NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barclays Plc <BARC.L> considered UBS AG <UBSN.VX> its preferred merger target just weeks before it bought U.S. assets from the collapsed Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc <LEHMQ.PK>, the Financial Times said in its online edition on Monday. A spokeswoman ...
HOLLYWOOD, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. tax authorities are expected to "very shortly" launch another prosecution against a foreign bank similar to the tax evasion case they pressed against Switzerland's UBS AG, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent said on Monday. Linda J. ...
UBS says authorities in Britain, Canada, Australia probing bank's offshore business practices UBS AG of Switzerland said Monday that authorities in Britain, Canada and Australia are investigating the bank's offshore business in the wake of revelations that it helped U.S. customers evade ...
Swiss bank UBS said Monday that its top executives were awarded 54.9 million Swiss francs (38 million euros, 52 million dollars) in bonuses in 2009 as the total wage bill for senior echelons soared with the bank's return to profit. Members of ...
FILE - In this March 12, 2008 file photo, dark clouds hang above the Logo of the UBS (Union Bank of Switzerland) in Zurich, Switzerland. Embattled UBS AG has warned that Switzerland's financial industry is at risk unless lawmakers approve a tax ...
Swiss bank UBS is pressing Swiss lawmakers to endorse a deal settling tax evasion litigation with the United States, warning that 20 other Swiss banks could be targeted if it fell through. In a document seen by AFP on Friday, UBS told ...
UBS says 20 Swiss banks risk US tax scrutiny unless lawmakers approve new bilateral deal Embattled UBS AG has warned that Switzerland's financial industry is at risk unless lawmakers approve a tax treaty with the U.S., and that other Swiss banks may ...
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's UBS has warned parliamentarians failure to back a deal to end its bitter U.S. tax row with the bank could result in a damaging backlash for Swiss banks as well as the Alpine nation's economy. The Swiss government ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States boosted its investigation of tax and other financial crimes by about 10 percent last year, tax authorities reported on Thursday, amid an increased push to pursue wealthy tax cheats. The Internal Revenue Service said it started ...
UBS, seeing buying opportunity, upgrades shares of Coca-Cola UBS Investment Research on Thursday upgraded its rating on Coca-Cola, saying a buying opportunity exists as the company acts more aggressively in the marketplace. Coca-Cola Co.'s management is "more willing, nimble and aggressive" than ...
