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Ex-UBS Banker Gets Five Years In Prison For Aiding U.S. Tax Evasion

Posted 11.18.2011

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A former senior UBS banker who helped the U.S. government expand its crackdown on offshore tax evasion was sentenced to five years probation Frida...

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UBS Posts First Annual Profit Since 2006

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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GENEVA — Swiss bank UBS AG on Tuesday posted its first annual profit since the global financial crisis erupted, despite softer-than-expected fou...

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The Tombs from the Air

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011

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In The Tombs, the grandfathers and brothers could burst into laughter, a shouted story always flamboyantly unfolding. Here my transcendence and human contact is my letter to you.

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UBS Employee Reportedly Leaked Info On GM IPO

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT — A person briefed on the matter says Swiss bank UBS is no longer working on General Motors' initial stock offering because a bank emplo...

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Citigroup Will Pay New Hire $30 Million

Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: A Citigroup spokesman told the Huffington Post that it it did not make a multi-year guarantee to Trauber and that it did not confirm that Trau...

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'We Will Not Rest:' UBS Launches Ad Makeover After Tax Evasion Scandal

nytimes.com | Julia Werdigier | Posted 05.25.2011

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UBS, the Swiss bank, is relying on the former astronaut Neil Armstrong, star architect Zaha Hadid and fast cars to help it win back customers. In a n...

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UBS Insider Blows The Whistle On Swiss Banking

GlobalPost | Michael Bronner | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's the inner sanctum of Swiss banking -- the heavily-guarded nexus between numbered Swiss bank accounts and their owner's good names -- and it's the...

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There Are Mountains and There Are Mountains

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Who is financing Mountaintop Removal now that Chase got out of the business? Our answer came from Rainforest Action Network. Two banks.

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Offshore Bank Accounts Revealed To IRS By 14,700 Taxpayers

AP | Curt Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI (AP)-- More than 14,700 U.S. taxpayers came forward to disclose billions in offshore bank accounts in 70 countries under a voluntary Internal Re...

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UBS To Reveal Cients' Names To US

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Banking giant UBS has agreed to pay $780 million and turn over once-secret Swiss banking records to settle allegations it conspired...

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Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...

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Wealthy Americans Under Scrutiny in UBS Case

New York Times | LYNNLEY BROWNING | Posted 05.25.2011

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One afternoon in April, six dozen wealthy Americans were entertained at a luncheon party in Midtown Manhattan, along with a special guest from Paris: ...

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Swiss Bank Tells Some Employees: Avoid Trips To US

Financial Times | Haig Simonian | Posted 05.25.2011

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UBS has told members of its former private banking team responsible for rich US clients not to travel to America. The Swiss bank has also made lawyer...

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