By Sarah Emler and Alice Rizzo Reuters Community According to French publisher Le Monde, it’s not about shaking the hierarchy of news. “I think the value Snapchat brings to Le Monde is addressing a radically new audience that didn’t read Le Monde before.” Jean-Guillaume Santi, editor Snapchat Discover, Le Monde Stay true to who you are “At the beginning […]
Is the U.K. already the kind of tax haven it claims it won’t be?
By Hugo Miller From Bloomberg Britain funnels 14% of offshore corporate money: researchers U.K. tops Switzerland, Singapore as conduit to ‘sink’ havens U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond told Le Monde that Britain will not become a Singapore-style low-tax haven after Brexit, even if it doesn’t get the deal it wants with European Union. […]
Fifa: French probe 2018 & 2022 World Cup bids
From BBC French prosecutors are investigating the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups and have questioned former Fifa president Sepp Blatter. France’s National Public Prosecutor’s Office began examining the bid to award the tournaments, to Russia and Qatar respectively, last year. Le Monde reports that prosecutors are looking into allegations of corruption. […]