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Liechtenstein open to bank data exchange talks with EU
ReutersVADUZ (Reuters) - Liechtenstein is reluctantly prepared to discuss exchanging data on bank clients in response to a new European Union push for more transparency from the secretive principality and other tax havens, its prime minister said. "We have...Tags: International Organizations, Economy, Business and Finance, United Kingdom, European Union, Financial and Business Services
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INTERVIEW-Liechtenstein open to bank data exchange talks with EU
Reuters* Secrecy helped create big Liechtenstein banking industry * Financial sector in crisis over global clampdown on tax evasion * Hope EU would accept British-style amnesty deal * Budget cuts raise questions over prized political stability By Emma...Tags: International Organizations, Economy, Business and Finance, United Kingdom, European Union, Financial and Business Services
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Europa avanza para terminar con secreto bancario en Suiza
ReutersPor John O'Donnell BRUSELAS (Reuters) - Los ministros de Finanzas de la Unión Europea dieron luz verde el martes al inicio de las negociaciones con Suiza y Liechtenstein sobre la entrega de datos de cuentas bancarias, en un nuevo paso de Europa en su...Tags: Austria
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Europe pushes Switzerland to end bank secrecy
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers gave the green light on Tuesday to start talks with Switzerland and Liechtenstein about surrendering bank data, as Europe stepped up its fight against tax evasion. The move, described as 'historic' by...Tags: International Organizations, Economy, Business and Finance, Werner Faymann, Luxembourg, European Union
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EU to talk with Switzerland on swapping bank account information
ReutersBRUSSELS, May 14 (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers gave the green light on Tuesday to start talks with Switzerland, Liechtenstein and three other countries on new rules for swapping bank account information, officials said. The talks had...Tags: International Organizations, European Union, Austria, Banking, Swiss Confederation
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Swiss open criminal investigation linked to Spain graft scandal
ReutersGENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss authorities have opened a money laundering investigation into a former treasurer of Spain's ruling party suspected of depositing millions of euros from bribes in Swiss bank accounts, the Geneva prosecutor handling the case said on...Tags: Political Corruption, Mariano Rajoy, Corporate Crime, Swiss Confederation, Organized Crime
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Liechtenstein princely palace opens gates in Vienna
ReutersBy Derek Brooks VIENNA, May 3 (Reuters) - Vienna's Stadtpalais Liechtenstein, the city palace that launched a revival of Rococo in the mid 19th century, will offer public tours for the first time on Friday after an extensive face-lift. The late 17th...Tags: Architecture, Arts and Culture, Vienna (Austria), Politics, Government
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Barbara Piasecka Johnson dies at 76; heiress to Johnson & Johnson fortune
Barbara Piasecka Johnson, a former chambermaid who married into the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical family and walked away with part of its epic fortune after a bitterly contested battle over her husband's will, died Monday in her native Poland. She...
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Al Walser calls his Grammy nomination a win for independents
Dressed in a black leather punk jacket, Al Walser leans conspiratorially across a glass table in a Mid-Wilshire office suite. It's stacked with paperwork, golf clubs and a placard deeming the space an Honorary Consulate of the Principality of...
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'The Amazing Race' recap: Helping hands, hmmm ...
Reality CheckBucky reports on last night's controversial The Amazing Race:We pick up The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business at the Villa Von Trapp in Salzburg, Austria. Recall that Gary & Mallory, in return for not being eliminated last week, will have to......Tags: Trips and Vacations, Goth (genre), Austria, Fondue, Travel
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Traveling abroad? For information, check with the country's tourist office
For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is through their website only. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-...Tags: United Nations, Thailand, Laos, Colombia, Cuba
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Sign up to win the Fox Rocks Lunchbox! K-Mack announces a new winner every Monday and Thursday at 10am drawn from all entries. We visit the winner at work and deliver the coveted FOX ROCKS LUNCH BOX, filled with great prizes every Tuesday and Friday...Tags: East Timor, Cameroon, Thailand, Laos, Colombia
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