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February 21, 2011

Barclays Bank Targeted in Tax Protest 
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In news from Britain, activists from the group U.K. Uncut held
demonstrations outside more than two dozen branches of Barclays bank
over its failure to pay its fair share of taxes. In 2009, the bank made
$18.2 billion in profits, but paid just 1 percent of that in taxes. This
comes at a time when the British government is slashing public services
due to lack of funds.



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