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France introduces financial-transactions tax


France has becomes the first country in the European Union to bring in a tax on financial transactions.

The country's president Francois Hollande hopes the 0.2% tax will generate €170m this year for the French Treasury.

It affects anyone buying shares, including credit default swaps, in 109 companies.


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