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Alleged UBS data transfer threatens tax deal

This content was published on Aug 10, 2012 “UBS is not aware of having fallen victim to data theft,” UBS spokesman Andreas Kern told swissinfo.ch on Friday. “Information as to whether and which UBS clients are affected is therefore of a purely speculative nature.” Reports of the transfer which first appeared on Thursday in Financial Times Deutschland have given new ammunition to German…

Seeking Roman treasures in Avenches

This content was published on Aug 10, 2012 Among their discoveries between 1938 and 1943 was a gold bust of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, found in a waste water pipe. But they also helped clear out the city’s old amphitheatre and other sites that can still be seen today (Pictures: Avenches Roman museum)

Switzerland – the discreet shipping giant

This content was published on Aug 10, 2012 One of the main factors behind this change is Geneva, which is home to shipping giants like Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), explained Bernard Morard, dean of the faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at Geneva University. “[The city] manages to offer networks that include commodity traders, banks, as well as insurance, shipping and quality control…

Swiss develop algorithm to trace virus sources

This content was published on Aug 10, 2012 The software can detect the origin of rumours and misinformation, computer viruses or trace terror suspects, researcher Pedro Pinto said on Friday, adding that the system could prove to be a “precious ally” for criminal investigators. Algorithms are widely used to solve complex computer-based problems. “Our algorithm is capable of recreating in the reverse the…

Game changes for foreign banks in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 8, 2012 Up to now, foreign banks have generally been better able to steer clear of tax avoidance headlines than their Swiss counterparts. The exception is when CDs full of confidential customer data crop up for sale in Germany, as happened with Coutts, a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and HSBC in Geneva. But even…

Inside foreign banks

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US may target Swiss bankers travelling in Europe

This content was published on Aug 7, 2012 Extradition treaties between the US and countries including France, Germany, Italy, Austria and Britain make it possible for the US to take legal steps via Interpol against bankers suspected of helping US citizens evade taxes, Denise Chervet, central secretary of the Swiss Bank Employees Association told the Swiss News Agency. “If the US issues an…

Large sporting events key to soft power

This content was published on Aug 6, 2012 If war is the pursuit of politics by other means, as the German strategist Clausewitz once put it, then organising the Olympic Games is the pursuit of war by peaceful means. According to Loïc Ravenel, the scientific collaborator at the International Centre for Sports Studies in Neuchâtel, the Games are always viewed as a statement…

US demands drawing out tax dispute

This content was published on Aug 4, 2012 The minister told Saturday’s Zürcher Regionalzeitungen newspaper, that since the two countries had agreed on an overall approach to a global settlement “new demands are constantly being made that we cannot accept”. She could not say how long she expected the negotiations to continue. “If Switzerland did as the United States’ wanted, a global solution…

Ode to the freckle

This content was published on Aug 4, 2012 Freckles are hereditary and common among pale-skinned and red-haired people, but can also appear on those with dark complexions. They crop up via pigment deposits in the skin, usually caused by sun exposure in summer before fading again in winter. Documentary filmmaker and photographer Reto Caduff managed to take pictures of 50 models by daylight.…

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