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As European markets fell Wednesday immediately after European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso confirmed plans for a financial transaction tax, the idea was met with scorn in some quarters. more...

"There are lots of arguments against any tax, as we know. On the other hand, even a free marketer like me worries transacting has become so costless, so instant that it has become destabilising," Sean Corrigan, chief investment strategist at Diapason Commodities Management, told CNBC. more...