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Swiss have no choice but to bow to U.S. ultimatum - Ackermann
ReutersBy Katharina Bart GENEVA, June 3 (Reuters) - Switzerland has no choice but to bow to a U.S. ultimatum and sidestep its banking secrecy laws to end an investigation into how Swiss banks helped wealthy Americans evade taxes, ex-Deutsche Bank AG head...Tags: Swiss Confederation, UBS AG, HSBC Holdings plc, Germany, National Government
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UBP snaps up Lloyds international private banking arm
ReutersZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) - Union Bancaire Privee (UBP) is buying Lloyds Banking Group Plc's international private banking arm, as the bailed-out British lender focuses on its domestic market and the Swiss wealth manager builds on a recent acquisition...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Swiss Confederation, Financial Markets, National Government, Finance
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Swiss take cue from EU members in corporate tax row
Reuters* Tax breaks on foreign profits helped Swiss lure companies * EU wants Switzerland to abolish incentives * Looking to models used in other EU countries By Caroline Copley and Alice Baghdjian BERNE, May 29 (Reuters) - Switzerland is considering...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Swiss Confederation, Finance, Novartis AG, Google Inc.
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Switzerland proposes deal for banks to resolve U.S. tax dispute
Switzerland has proposed a bill that it says paves the way for the country's banks, including Credit Suisse Group and Julius Baer Group, to resolve a tax-evasion dispute with the U.S. The bill authorizes Swiss banks to cooperate with U.S. authorities and...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Prosecution, Swiss Confederation, Politics, HSBC Holdings plc
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Switzerland frees banks to resolve U.S. tax probes
ReutersZURICH, May 29 (Reuters) - The Swiss government agreed on Wednesday to create a legal basis that will allow its banks to settle investigations by U.S. authorities into their role in helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars in tax. After a...Tags: Swiss Confederation, UBS AG, HSBC Holdings plc, U.S. Department of Justice, Zurich (Swiss Confederation)
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Swiss seek to facilitate restitution of dictator loot
ReutersZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland proposed on Wednesday a new law to make it easier to freeze assets stolen and salted away by foreign leaders and return them to their countries of origin. The draft law would allow Switzerland to freeze the assets of so-...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bashar Assad, Swiss Confederation, Egypt, Tunisia
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Did God create the God particle?
Contributing WriterThe smokehad barely settled from the conclave of cardinals’ announcement that Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio had been elected as Pope Francis, when the scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland, made their own...Tags: Easter, Higgs Boson Search, Science and Technology, Large Hadron Collider Experiments, Swiss Confederation
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Ai Weiwei at work on a heavy-metal rock album and movie project
Ai Weiwei isn't able to leave Beijing because of his ongoing legal battles with the Chinese government, but the world comes to him. The artist is keeping busy with projects that include a planned heavy-metal album and a new movie. Ai's debut album...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Human Rights, Music, China, Festive Events
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible: First Photos
KickingTiresUpdate: We've added three more photos to the gallery below. The redesigned Chevy Corvette was one of the big stars of the Detroit Auto Show in January. Now the automaker is staking its claim to wooing folks in Switzerland and......Tags: Auto Shows, Manufacturing and Engineering, General Motors Corp., North American International Auto Show, Swiss Confederation
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Bentley reveals all-new Flying Spur sedan ahead of Geneva debut
Though the Geneva Motor Show is still weeks away, Bentley got a head start on the world debuts expected in Switzerland by unveiling its all-new Flying Spur sedan Tuesday. Whereas the previous Flying Spur was based largely on the Continental GT coupe,...Tags: George Lucas, Ferrari, Bentley, Luxury Vehicles, Passenger Cars
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Bentley teases all-new Flying Spur ahead of Geneva debut
We knew it was coming. Now we know when. Bentley will use the Feb. 20 Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland to unveil its all-new Flying Spur sedan, the company announced Monday. Until then, we have a short teaser video to whet our appetite. Based largely on...
Tags: Ferrari, Bentley, Luxury Vehicles, Lexus, Passenger Cars
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Big deal, little fanfare over global pact on mercury controls
It’s a highly toxic element that travels the world in mysterious ways, respects neither manmade nor natural boundaries and rapidly accumulates in people and the food they eat. Mercury’s risks for human and environmental health have slowly...
Tags: Asia, Science and Technology, United Nations, Environmental Issues, Harvard University
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