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UBS defies US demands on secret accounts

March 5, 2009 : Permalink

Breitbart.com – Banking giant UBS Wednesday defied pressure to name about 50,000 Americans holding secret bank accounts in Switzerland as the nation’s financial culture came under a withering fire. US senators accused bankers at crisis-wracked UBS of helping wealthy Americans […]

UBS Names Former Finance Minister Villiger Chairman

March 4, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – UBS AG, Switzerland’s largest bank, nominated former Finance Minister Kaspar Villiger as chairman of its board of directors, replacing Peter Kurer after one year amid a probe into whether it helped wealthy Americans evade taxes. Kurer’s departure comes […]