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Lukewarm reaction to UK tax plan

Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown

Prime Minister Gordon Brown's idea of a financial transactions tax has received a lukewarm response from G20 countries. The money raised would act as a fund for bank bailouts. Full Article at BBC News

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  2. Gordon Brown
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Cast of Characters

  1. United States Department of the Treasury United States Department of the Treasury
  2. Gordon Brown Gordon Brown
  3. G-20
  4. International Monetary Fund International Monetary Fund
  5. Timothy F. Geithner Timothy F. Geithner
  6. Jim Flaherty Jim Flaherty