Tags: Switzerland

More resistance expected in the lower house

Country presented with "take it or leave it offer" for Swiss banks to cough up money

Those pesky Swiss bank accounts

Swiss drug maker was seeking patent protection for a cancer drug

Had injected 16 patients with HIV-infected blood

Some of the most draconian new rules in the world

Three reported dead

FATCA means Switzerland is no longer a refuge from Uncle Sam's sticky fingers

Still awaiting formal confirmation from higher authorities

A tad overdue

Eliminates uncertainty about what US wants from them

Helped Americans evade taxes

Used military-issued rifle from the first half of the 20th century

May automatically share banking data with other predatory governments

Shared intelligence on counter-terrorism operations could have been among the property stolen from Switzerland's intelligence service

Court decision allows for taps on the phones of acquaintances of targeted suspects

Most of the 10,000 layoffs will occur in London, Zurich, and the U.S.

One of the few examples of economic and social stability and tolerance

The Nobel Peace Prize winning European Union notwithstanding