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ReutersDirector Costa-Gavras: European cinema could not survive without state protection By Steve Pond LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Filmmaking could not exist in Europe without the support of governments, veteran director Costa-Gavras told an audience at the Los...Tags: Kick-Ass (movie), Authors, Ben Foster, Wildlife, BBC
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Switzerland buries U.S. tax law, banks seen at risk
ReutersBERNE (Reuters) - Swiss lawmakers dealt a death blow on Wednesday to a draft law which aimed to protect the country's banks from criminal charges in the United States for helping wealthy Americans evade tax. The Swiss government has warned that the bill'...Tags: Lower House, Crime, Law and Justice, Banking, Prosecution, Parliament
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Swiss upper house keeps US tax deal alive; set for lower house
ReutersZURICH, June 19 (Reuters) - Swiss upper house lawmakers kept alive a draft law aimed at ending a long-running U.S. tax probe into hidden offshore accounts at Swiss banks on Wednesday, leaving the final say with the lower house, which has previously...Tags: Lower House, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Parliament, Upper House
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Swiss upper house keeps U.S. tax deal alive; set for lower house
ReutersZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss upper house lawmakers kept alive a draft law aimed at ending a long-running U.S. tax probe into hidden offshore accounts at Swiss banks on Wednesday, leaving the final say with the lower house, which has previously rejected it....Tags: Lower House, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Parliament, Upper House
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ABB ends uncertainty by promoting Spiesshofer to CEO
ReutersZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's ABB has named one of its top managers as its new chief executive, calming investor fears of a management vacuum after the surprise resignation of CEO Joe Hogan last month and the company's chief technical officer days...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Power-One Incorporated, Swiss Confederation, Corporate Officers, Companies and Corporations
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EU tax chief urges Swiss to end bank secrecy
ReutersBERNE (Reuters) - The European Union official in charge of tax policy tried to persuade Switzerland on Monday to agree to surrender more information about clients of its big banking industry as part of a drive to combat tax evasion. Commissioner Algirdas...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, European Union, Finance, Bern (Swiss Confederation), G8
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Swiss parliament stalls progress of U.S. tax deal
ReutersZURICH, June 18 (Reuters) - Switzerland's lower house of parliament refused on Tuesday to address a bill aimed at ending a long-running U.S. tax probe into hidden offshore accounts at Swiss banks, stalling a bid to protect the country's banks against...Tags: Lower House, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Swiss Confederation, Justice System
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Travel: Switzerland: Where every scene is a postcard
lvaught@amnews.comEditor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series about Advocate-Messenger Sports Editor Larry Vaught’s spring trip to Switzerland. Flying into Zurich, Switzerland, the landscape did not look that different from Kentucky —...Tags: Travel, Potatoes, Italy, Dining and Drinking, Breads
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Official: Volvo makes the XC60 disappear into art
Autoblog.comFiled under: Europe, Marketing/Advertising, Crossover, Volvo, Design/Style For the last few years, Volvo has set up an art display in the Zurich, Switzerland central train station called the Volvo Art Session, allowing select artists - both established... -
Swiss experts back bank client data exchange with EU: radio
ReutersZURICH (Reuters) - A panel of experts set up to advise the Swiss government on tax will recommend adopting an exchange of bank client data with the European Union, Swiss radio SRF reported on Thursday, citing a confidential report from the group. The 13-...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, European Union, Finance, Bern (Swiss Confederation), Entertainment
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Swiss upper house backs U.S. tax deal to protect banks
ReutersZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland cleared the first hurdle towards ending a long-running U.S. tax probe after one chamber of lawmakers voted to allow banks to sidestep strict secrecy laws to end the threat of criminal charges for helping wealthy Americans...Tags: Lower House, Economy, Business and Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Finance
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Swiss-US tax deal clears first hurdle in upper house
ReutersZURICH, June 12 (Reuters) - Swiss lawmakers agreed on Wednesday to consider a bill that would let the country's banks sidestep strict secrecy laws to end a long-running United States tax probe, rejecting calls for the legislation to be killed. Five...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Swiss Confederation, Parliament, UBS AG
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