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U.S., Switzerland sign pact to crack down on American tax evaders
The U.S. and Switzerland have signed a pact to crack down on tax evaders by making Swiss banks reveal more information about offshore accounts held by Americans, the Treasury Department said Thursday. The agreement is part of an effort by the U.S. to...
Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service, Swiss Confederation, Rick Perry
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U.S. says UBS was motivated by 'sheer greed' in Libor rigging
WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials said Wednesday that banking giant UBS was motivated by "sheer greed" in rigging a key global interest rate and that the $1.5 billion in penalties the firm agreed to pay sends a strong message to the financial industry. The...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, United Kingdom, Business Institutions
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California's initiative process adds up to a huge waste of money
No one today can overlook that it's California's self-indulgent initiative process that's attracting the big political bucks into the state, the way a magnet attracts scrap iron. Year in, year out, the torrent of spending on initiative campaigns swamps...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Government, Justice System, Politics, Warren Buffett
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Swiss bank UBS to cut 10,000 jobs, or 16% of workforce, by 2015
Swiss bank UBS will cut 10,000 jobs as it exits from its fixed-income trading business and tries to cut costs and concentrate on wealth management. The Zurich, Switzerland-based institution, which stated that it is “significantly reshaping its...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Business Enterprises, Unemployment, Investment Service, Zurich (Swiss Confederation)
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IRS awards UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld $104 million
It pays to rat out your tax-dodging clients. A former banker who helped wealthy Americans illegally evade taxes, and later confessed his transgressions and cooperated with the government, has been awarded $104 million in what appears to be the largest-...
Tags: Justice System, Internal Revenue Service, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Banking
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The office guide to fashion suicide: flip-flops, shorts, hoodies
If you're rolling into work wearing ripped jeans, strapless tops, a hoodie and flip-flops, know this: Your colleagues disapprove. The vast majority of American workers don't consider the Mark Zuckerburg fashion special to be appropriate attire for the...
Tags: Richard Branson, Kanye West, Career and Workplace, Employees, Adecco SA
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Citigroup shares slip after bank announces 4,500 layoffs
Money & CompanyCitigroup Inc. shares fell on Wednesday after Chief Executive Vikram Pandit said the bank will lay off 4,500 employees as it attempts to trim costs in an "extremely challenging operating environment."... -
Wall Street: Stocks mixed, gold down
Money & CompanyAfter two days of declines, stocks were wavering this morningon encouraging words from Fed chief Ben Bernanke and discouraging words from European finance ministers. As politics plays a bigger role in determining the direction of stocks, hedge funds are... -
More For Your Money: Keep an eye on fuel surcharges
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTravelers to Europe this year are discovering unwelcome ride-alongs: new and heftier surcharges for flights and cruises. They may even pay more to get to their U.S. gateway airport. Blame the rising price of oil, driven by widening world demand and...Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, Transportation, Tour Operations Industry, Air Transportation Industry
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Roman Polanski's arrest: a Swiss political ploy to ward off U.S. charges against banking giant UBS?
Top of the TicketHollywood is fighting the case against film director Roman Polanski, who was arrested in Switzerland over the weekend. Polanski pleaded guilty to having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl but fled the U.S. before sentencing -- living outside the U.S....... -
Albert H. Gordon dies at 107; energetic salesman became a power on Wall Street
Bloomberg NewsAlbert H. Gordon, a Wall Street leader who sidestepped the 1929 market crash and helped rescue stock brokers Kidder, Peabody & Co. in the Depression, died Friday. He was 107. The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reported that Gordon died at his...Tags: Bloomberg L.P., Obituaries, Harvard University, Colleges and Universities, Death
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Will Stamford Benefit From UBS Reshuffling?
UBS, the Swiss banking giant, had 21,376 U.S. employees last fall when it announced it would cut 10,000 people worldwide. By the end of April, the U.S. workforce had fallen to 20,504. As the layoffs ripple through UBS's investment banking segment,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Connecticut Economic Development, Stamford
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