Word: luxembourger
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...team that doesn't look like the trademark of the Altria Group or a symbol on a super hero's cape - and they've got only 32 franchises to worry about. The tricolor flag has been done to death. When you get to the point that Luxembourg and the Netherlands are both a horizontal red, white and blue, with the only difference being that Luxembourg's blue is lighter - a Pantone 299c pigment to be precise - you know you're running out of ideas. The Kosovars, being mostly Albanians whose desire is less for independence as much...
Where will they - and their cash - go? They have plenty of options. Guernsey, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Luxembourg, Monaco and Switzerland all boast no or low taxes for expats, and are all less than a three-hour flight from London. Cast the net wider and there are dozens of countries offering perfectly legal perks and breaks to attract tax exiles. There are more than 45 recognized tax havens, holding up to $7 trillion in assets, and these numbers are growing. According to the Boston Consulting Group, the number of households with assets of $1 million or more swelled...
...European Continent, countries with some of the highest tax rates - like Denmark, Germany and Sweden - sit side by side with those collecting some of the lowest, like Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. That's handy for Europeans who want to work in one country while they live, and save, in another. So execs and entrepreneurs can do business in London while settling in Monaco, the city-state famous for sunshine, glamour and zero tax on income or investment gains. Belgium, where some assets are exempt from capital-gains tax, is peppered with wealthy French escaping a tax rate that...
...Some E.U. leaders have attempted to counter their jet-setting image by plane-pooling. The prime ministers of the Benelux nations - Belgium's Guy Verhofstadt, the Netherlands's Jan Peter Balkenende and Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Juncker - will share rather than each take a private plane. Similarly, Swedish Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt will travel with Denmark's Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and their Finnish and Estonian counterparts Matti Vanhanen and Andrus Ansip will also share planes...
...Humanitarian Response Index 2007 rankings: 1. Sweden 2. Norway 3. Denmark 4. Netherlands 5. European Commission 6. Ireland 7. Canada 8. New Zealand 9. United Kingdom 10. Switzerland 11. Finland 12. Luxembourg 13. Germany 14. Australia 15. Belgium 16. United States 17. Spain 18. Japan 19. France 20. Austria 21. Portugal 22. Italy 23. Greece