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US, UBS Seek Court Delay; May Settle Tax Fight

Posted by: Blog yOur Mind on: July 13, 2009

Reuters – Monday, July 13
* Parties seek delay of trial due to start Monday morning
* Tell judge they want to continue talks
* Case seen as biggest challenge yet to Swiss bank secrecy
* Thousands of suspected US tax dodgers may be identified
By Tom Brown
MIAMI, July 12 – The U.S. government and UBS AG asked a federal [...]

UBS introduces worldwide ban in wealth management

Posted by: Blog yOur Mind on: April 6, 2009

Reuters – Monday, April 6
ZURICH – Switzerland’s UBS <UBS.N><UBSN.VX>, the world’s largest wealth management company in terms of assets, has issued a worldwide travel ban for wealth management client advisors, a spokeswoman said.

Switzerland breaks with “tradition on tax evasion”

Posted by: Blog yOur Mind on: March 14, 2009

By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER and ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS, Associated Press Writers – 21 mins ago
GENEVA – Switzerland’s days as a safe haven for the world’s tax evaders are numbered.
Under pressure from the United States and other troubled economies, the Swiss government announced Friday that it will cooperate in international tax investigations, breaking with a long-standing [...]

UBS say 47,000 Americans had accounts avoiding TAXES

Posted by: Blog yOur Mind on: March 5, 2009

AP – 2 hrs 25 mins ago
WASHINGTON – UBS AG now says it had about 47,000 accounts held by Americans who didn’t pay U.S. taxes on their assets, but Switzerland’s biggest bank isn’t providing the names of any more of them to the U.S. government.
A Justice Department official said if UBS is found in contempt [...]

Swiss Minister hints at “Concessions” on Banking Secrecy

Posted by: Blog yOur Mind on: March 1, 2009

AFP – Sunday, March 1
GENEVA (AFP) – – Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz said Saturday that Switzerland might have to make some concessions on banking secrecy to avoid being placed on an international backlist.
Merz launched a staunch defence of banking secrecy in a speech to the centre-right Radical Party (FDP).

UBS could face US trial over client names: report

Posted by: Blog yOur Mind on: February 24, 2009

Reuters – 2 hours 58 minutes ago
ZURICH – UBS AG <UBSN.VX> <UBS.N> may face a mini-trial in a U.S. court in July as it fights efforts to force it to disclose the names of 52,000 U.S. clients suspected of offshore tax evasion, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
UBS, the world’s largest banker to the [...]

US, UBS in high stakes battle over banking secrecy

Posted by: Blog yOur Mind on: February 20, 2009

By P. Parameswaran - 17 mins ago
Photo credit: UBS logo in Swiss Parliment by AFP
WASHINGTON, (AFP) – Swiss bank UBS and US authorities were locked in a high-stakes legal tussle over banking secrecy despite a pact meant to settle a gigantic tax fraud case shaking the Swiss banking industry.
The showdown came a day after UBS admitted [...]

US steps up pressure on UBS in bank secrets case

Posted by: Blog yOur Mind on: February 20, 2009

By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer  – Thu Feb 19, 3:22 pm ET
AP Photo –  Peter Klaunzer
WASHINGTON – A government lawsuit Thursday seeks the identities of tens of thousands of possible U.S. tax cheats who hid billions of dollars in assets at the Swiss-based bank UBS AG. A defiant Swiss president pledged to maintain his [...]

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Swiss bank UBS loses $7.57 billions in Q4

Posted by: Blog yOur Mind on: February 11, 2009

By ERNST E. ABEGG, Associated Press Writer – 22 mins ago
ZURICH – Swiss bank UBS AG said Tuesday it made a bigger than expected loss of 8.1 billion Swiss francs ($7.57 billion) in the fourth quarter and would cut some 2,700 jobs to refocus on its home market.
The loss was bigger than analyst estimates, which [...]


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