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Luxembourg to relax bank secrecy
2013-04-10 12:16:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Luxembourg, under growing pressure from both Europe and the United States to tackle tax evasion, is to relax the secrecy surrounding its banks from 2015.
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Why Apple's secrecy is frustrating Mac Pro customers
2013-03-11 18:05:01| CNET News.com
Apple's habit of keeping things close to the vest threatens the allure of one of its oldest, and still important, products. [Read more]
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In China, public anger over secrecy on environment
2013-03-10 05:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: When China's environment ministry told attorney Dong Zhengwei he couldn't have access to two-year old data about soil pollution because it was a "state secret", it added to mounting public outrage over the worsening environment. Microbloggers, state media and even delegates to this week's session of the National People's Congress, the largely rubber-stamp parliament, were already critical of the government for poor air and water quality. Now they are also expressing disquiet over the scarcity...
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Chinese pollution study 'blocked on grounds of state secrecy'
2013-02-26 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: China's leading environmental watchdog has refused to disclose the results of a major national soil pollution study on grounds of state secrecy, according to a lawyer who requested the report's disclosure. The news comes amid growing public concern about the impact of years of turbo-charged growth on the environment and people's health, thanks in large part to the winter's terrible air pollution in Beijing and other areas of the country. Public awareness of the widespread problems is soaring....
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AUDIO: Secrecy over UK's 1m banknotes
2013-01-25 16:49:38| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Carefully guarded in the Bank of England's vaults are a small number of mysterious banknotes that will probably never see the light of day, but what are they for?