US Justice and State Departments have Vanquished Swiss Banking Secrecy Laws
Region: Switzerland
In what can be seen, in retrospect, as a monumental and culminating moment that was preceded with months of threats and subtle pressure, the US Government has just about erased any semblance of the ill reputed Sw... more
Views: 897The Tuesday Deadline Gives the Swiss Goverment no Choice but to Provide Bank Details
Region: Switzerland
Estimates range from anything between 20 to 30 Billion USD stashed away in Swiss banks, kept away from the prying eyes of the IRS. The Swiss have little choice but to kowtow to the growing pressure that has been building u... more
Views: 1539Pak Taliban Kidnap two Swiss Tourists as Ransom for Aafia Siddiqui
Region: Pakistan
For the past four weeks two Swiss citizens, David O. and Daniela W., both active police personnel, on a private trip across Pakistan have found themselves in the limelight of the continuous feud involving Pakistan and the... more
Views: 1956Politics Depicts Your Average John Doe OR Your Fears Find Succour With Your Favourite Politician
Region: Switzerland
"Government of the people by the people shall not perish from the Earth" were the words of Abraham Lincoln. School children are made to ponder on this quote and many a school assignment has been garnished with a debate on ... more
Views: 1429OECD Questions Switzerland's Business Ownership Practices
Region: Switzerland
Switzerland's cloaking practices as a tax haven are well known, but there appear to be a couple of practices that the OECD still finds anathema to an open and transparent business environment. Both practices in themselves ... more
Views: 1268Financial Ties Bind Medical Societies to Drug and Device Makers
Region: California
From the time they arrived to the moment they laid their heads on hotel pillows, the thousands of cardiologists attending this week’s Heart Rhythm Society conference have been bombarded with pitches for drugs and med... more
Views: 2150The Arab Spring - No Going Back for Syrian Uprising
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
Regime attempting to bring protesters to their knees but this only seems to make them more determined. After a week of intensifying protest that has seen the civilian death-toll exceed 500, commentators agree that the... more
Views: 1633On This Day: Birth of the Irish Republic Declared in Easter Rising
Region: Ireland
On April 24, 1916, Irish nationalists proclaimed the formation of the Irish Republic in a doomed uprising that would galvanize the republican movement. Nationalists Read Proclamation of the Irish Republic In 1914, after... more
Views: 1524Madoff Calls Big Investors ‘Complicit’ in Jailhouse Interview
Region: New YorkA recent jailhouse interview conducted by the Financial Times with Ponzi mastermind Bernard Madoff could shed light on one of the enduring mysteries of his multibillion-dollar scheme. Who else was involved? The Feds have ... more
Views: 1504Uneasy Truce Holds in Afghan Valley
Region: Afghanistan
Alasay district, in Kapisa province northeast of the Afghan capital Kabul, is the scene of an unusual arrangement where local government officials and the Taleban turn a blind eye to one another. Recognising that neither ... more
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