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  • Swiss Court Finds Credit Suisse Guilty In Cocaine Money Laundering Case
    GUILTY
    The ruling marks Switzerland's first criminal prosecution involving one of its biggest banks.
  • Credit Suisse Embroiled In New Scandal Following Leak Of More Than 18,000 Accounts
    Credit Suisse
    Credit Suisse was accused of aiding and abetting criminals and allowing them to continue doing business despite their crimes.
  • Swiss Vote In Favor Of Legislation Prohibiting Public Cigarette Ads
    Close up photo of cigarette.
    Around 56.6% of the voting public were in favor of the bill aimed at banning cigarette advertisements.
  • Credit Suisse Boss Quits Over Violation Of COVID-19 Rules
    Switzerland
    Credit Suisse Chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio was found guilty of breaking COVID-19 rules at least twice last year.
  • Suicide Pods For Assisted Death Legalized In Switzerland
    Suicide Pods
    Dr. Philip Nitschke claims that the pods would give those that want to end their life a more dignified death.
  • Swiss Public Votes To Legalize Same-Sex Marriages And Adoptions
    Swtizerland
    In a nationwide public referendum, 64.1% of the public voted in favor of same-sex marriages and adoptions.
  • Switzerland OKs Law Banning All Face Coverings In Public
    Burqa
    The new legislation bans the use of full-face coverings such as niqabs and burqas in all public spaces.
  • U.S. Labels Switzerland, Vietnam Currency Manipulators In Trump Parting Shot
    CHEAT
    The designation comes as the global slowdown distorts the flow of trade, and deepens U.S. deficits with its trading partners.
  • Liberty Global To Merge With Switzerland's Sunrise In $7.43 Billion All-Cash Deal
    Liberty Global
    Liberty Global agreed to pay 110 francs per Sunrise share, representing a 32 percent premium over Sunrise's average share prices over the past two months.
  • HSBC Private Bank Pays $192.4 Million To Settle US Tax Evasion Case
    HSBC Private Bank
    HSBC's Swiss private bank has agreed to pay $192.4 million in penalties and forfeiture to settle a more-than-decade long tax evasion investigation by US authorities.
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