Switzerland concludes tax treaty with France
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz signed a new double-taxation treaty with his French counterpart, Christine Lagarde in Bern 27 August. The new...
View ArticleInternational sports, football: Swiss take a giant leap towards South Africa
GenevaLunch News Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland moved to the top of its qualifying group for the 2010 Fifa World Cup with a 2-0 win over Greece in their match. The Swiss scored two...
View ArticleInternational sports, football: More teams qualify for World Cup finals
GenevaLunch News Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Nineteen countries have now secured their places in the Fifa World Cup finals to be held in South Africa in 2010 after the penultimate games in the...
View ArticleCanada, France double taxation deals move ahead (Updated 14:10)
GenevaLunch News Swiss Finance Minister Merz confirms no automatic data exchanges Canada initials agreement, France confirms Davos “understanding” Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s push...
View ArticleAbba Abacha given 2 yrs suspended sentence for criminal gang
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – Abba Abacha, son of Nigeria’s former dictator, was given a two-year suspended sentence in Geneva for belonging to a criminal organization set up...
View ArticleDuck and veal put Swiss army chefs in line for gold
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Swiss Armed Forces Culinary Team is shooting for gold in the world military cooking championship. It won first place in the first of a two-part...
View ArticleSwiss cabinet asks parliament to approve tax aid treaty details
GenevaLunch News Swiss banking secrecy intact with insistance on “no fishing expeditions” Treaty agreements interpretations clearer, says Bern Bern, Switzerland (GeenvaLunch) – The Swiss Federal...
View ArticleSwiss equal salary software attracts “strong interest” by EU
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss government 5-6 December took part in European Union best practice discussions in Berlin covering how to eliminate salary differences between men and...
View ArticleAnd if US candidates stop using tax havens?
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – “Tax haven” must be one of the most over-used and abused and least understood terms that is regularly unleashed by bureaucrats and politicians on unsuspecting...
View ArticleBank Julius Baer says S American, Luxembourg business boosted
GenevaLunch News New Merrill Lynch wealth management units “add substantially” to business ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Ownership has now been transferred from Merrill Lynch to the Julius Baer Group of wealth...
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