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- UBS-Jeffries Case Reveals That Without Bonuses, Investment Banking Doesn't Work
- While UBS's lawsuit may turn out to bear strong legal merits, the bank can hardly blame its woes on anyone but itself. Earlier in the year, UBS slashed bonuses for its key employees by up to 80 percent. by Daniel M. Harrison
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
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- U.S., Switzerland call for delay in UBS secrecy case
- U.S., Switzerland call for delay in UBS secrecy case WASHINGTON, July 12 Xinhua -- The U.S. and Swiss governments and banking giant UBS AG are calling for a delay in an attempt by the United States to force the Swiss bank to reveal thousands...
- Research articles 2009-07-12
- Switzerland, US discuss UBS fraud case
- WASHINGTON AFP â?? Switzerland said Saturday it hoped for an early resolution of US tax fraud charges against its biggest bank, UBS, a case which has strained ties with the United States.Swiss Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz met US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the sidelines of International Monetary Fund and...
- Research articles 2009-04-25
- US judge turns up the heat in UBS disclosure case
- A MIAMI judge last night dramatically upped the ante in the bitter fight between the Swiss and US governments over the Obama administration's demands on UBS to reveal private details of customers suspected of evading taxes. Just hours after the Swiss government vowed to forbid...
- Research articles 2009-07-09
- Swiss officials in US talks on UBS tax case: report
- GENEVA AFP — Swiss officials have gone to Washington for talks on tax evasion after a former employee of Swiss banking giant UBS admitted conspiring to help US clients dodge millions of dollars in taxes, a report said Friday. The delegation from the finance and justice ministries will discuss...
- Research articles 2008-06-20
- US deal on UBS tax case 'to be signed Wednesday'
- ZURICH AFP â?? The out of court settlement between Swiss banking giant UBS and the US government over tax evasion is due to be signed in the United States on Wednesday, a source close to the matter said."The agreement should be signed tomorrow at 8:00 am (1400 GMT) in the...
- Research articles 2009-08-12
- Prosecution of UBS informant seen backfiring on US
- By Tom Brown of Reuters MIAMI - The key informant in the US tax evasion case against Swiss bank UBS AG faces prison next year, but his harsher-than-expected treatment by the US Justice Department will undermine efforts to expose secretive offshore tax havens, lawyers and whistle-blower advocates say. Bradley Birkenfeld,...
- News items 2009-10-09
- Swiss Minister Says U.S. Insists on UBS Tax Deal: Report
- ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government will probably have to turn to parliament to resolve a legal impasse threatening a deal struck with the U.S. to hand over data from UBS UBSNUBS clients, a minister was quoted as saying.The Swiss government had raised the option of parliament retroactively approving the...
- News items 2010-02-11
- Insider Faces Sentencing in '07 Case
- A former hedge fund manager named Mark E. Lenowitz has been secretly cooperating with an expanding federal investigation of insider trading on Wall Street for more than two years, in hopes of reducing his jail time. He will learn if his gamble paid off on Thursday, when he is to...
- News items 2010-01-19
- UBS client wins appeal against US data handover
- QUICK SUMMARY | FULL STORY By Jason Rhodes of Reuters ZURICH - A client of Swiss bank UBS has won an appeal to prevent her account data being handed over to US authorities as part of a deal to give details on 4,450 clients to the US tax authority. The...
- News items 2010-01-22
- US-UBS deal forged in sweat-drenched talks, source
- By Tom Brown of Reuters MIAMI - US and Swiss negotiators were drenched in sweat when they finally settled their dispute over access to the names of American clients of UBS AG suspected of tax evasion, a source close to the talks has said. The agreement, which could undermine Switzerland's...
- News items 2009-08-13
- Swiss, US sign accord to settle tax case
- By Jason Rhodes and Kim Dixon of Reuters BERNE/WASHINGTON - Switzerland has agreed to hand over details of about 4,450 UBS AG bank accounts to US authorities to settle a tax dispute that challenged Swiss banking secrecy and now threatens to spill over to other banks. With Switzerland's famed banking...
- News items 2009-08-19
- UBS, U.S. Settle Tax Evasion Case
- MIAMI (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS AG UBSN UBS and the U.S. government have agreed to settle a long-running dispute over the disclosure of names of wealthy American clients suspected of tax evasion, a U.S. government lawyer said on Wednesday. The settlement is expected to involve the disclosure to U.S....
- News items 2009-08-12
- UBS, US settle tax evasion case
- By Pascal Fletcher and Jim Loney of Reuters MIAMI - Swiss bank UBS AG and the US government have agreed to settle a long-running dispute over the disclosure of names of wealthy American clients suspected of tax evasion. The parties have initialled agreements that will "take a little time to...
- News items 2009-08-12
- Swiss to Reveal UBS Accounts to Settle U.S. Tax Battle
- By Jason Rhodes and Kim Dixon BERNE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Switzerland has agreed to reveal the names of about 4,450 wealthy American clients of UBS AG to U.S. authorities in a tax dispute settlement that pierces Swiss banking secrecy and now threatens to spill over to other banks. The deal promises...
- News items 2009-08-19
- UBS client wins appeal against U.S. data handover
- ZURICH (Reuters) - A client of Swiss bank UBS has won an appeal to prevent her account data being handed over to U.S. authorities as part of a deal to give details on 4,450 clients to the U.S. tax authority. The Swiss administrative court said on Friday the...
- News items 2010-01-22
- Swiss Cabinet Meets on UBS as U.S. Tax Talks Drag
- By Lisa Jucca ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government held a special session on Monday to discuss the U.S. tax evasion case hanging over Swiss bank UBS UBSNUBS as negotiations to settle the issue dragged on. The Swiss government, currently in recess, is holding an extraordinary meeting on Monday, a...
- News items 2009-08-10
- Tax Evasion Case Draws in Another Bank
- A wealthy investor in Virginia pleaded guilty on Tuesday to criminal tax evasion through an international bank, said by a person briefed on the case to be HSBC, one of the world's largest private banks. Go to your Portfolio » The case is significant because it shows the authorities are...
- News items 2010-02-16
- UBS to Name 5,000 Accounts Under U.S. Deal: Paper
- By Jonathan Lynn GENEVA (Reuters) - The deal initialed last week between the United States and Switzerland over UBS will involve the disclosure of around 5,000 holders of secret Swiss accounts, weekly newspaper NZZ am Sonntag said on Sunday. Another Swiss weekly, Sonntag, said around 4,500 names would be handed...
- News items 2009-08-17
- UK, Aust seek UBS data after US tax case
- Reuters ZURICH - Authorities in Britain and Australia have requested information from UBS after the Swiss bank agreed in August to disclose some 4,450 client names to settle a US tax case, the bank confirmed. UBS said in a note to its third-quarter financial statement, published last week, that tax...
- News items 2009-11-08
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