GenevaLunch » finance ministry http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 06:53:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Profits up at UBS – annual meeting likely to be heated (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/12/profits-records-for-ubs/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/12/profits-records-for-ubs/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:50:51 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=40083 GenevaLunch.com Update 13:30  Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss banking giant UBS has announced that pre-tax profits for the first quarter of 2010 will reach CHF2.5 billion. The statement was made ahead of its annual general meeting, which takes place takes place 14 April. Swiss media reports Monday indicate that the meeting Wednesday is likely to be [...]

Profits up at UBS – annual meeting likely to be heated (update) © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/12/profits-records-for-ubs/feed/ 3 Japan’s exports still falling in September but at slower pacehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/22/japans-exports-still-falling-in-september-but-at-slower-pace/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/22/japans-exports-still-falling-in-september-but-at-slower-pace/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:25:25 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=30198 GenevaLunch.com Japan’s trade surplus reached 521 billion yen in September, about 472 percent more than a year ago, but it still disappointed analysts. Exports were down 30.7 percent compared to a year earlier, but in August that figure reached 36 percent, according to figures released by the Japanese Finance Ministry Thursday 22 October. The Japanese yen [...]

Japan’s exports still falling in September but at slower pace © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/22/japans-exports-still-falling-in-september-but-at-slower-pace/feed/ 0 Swiss government to open tax hotline for US citizenshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/22/swiss-government-to-open-tax-hotline-for-us-citizens/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/22/swiss-government-to-open-tax-hotline-for-us-citizens/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:57:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=28283 GenevaLunch.com Update 23:35  Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland is in the process of setting up a tax hotline, primarily for US citizens, to deal with an expected influx of questions once the US and Switzerland both sign the new double taxation agreement, GenevaLunch has been told by a government official. The date for the hotline to [...]

Swiss government to open tax hotline for US citizens © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/22/swiss-government-to-open-tax-hotline-for-us-citizens/feed/ 2 Swiss bankers propose a universal withholding tax systemhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/18/swiss-bankers-propose-a-universal-withholding-tax-system/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/18/swiss-bankers-propose-a-universal-withholding-tax-system/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:26:18 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=28016 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – EU citizens with bank accounts in Switzerland will pay a withholding tax on income from all investments, not just on savings income as at present, if a proposal from the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) goes ahead. The group, at its annual meeting in Zurich 17 September suggested that the money collected [...]

Swiss bankers propose a universal withholding tax system © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/18/swiss-bankers-propose-a-universal-withholding-tax-system/feed/ 0 Scores dead in Baghdad bomb blasts, 300 woundedhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/19/scores-dead-in-baghdad-bomb-blasts-300-wounded/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/19/scores-dead-in-baghdad-bomb-blasts-300-wounded/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:30:51 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=25368 GenevaLunch.com Two massive bombs went off in the central part of Baghdad, killing more than 75 people and leaving more than 300 wounded. A  truck with a bomb hidden in it went off outside of the Iraqi foreign ministry, just outside of  the protected Green Zone. It left a crater 3 metres deep and 10 metres [...]

Scores dead in Baghdad bomb blasts, 300 wounded © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/19/scores-dead-in-baghdad-bomb-blasts-300-wounded/feed/ 2 Hans-Rudolf Merz to return as finance minister early Novemberhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/10/17/hans-rudolf-merz-to-return-as-finance-minister-early-november/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/10/17/hans-rudolf-merz-to-return-as-finance-minister-early-november/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:47:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=6314 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s finance minister, who had emergency quintuple coronary bypass surgery 20 September, will return to work 3 November. He has told Pascal Couchepin, Swiss president, that his recovery is going well, neurological and physical exams are considered satisfactory by his doctors, and he will be working closely with Eveline Widmer-Schtrumpf before [...]

Hans-Rudolf Merz to return as finance minister early November © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/10/17/hans-rudolf-merz-to-return-as-finance-minister-early-november/feed/ 0