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...that bank secrecy is still very important for Switzerland and suggest how Swiss banks intend to maintain that secrecy for years to come. Credit Suisse, which took a net capital outflow hit of $5.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009, reported it had about $100 billion of private, cross-border assets from politically sensitive or tax-sensitive countries. But when stress tested in simulations of widespread tax amnesties, it showed that $25 billion to $35 billion might flee. That sounds huge, but with some $800 billion under management, it's just a couple of quarters of growth, explains Matthew...
...election was a surprisingly relaxed event. The rings of police around the stadium didn't bother to check for car bombs and gave only one brief pat-down for weapons at the entrance. Inside, al-Maliki, though the head of the Islamist Shi'ite Dawa party, introduced a cross-section list of candidates running for parliament as part of his State of Law coalition. Al-Maliki's speech proclaimed that Iraq's days of misery and mistrust were over. "We defeated the terrorists," he said. "We defeated the militias. And we have begun reconciliation...
...Crimson is looking forward to Saturday, when it will continue its very promising season at Holy Cross...
...Pretty much. I mean, people call me from all over the place who wouldn’t cross the street to say “Boo” on my birthday. Friends, family, they always see “Groundhog Day” and go, “Oh, Danny, I should give him a call,” so I usually sit at home and field phone calls and e-mails. Sometimes we have a dance party, make a big pot of groundhog stew, which is any stew, but if you call it groundhog stew it becomes a celebration...
...Furthermore, the late-blooming Republican alternatives, like the Medicare privatization plan offered by Ryan, are so brutal and extreme that the vast majority of Republicans would never vote for them, lest they be trampled by a frothing mob of senior citizens. Of course, no Democrat tried to cross-examine Ryan on his Medicare plan: "So, Congressman, you want to give the elderly vouchers to explore the health insurance market on their own - and the vouchers would decline in value over time? ... Really? Wow." (See the top 10 health care reform...