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Quentin on germany and merkel, midlle way, not ready to back euro bonds before eu treaty change , efsf only ad hoc solution, backing from german supreme court. European monetary fund proposed believe it or not by schauble

notz stucki , gheddadi jewel

Tax Havens Onshore

Published: May 22, 2009

Few here in Switzerland have been other than disgusted by the behavior of UBS and many of us have moved money away from that bank in protest. However, your editorial ''The Swiss and their secrets'' (May 16) supports demands that are of dubious legality.

Were the Americans to practice what they preach, the I.R.S. would investigate its own tax havens of Delaware, Wyoming and Nevada, the latter having allowed some 80,000 dummy companies to be anonymously registered in 2008 alone, presumably for U.S. tax evasion reasons.

Moreover, a long overdue overhaul of tortuous U.S. tax laws might prove more productive than attacks on a foreign bank; many of the 52,000 U.S. customers of UBS whose names your editorial asks for might then be happy to head home.

James Hanshaw, Zurich

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topical clothing, niche market

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hal weitzman a nd problem of skilled labor force in usa manufacturing forced to retire

Gilian tenet say nothing , only air

HK and the peg, quotes of its architect Greenwood now invesco chief economist, pros and cons

Switzerland , interview to bernholz and reference to jordan statements in august ?,giro konto ie liquidity banks= 200 bio, unicredit calcualtes fair value of eur/chf at 1.20 based on produtivity rather than consumer index. Textile and metal federation ask for a1.40 eur/chf via Michael Bernegger ( do u remember! former snb analyst) who criticises the snb passivity( o yeah, finally) http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/2937de24-d7f6-11e0-bb3b-242652408a2f/LUSS_sen_prend_%C3%A0_la_Banque_nationale