EU gives member states green light to introduce Financial Transaction Tax

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

EU gives member states green light to introduce Financial Transaction Tax   EUROPE – European Union finance ministers have given 11 member states the green light to implement the controversial Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). The news comes a month after a majority of MEPs gave the same member states the go-ahead …

Deal round-up: Cleantech equity demand strengthens as public markets go quiet

kristyGreen Prosperity

13 June 2011 DEAL NEWS Deal round-up: Cleantech equity demand strengthens as public markets go quiet N-Viro secures state funding commitment Tyco makes $15m equity investment in printed silicon developer Kovio Enel shows dominance in Portuguese wind farm deal Good Energies fund invests $24m in Agile Energy Barron Partners closes …