GlOBAl_COMPETITIVENESS_REPORT – The World Economic Forum calculated competitiveness of 133 countries for 2009-2010.The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by attracting attention to regional agendas. Switzerland is at the top of overall ranking. The United States falls one place to second position. Singapore, Sweden and [...]
AUSTRIAN FAR-RIGHTS. The Austrian Parliament Tuesday made it easier to prosecute foreign tax evaders, by passing a law intended to get the country in line with international banking transparency standards. With this law, Austria took a first step to be removed from so-called grey list of tax havens drawn up by the Organization for Economic [...]