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BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) member states should not levy capital duties on subsidiaries, when a parent company boosts the capital of a sub-subsidiary, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. It said that although such financial transfers might boost the share value of a subsidiary, this is merely "an automatic and incidental economic repercussion", not a "second separate contribution which could…be subject to tax".…

BY DEIRDRE MASON
IRELAND’S Celtic Tiger economy may have lost a little of its bounce recently, with double-digit annual growth figures no longer predicted. However, the beast is still in fine fettle, as a recent Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) observer report notes: “The economy has bounced back.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general Francis Jacobs has advised that where consumers buy excised goods, including tobacco and alcohol, in a foreign European Union (EU) country, and arrange for them to be transported to their home EU state, only the excise duty originally paid is due.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE MULTILATERAL Investment Guarantee Agency, or MIGA, is the international organisation companies turn to when they want to invest in a jurisdiction where their assets might not be that safe. Mining companies have long used MIGA to cover risks that are too tasty for the private insurance industry, and the agency has issued 58 guarantees for the sector since it was formed in 1988.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

DUTCH scientists have shown that bird flu vaccines could effectively halt the disease’s spread, as well as providing protection to individual vaccinated poultry. Tests carried out by the Central Institute for Animal Disease Control in Leystad, and Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands showed that two weeks after vaccination, two vaccines could "completely block the spread of the disease".…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

IRELAND’S Celtic Tiger economy may have lost a little of its bounce recently, with double-digit annual growth figures no longer predicted. However, the beast is still in fine fettle, as a recent Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) observer report notes: “The economy has bounced back.…

BY MONICA DOBIE and KEITH NUTHALL, in Sint Maarten and Anguilla

DOLPHINARIUMS are an increasingly sought after once in a lifetime experience but these marine amusement parks remain controversial. Is it about big business exploiting these highly intelligent creatures for fat profits or do they provide people with an intimate experience that allows them to better understand them?…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
LITTER collection and refuse disposal can pose environmental health hazards, so surely cities and towns would be cleaner if waste was sucked underground by a futuristic sucking mechanism. Sounds like the 22nd century, but actually, Swedish firm Envac Centralsug is already offering such a service.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CHEESEBURGERS can help fight off dangerous bacteria and stomach complaints, say Dutch scientists. A study published in the USA’s Journal of Experimental Medicine, shows that eating high fat foods can help ward off infection and soothe gut inflammations.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
EATING a hearty meal consisting of cheeseburgers and fries and other high fat foods, notorious for blocking arteries and raising cholesterol levels, can actually help fend off dangerous bacteria and stomach complaints, according to Dutch scientists.

A study published in the USA’s Journal of Experimental Medicine, shows that eating high fat foods may help ward off infection and soothe gut inflammations.…