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...Justice Department, frustrated for decades by Swiss efforts to foil any tampering with its bank secrecy traditions, was pressing its advantage: a giant tax evasion program run by Swiss bank behemoth UBS was exposed in great detail by a company whistleblower, and Uncle Sam was demanding to know the names of all 52,000 U.S. account holders involved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. vs. Swiss Tax Cheats: A Whistleblower Ignored | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

...Spain, but I'm more of a Latin person. Although our name is very German, and we're a German aristocratic family, we really grew up in more of a Mediterranean way. My look is not very German. People think I'm from Argentina, or, I don't know, Italy. But they don't think I'm from Germany and Austria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is a German Prince Skiing For Mexico? | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

...This time around, it's a lot sweeter," Teklemariam, who'll be competing for Ethiopia again in Vancouver. "There are so many Ethiopians who supported me to get my funding, to do everything. There's a lot more knowledge of the sport. They even know what snow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is a German Prince Skiing For Mexico? | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

...know I am homeless," says Agnes Cooper, 58, who parks her silver 2006 Chevy HHR hatchback at a local gym in Phoenix. "If [the managers of the gym] know, they haven't said, and I have not asked permission. When I first slept in my car, I was parking at a Burger King, but the young kids made fun of me, and I am not accustomed to children being disrespectful." Cooper says her passenger seat folds down flat and she sleeps well. She works out and showers every morning and says the gym is "the best thing that ever happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Last Refuge for the Homeless: Living in the Car | 2/12/2010 | See Source »

...your car," says Mike, a lighting specialist in the Los Angeles entertainment industry who has been out of work for a year. One of his last jobs was the Academy Awards show. "I don't have a job right now, in part because of my situation. Did you know that 50% of people who are homeless and living in their cars have jobs?" He keeps his vehicle registration current and parks his van on side streets on L.A.'s west side and in the San Fernando Valley. "You want to park where it is safe and inconspicuous. Not a busy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Last Refuge for the Homeless: Living in the Car | 2/12/2010 | See Source »

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