MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 8th 2012
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Sunday, January 8th 2012 - 05:16 UTC
PM Cameron says shareholders should vote on bosses’ pay; end to “crony capitalism”
Bosses' pay should have to be approved by votes among shareholders as part of efforts to restrain rising inequality Prime Minister David Cameron was quoted as saying in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph.
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Sunday, January 8th 2012 - 05:14 UTC
Spain opens tax evasion “hunting season” and targets 8 billion Euros
Spain’s new Conservative Government announced this week a wide ranging plan against fiscal fraud and tax evasion by which it hopes to recoup over 8 billion Euros for treasury coffers in 2012 alone. And it has also announced it will be engaging countries which have ceased to be tax-havens in order to step up the Government’s efforts against tax evasion in Spain.
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Sunday, January 8th 2012 - 05:12 UTC
Chilean artist illustrator and storyteller of Disney’s Donald Duck dies
Chilean artist and storyteller Victor Arriagada died last week following a long struggle with leukaemia. He leaves behind a legacy of characters, stories and artwork which will continue to thrill readers for decades to come.
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Sunday, January 8th 2012 - 05:10 UTC
Shrinking sea ice cover in north Canada threatening seal population, says report
Shrinking sea ice cover in the North Atlantic over the past three decades due to warming has led to a “dramatic” spike in deaths among seal pups, a new US study says, offering a glimpse into a population issue while numbers are still abundant.
