Britain gives impetus to global tax on banks

Courtesy Topix - Business News  Mon, 11/09/2009 - 02:50

World governments should consider urgently a levy on banks to fund future bailouts, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, departing from London's longstanding resistance to a global tax.


 

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