February 1, 2010 - Swiss Banks Find Achilles Heel Is Workers Selling Stolen Data
“What’s new recently is the price paid by states for lists, which makes it more attractive” for employees to steal data, Anne-Marie de Weck, managing partner at
February 1, 2010 - UBS falls after Swiss comments on U.S. tax row
Shares in UBS AG fell to a 6-1/2 month low on Monday after the justice minister underscored the risk to the Swiss economy should the bank's settlement of a U.S.
February 1, 2010 - Is a Swiss Deal a Deal?
The Swiss government does seem to have room to maneuver. It has suggested that it could submit the August agreement to Parliament for approval, which would appa
February 1, 2010 - Swiss Justice Minister warns UBS over tax row
Mr Merz warned, however, that the Swiss Government would not assist its neighbour with any investigation, should Germany buy the information.
January 31, 2010 - Germany divided over buying secret Swiss bank data
... whistleblower is asking for 2.5 million euros for the confidential data, which tax investigators believe could rake in 100 million euros for German state co
January 30, 2010 - German fraudster names for sale to taxman: report
A secret informant has offered to sell the German taxman the names of 1,500 Germans who have funds hidden in Switzerland, a newspaper reported Saturday...
January 30, 2010 - ANALYSIS-Banks not out of woods after Swiss tax ruling
Caught in the crosshairs are other foreign banks the U.S. says it is informally examining for possibly helping U.S. tax cheats...
January 28, 2010 - Swiss want to rework UBS agreement
Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said the government intended to “pursue negotiations with the United States’’ to find a solution...
January 28, 2010 - Swiss halt deal with U.S. that IDs Americans with secret UBS bank accounts
The Swiss government said Wednesday that it has suspended the disclosure of information to the United States under the agreement and may seek to renegotiate the
January 28, 2010 - Swiss Ruling Won’t Help Account Holders
...a new Swiss court ruling in the UBS AG (UBS) tax evasion case is not likely to help those who hid money from the Internal Revenue Service...
January 25, 2010 - DOJ/IRS: "We're Just Getting Started in Offshore Crackdown"
It's become increasingly apparent to me that there is a systematic effort by tax authorities in every high-tax country to systematically shut down the offshore
January 27, 2010 - UBS chairman unhappy with court ruling on tax
“There can be no solution without an agreement between states,” he said. He further pointed out that those at the bank who had been responsible for the crisis h
January 27, 2010 - Fla. watchmaker charged with hiding UBS account
Barouh is founder of Miami-based Michele Watches, a luxury brand purchased for $50 million in 2004 by Fossil Inc...
January 27, 2010 - UBS says Swiss govt must save U.S. tax deal
Switzerland's cabinet meets on Wednesday to discuss how to prevent a possible collapse of the tax deal with the United States...
January 26, 2010 - PREVIEW-Swiss government to discuss UBS tax deal
Analysts and lawyers are unsure about which of a number of options the Swiss government will choose to try to tie up the legal loose ends left by the ruling....