http://news.sky.com/story/967285/france-introduces-financial-transaction-tax
This is sheer genius. How does one deter investment in French companies while shafting individual investors who don't have the resources or know-how to use loopholes? Introduce a levy on financial transactions.
A vast conspiracy of unprincipled City "speculators" could not have come up with something better to punish France and encourage investment outside its borders.
