visitZURICH -- While the spotlight has been on the aggressive drive by the U.S. government to flush tax dodgers out of Switzerland, bankers here are instead grappling with the loss of a much richer clientele: Europeans.Americans have made up no more than 5% of Switzerland's $1.8 trillion offshore-banking business. But European clients are steadily coming clean, spooked by threats of a crackdown by...
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Google is being sued in Switzerland over privacy concerns. The Street View issues illustrate the larger problem Google faces balancing information and privacy.. The legal battle in Switzerland is just the latest in a long line of privacy issues with Google and illustrates the challenge of providing as much information as possible without violating privacy concerns.The debate in Switzerland is over...
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Delhi
Nov. 3: The finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, said on Tuesday that a team from India will go to Switzerland next week to sought out the issue of black money in Swiss banks.
"We are engaged in discussions with the Swiss authorities. We want to amend the avoidance of double tax agreement not only with Switzerland but a large number of countries. Appropriate clauses...
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Switzerland announced plans yesterday to crack down on “suicide tourism&rd......
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FRANKFURT: German prosecutors investigating match-fixing in football say 15 people in Germany and two in Switzerland have been arrested and that about 200 games in Europe are affected in what an UEFA representative called the biggest match-fixing scandal in Europe. Police said more than 50 raids have been conducted in Switzerland, Germany and Britain and that documents, cash and valuables have been...
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FRANKFURT: German prosecutors investigating match-fixing in football say 15 people in Germany and two in Switzerland have been arrested and that about 200 games in Europe are affected in what an UEFA representative called the biggest match-fixing scandal in Europe. Police said more than 50 raids have been conducted in Switzerland, Germany and Britain and that documents, cash and valuables have been...
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Switzerland's data protection minister is seeking legal action against Google over its Street View mapping serviceSwitzerland's federal data protection and information commission is taking Google to court over its Street View mapping serviceHanspeter Thuer, Switzerland's federal data protection and information commission, said complaints about the Street View service – which provides real-world, street...
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Delaware beats Swiss as most secretive financial center < ');" class="arial11blue1"> RateMove over Switzerland. The tiny U.S. state of Delaware beats the Alpine country in a contest for the most secretive financial jurisdiction, a tax justice rights group said on Saturday.The United States, led by the eastern seaboard state, took in $2.6 trillion in deposits from non-resident corporations and individuals...
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Muslims in many parts of Switzerland have invited the public into mosques - three weeks before a vote on whether to ban the construction of minarets.Muslim organisations say they hope their open day will counter what they say are fears and prejudices.The conservative group that initiated the vote - the largest party in the Swiss parliament - says minarets are a symbol of Muslim political power.A Muslim...
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of Religions,' launched on Nov 1, would see various religious communities like Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Baha'ism, Alevism, etc, in about 40 cities across Switzerland invite each other to their religious services.HINDUS HAVE applauded religious communities in Switzerland for promoting dialogue, coexistence and tolerance through a nationwide initiative of “Getting to Know Each...
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