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Swiss banks fear heavy fines in US tax dealSwiss banks fear heavy fines they expect to pay to settle a long-running dispute with US authorities over helping wealthy Americans evade tax could hit smaller lenders particularly hard, sources s More… |
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Switzerland close to deal in US tax disputeSwitzerland is on the brink of a deal to settle a long-running dispute with US authorities over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars of tax, the finance minister said. "We hope that we wi More… |
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Swiss delay return of Mubarak millionsSwitzerland has said it will delay the return of millions of dollars of assets linked to deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak while it evaluates the institutions requesting the money. Swiss More… |
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Swiss banks sweat it out as US ups pressureSwiss banks hoping to atone for decades of complicity in tax evasion may be left to sweat it out for months as the US and Germany ponder the right level of punishment. Switzerland has long dodged US accusations of hiding money for wealt More… |
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Nervous investors fill Swiss safes with cash, goldInvestors trying to protect their wealth from global economic uncertainty have been stashing bank notes, gold bars and other valuables in Swiss banks, fuelling demand for safe deposit boxes. The euro zone debt crisis and fear that loose po More… |
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Swiss to unveil 'clean money' strategySwitzerland is to announce plans to clean up its reputation as a haven for untaxed money by demanding that banks force clients to declare their money is taxed. Under a 'clean money' strategy, which Finance Minister Eveline Widmer- More… |
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Swiss banks hand over encrypted dataSwitzerland has handed US authorities encrypted data on bank employees who served American clients suspected of dodging taxes, and will only provide the key to decipher them once a tax row is settled, the finance ministry said. Swiss banks More… |
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Swiss deals 'won't end tax evasion'Swiss banks are likely to keep helping tax dodgers hide their money, even after Berne struck deals with Germany and Britain to tax assets stashed in secret accounts, a banker-turned-whistleblower told Reuters. "If you are going against th More… |
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Swiss currency move stuns world marketsThe Swiss National Bank shocked markets on Tuesday by setting a minimum exchange rate for the Swiss franc against the euro, in a move which sent European shares and the price of gold down. The SNB exchange rate cap move disc More… |
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Swiss to make hunt for tax cheats easierSwitzerland will make it easier to help other countries hunt tax evaders, reacting to criticism that its requirements are still too restrictive even after it eased bank secrecy, the finance minister said. Switzerland would provide so-calle More… |
