Switzerland is set to partially meet a U.S. ultimatum and deliver an estimate of the amount of assets held by U.S. residents in secret accounts at Swiss banks, possibly up to $30 billion, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. Citing unnamed sources, the TagesAnzeiger reported that Switzerland would hand over on Tuesday details that the FINMA [...]
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Swiss To Deliver Estimate Of Total Amount Held By U.S. Residents In Secret Accounts
Posted by Pavel Skotnica on September 11th, 2011
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America Must Create The Right Kind Of Jobs
Posted by Pavel Skotnica on September 11th, 2011
ON Thursday, President Obama will deliver a major speech on America’s employment crisis. But too often, what is lost in the call for job creation is a clear idea of what jobs we want to create.
Boston’s Beckett leaves game with ankle problem
Posted by Pavel Skotnica on September 11th, 2011
TORONTO (Reuters) – The struggling Boston Red Sox’s latest defeat was made all the more painful after ace pitcher Josh Beckett was forced to abandon the mound early in the game with a right ankle injury on Monday. Beckett felt discomfort in the ankle during the fourth inning of a then scoreless contest against the [...]
White Sox Stewart just misses perfect game in win
Posted by Pavel Skotnica on September 11th, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (Reuters) – Rookie pitcher Zach Stewart flirted with a rare perfect game before settling for a one-hit victory in the Chicago White Sox’s 4-0 triumph over Minnesota on Monday. The 24-year-old Stewart, making just his eighth career start, took a perfect game into the eighth inning, where Twins third baseman Danny Valencia hit [...]
Analysis: Petraeus battles fears of CIA "militarization"
Posted by Pavel Skotnica on September 11th, 2011
By Phil Stewart and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Newly retired General David Petraeus is well aware that his swearing-in as the next director of the CIA, expected on Tuesday, might stoke concerns about the “militarization” of the U.S. spy agency. It was one of the reasons the storied battlefield commander hung up his uniform [...]
