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...case threatens a 1999 accord designed to settle all Holocaust-related claims against German firms; the Wertheims argue their case isn't covered because it involves an alleged swindle after the war. Germany's U.S. ambassador sides with Karstadt, saying the case will "endanger the legal peace." But Stuart Eizenstat, the former U.S. official who brokered the €5 billion Holocaust deal, takes the family's side. A ruling could come this month. - By Peter Gumbel...
...passbook accounts opened after Nov. 1, 2000, to identify the owner. After June 30, 2002, deposits to or withdrawals from any accounts will be banned unless the owner is identified. "Anonymous passbook-savings accounts have been a critical loophole in the international consensus to combat money laundering," said Stuart Eizenstat, Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary. "This victory represents a clear demonstration of FATF resolve and credibility...
...latest proposal, however, may present as many problems as it solves. U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Stuart Eizenstat voiced "serious concerns with both the substance and process" of the directive, arguing that "the unintended implications of the...proposal are not worth the short-term tax revenues that may result." Among other things, he said, the new law could result in a higher tax on books delivered online than those bought in a bookstore. Ken Wasch, president of Europe's Software & Information Industry Association, called the directive "simply unenforceable." Guido de Wit, a VAT tax expert with a Brussels law firm, notes...
Robert Rubin is happy. He's leaving the Treasury and Washington's rat race. Rubin's deputy, LARRY SUMMERS, is happy. He has been nominated to take over the Treasury Department. And STUART EIZENSTAT is happy. He's been promoted from his job as Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs to be Summers' deputy. The only one unhappy is Secretary of State MADELEINE ALBRIGHT. She lured the Washington-savvy Eizenstat from the Commerce Department two years ago to grab back some control of international economic policy, which the State Department had ceded to other agencies. Since then, State...
Robert Rubin is happy. He's leaving the Treasury and Washington's rat race. Rubin's deputy, Larry Summers, is happy. He has been nominated to take over the Treasury Department. And Stuart Eizenstat is happy. He's been promoted from his job as Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs to be Summers' deputy. The only one unhappy is Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. She lured the Washington-savvy Eizenstat from the Commerce Department two years ago to grab back some control of international economic policy, which the State Department had ceded to other agencies. Since then, State...