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Switzerland close to deal in U.S. tax dispute-finance minister
Sat May 18, 2013 11:43am EDT * U.S. investigators pursuing banks like CS, Baer * UBS already paid $780 mln fine in 2009 * Swiss can't resist pressure for more transparency-minister ZURICH, May 18 (Reuters) - Switzerland is on the brink of a deal to settle a long-running dispute with U.S. authorities over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars of tax, the ...
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LATAM Airlines to resume Argentina flights later Saturday
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA LAN.SN said on Saturday it will resume flights to, from and within Argentina by 1530 GMT after state company Intercargo unilaterally decided on Friday to stop providing services to the ...
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Who owns the US dollar
For the truth of it, neither the people of America nor the government of America owns the US dollar. How's that, you say? Well, if one was to really dive just a bit deeper, before hitting the rocks just under the US greenback pond, one would quickly discover that the actual US dollar has not existed since 1913, where it was effectively killed. What is now called the US dollar is actually a ...
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New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft
Reuters © Visitors play with Microsoft's Xbox 360 consoles at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo, September 15, 2011. REUTERS/Kim ...
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Stocks Firmly Positive On Upbeat Economic Data - U.S. Commentary
markets have benefited from some upbeat economic data after a disappointing batch of data helped drag stocks lower on Thursday.The major averages have moved roughly sideways in recent trading, hovering firmly in positive territory. The Dow is up 59.65 points or 0.4 percent at 15,292.87, the Nasdaq is up 16.18 points or 0.5 percent at 3,481.42 and the S&P 500 is up 7.87 points or 0.5 percent ...
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Googles wearable Glass gadget cool or creepy
Sat May 18, 2013 9:59am EDT * Google expects Glass etiquette to evolve * Casino has banned devices while gambling * "Those things freak me out" By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a ...
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Making It Big On Wall Street
There's no doubt that America is enthralled with Wall Street's big hitters. Many of them lead lives that seem more befitting of rock stars than those of MBAs. Making millions is just one benefit of a career that includes rubbing elbows with the rich and famous. Making it big ...
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Germanys Merkel visits Pope urges tougher market controls
Sat May 18, 2013 8:39am EDT * Pope and Merkel spoke for unusually long 45 minutes * Merkel flew to Rome just to see pope * Francis recently issued strong call for financial reform By James Mackenzie VATICAN CITY, May 18 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis on Saturday and, apparently responding to his criticism of a heartless "dictatorship of the economy", called ...
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