.

Blockchain venture production studio ConsenSys, Inc. has acquired the pioneering space company Planetary Resources, Inc. through an asset-purchase transaction. Planetary Resources’ President & CEO Chris Lewicki and General Counsel Brian Israel have joined ConsenSys in connection with the acquisition.
…Ethereum Co-founder and ConsenSys Founder Joe Lubin said, “I admire Planetary Resources for its world class talent, its record of innovation, and for inspiring people across our planet in support of its bold vision for the future. Bringing deep space capabilities into the ConsenSys ecosystem reflects our belief in the potential for Ethereum to help humanity craft new societal rule systems through automated trust and guaranteed execution. And it reflects our belief in democratizing and decentralizing space endeavors to unite our species and unlock untapped human potential. We look forward to sharing our plans and how to join us on this journey in the months ahead.”

As Eli Dourado quipped, cryptocurrency mining, asteroid mining, pretty much the same thing, right? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯




A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada The New York TimesRead about Nevada in our 2018 Financial Secrecy Index, (full results and ranking here).
It’s time tax-dodging multinational corporations paid their dues The Hindu Business Line
‘Tax revenues are crucial for nations to counter the threat of natural disasters’ – Op-ed by Wayne Swan, Former Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and a member of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT)
How not taxing the rich got Pakistan into another fiscal crisis Al Jazeera
‘The elites don’t want to tax themselves‘


Investigation: Scotland’s firms, Argentina’s ‘bribes’ and Uzbekistan’s dirty cottonThe Herald Scotland
Highlights connections between tax justice, financial secrecy / transparency of beneficial ownership, human rights, labour rights, and environmental justice.

Danske Bank Whistle-Blower Is Freed to Talk to U.S. and EU Bloomberg
But: ‘Danske said its decision to release Wilkinson of his contractual obligations regarding confidentiality doesn’t necessarily mean he can speak freely… a whistle-blower –- as all other employees –- must observe, for example the duty of confidentiality in respect of customer matters”’








The victims of convicted Credit Suisse fraudster Patrice Lescaudron are taking their fight to New York Bloomberg
Russian clients ask judge to order bank to hand over documents





“The Living Planet Report: astonishing 60% decline in size of populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians in just over 40 years documents the state of the planet—including biodiversity, ecosystems, and demand on natural resources—and what it means for humans and wildlife. Published by WWF every two years, the report brings together a variety of research to provide a comprehensive view of the health of the Earth.

 It is okay to say rude things about rich people — POST MALONE IS NOT WORTH DEFENDING — AFTER A NEGATIVE REVIEW OF THE RAPPER’S POSTY FEST WENT VIRAL, POST MALONE AND HIS DAD TEAMED UP TO LAUNCH A HARASSMENT CAMPAIGN AGAINST A JOURNALIST.
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