by Gary Howard
October 02, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
As yesterday’s New York Times reports. Lost in the universal focus on the credit crisis, we have seen a somewhat troubling change taking place in Switzerland’s longtime bank secrecy laws.
Switzerland’s tax authorities, under pressure from a growing United States investigation into the Swiss bank giant UBS, are expected to hand over confidential data on wealthy American clients of UBS to the Justice Department, two people briefed on the matter said Tuesday.
The move would represent a significant shift in Switzerland’s banking…
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by Ryan Radia
June 09, 2008 @ 12:50 am
Are you a mobile phone user, FiOS TV subscriber, or DirecTV customer who’s happy with your service and bound by a long-term contract? If so, then brace for higher prices thanks to a multifaceted regulatory assault on voluntary contracts.
On June 12, the FCC will hold a hearing to consider imposing regulations on early termination fees, which are the charges that customers who’ve entered into long-term service agreements must pay if they choose to end service prior to the culmination of their…
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