Financial Regulatory Forum

U.S. and UBS reach breakthrough deal in tax dispute

USA/ MIAMI, July 31 (Reuters) – The United States and Swiss bank UBS AG have struck a deal to settle their dispute over tax evasion and bank secrecy, backing off from an escalating standoff that had threatened to damage ties between the two countries.
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Swiss minister to meet Clinton ahead of UBS deadline

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton    By Emma Thomasson
   ZURICH, July 19 (Reuters) – The Swiss foreign minister is due to meet U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 31, just days before a deadline to reach a settlement in a damaging U.S. tax case against UBS.
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