Swiss government

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  Stolid Switzerland’s Different Path

  By Alexei Bayer  |  April 29, 2013

  Both the U.S. and Switzerland are pulling out of the post-2008 global economic slump on the wave of speculative bubbles. But while Washington is stoking its bubble, hoping for faster growth, the Swiss are working to prevent theirs from getting out of hand.

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  Switzerland and FATCA: Broader Effects

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 14, 2013

  While it would change some of Switzerland's business practices, the country’s acceptance of international standards would be to its advantage

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  Swiss Commodities Business May Be Revamped

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 9, 2012

  Such changes could threaten Switzerland's reputation as a global commodities trading hub.

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  Swiss Banks Giving Up Employees to IRS, DOJ

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 16, 2012

  Thousands of employees of Swiss banks are finding that their employers are hanging them out to dry in exchange for hoped-for leniency in connection with American accounts involved in a tax evasion investigation.

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  Swiss Bank Wegelin Indicted for Tax Fraud by U.S.

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 3, 2012

  Wegelin, Switzerland's oldest private bank, is charged with fraud and conspiracy; it has no branches outside Switzerland, and funds were seized from its correspondent bank, UBS in Stamford, Conn.

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  At FPA San Diego, Currency Manager Merk Says No ‘Safe’ Assets Left

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  September 17, 2011

  Currency fund manager Axel Merk says investors need to throw out the risk-free component of their portfolio, as there is no such thing as a “safe” asset anymore.

• UBS-U.S. Settling Tax Case

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 1, 2009

  While UBS is likely to stay focused on such clients and its private-banking operations, its broader brokerage operations could be further spun-off in the near few years.

• Michael Cuggino of the Permanent Portfolio

  By Staff Writer  |  November 9, 2004

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