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UBS Deals Cause Switzerland To Back Down on Bank Secrecy

Marilyn Barrett | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

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Marilyn Barrett

While we Americans are rightfully angry with our banks, the Swiss must be furious with UBS for the havoc it has wrecked on their famous banking industry, which relied on secrecy for much of its success.

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UBS or Just Plain BS?

Russ Baker | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

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Russ Baker

The Justice Department has just floated a trial balloon to see if it can force the Swiss Bank UBS to disclose the names of 52,000 rich Americans suspected of using the bank to evade US taxes.

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Switzerland Enlists Half-Naked Farmers To Fight Back Tax Haven Slurs

Times Online | Roger Boyes | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

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Switzerland, fed up with being portrayed as a tax-dodgers' paradise, is rebranding itself as a land of hunky half-naked peasants with waxed chests and...

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UBS Tax Probe: US Citizen Charged, First One

Associated Press | Tamara Lush | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business

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MIAMI (AP) -- A yacht company accountant became the first U.S. citizen Thursday to be charged in the government's investigation into wealthy citizens ...

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Liechtenstein: Tax Haven Over, Will Adopt Transparency

New York Times | MATTHEW SALTMARSH | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business

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PARIS -- Liechtenstein bowed to international pressure Thursday, saying it would adopt global standards on transparency and information exchange in ta...

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