Luxembourg will join a Europe-wide effort to share records on bank accounts held by foreigners. By ANDREW HIGGINS The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune An excellent excursion into the meanders of tax havens. Unless, as of yesterday, Luxembourg tries a Houdini out of its commitment to embrace automatic information. But that only beats…

I know some about orchids, Belgium, France, Luxembourg and DEXIA. All combined give us a Belgian story today about Pierre Mariani, former DEXIA boss, who was denied (with much publicity) a seven figure Golden Parachute, in 2012. What was not well known was that, as the Golden Parachute failed to…

The genie is out of the bottle. Salvaging Cyprus, is an estimated €17 billion, a pittance compared to the champions of European bankruptcy. Yet something really scary happened: the government can take all your money ! We knew it could take most of it, but in this case it is…

Qatar owned Al Jazeera bought ramshackle "Current TV" owned among others by former Vice President Al Gore for $500 million. Which is a valuation of $150 million more than another Qatari company, Qatar Airways made for Cargolux. Luc Frieden should get in touch with Al Gore and learn some ropes…

Fiscal Cliff: Incredible reality is that it took the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Second in Command Vice President Joe Biden to shoulder all by themselves the burden to avoid a crisis, for now. The two adults in the room! Though that's only for the Senate and the…

Still confused about the direction of tax havens? domain-b.com : Italy's tax amnesty brings back record €80 billion from tax havens

Seemingly solid tax avoidance strategies are the next targets in the War on Tax Havens. At the moment when "tax rulings" are under scrutiny, Australian tax authorities have issues with the strategies played around the ownership of the Myer department stores chain. In a complicated square dance, where financial engineering…

A well known and popular program of Miami University, OH, in Luxembourg. I very often meet people here who have been alumni of the Luxembourg program. Miami boasts high study abroad numbers

Potentially good news for Luxembourg, its Stock Exchange and its Fund Industry: It would not be for the first time other peoples' stupidity would help us. Remember how the Eurodollar was born? Remember also that the winner in international relations (it's always competition over good intentions) is the one who…