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UBS client wins appeal against U.S. data handover
ZURICH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A client of Swiss bank UBS (UBS.N)(UBSN.VX) won an appeal to prevent her account data from being given to the United States as part of a U.S. probe into possible tax evasion among wealthy bank customers.
Nations:Switzerland People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 US Tax Crackdown Source:(Reuters)
2010-01-23
UBS to sell Paine Webber but not yet: report
ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS AG's (UBS.N) (UBSN.VX) U.S. wealth management unit Paine Webber is not a core part of the bank's operations but will not be sold at present, UBS Chief Executive Oswald Gruebel was quoted saying in the FT.
Nations:Switzerland Source:(Reuters)
2009-09-29
US tax amnesty deadline on offshore accounts prompts rush
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Americans with offshore bank accounts were scrambling ahead of an amnesty deadline Wednesday to square up back taxes and avoid a likely wave of prosecutions following a disclosure agreement with Swiss bank UBS.
Nations:U.S. Switzerland Activities:Holocaust Source:(AFP)
2009-09-20
Ex-Wives and Others Eagerly Await the UBS Tax-Cheater List
It's not just the U.S. government that wants to get its hands on the list of Americans who hold secretive Swiss bank accounts. Ex-wives, creditors and former business partners are also salivating over the idea that a settlement between the U.S., the Swiss government and a Swiss bank may lead to the public disclosure of as many as 4,450 U.S. individuals that used the foreign bank accounts to hide money. Prominent New York City divorce lawyer Raoul Lionel Felder says he is already getting calls from clients who want to know what they can do to get their portion of the money they always suspected their exloved one had tucked away overseas.
Nations:U.S. Switzerland People:Martin Scorsese Rudy Giuliani Source:(Time)
2009-08-21
U.S. says targeting 150 UBS clients for tax evasion
MIAMI (Reuters) - The United States is building criminal cases against more than 150 American clients of Swiss bank UBS as part of a crackdown on tax evasion now made easier by a deal over access to secret account information.
Nations:U.S. Source:(Reuters)
2009-08-18
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