Hugo Miller

The case against an Uzbek businesswoman accused of running an international money laundering ring through Swiss bank Lombard Odier & Cie was dismissed by a Swiss court as it found her detention in Uzbekistan made it unlikely she’d ever appear for trial.

UBS Group AG is withholding more than 22,000 pages of documents from an independent probe into Credit Suisse’s handling of Nazi-linked accounts because the bank says they are legally privileged, the lawyer overseeing the investigation has told a US Senate committee.

UBS Group is withholding more than 22,000 pages of documents from an independent probe into Credit Suisse's handling of Nazi-linked accounts because the bank says they are legally privileged, the lawyer overseeing the investigation has told a US Senate committee.

UBS Group accused the US lawyer overseeing the probe into Credit Suisse's handling of Nazi-linked accounts of bias and exceeding his mandate.

Credit Suisse’s former head of compliance has avoided a criminal trial for allegedly ignoring red flags in a scandal that helped hasten the bank’s collapse, after the case was dismissed on technical grounds.

The signing of the interim peace deal between the US and Iran will take place on Friday near Lucerne in Switzerland, according to the country’s foreign ministry.

There is a “good chance” Switzerland will secure a lasting trade deal with the US at 15% tariff rates, according to the country’s top trade diplomat.

Switzerland is in a delicate phase of negotiations with the U.S. as it seeks to secure a permanent deal to provide exporters with a more predictable trading landscape.

Zurich and Geneva may be the most expensive places in the world to buy your meat and veg but it’ll still pay off as the two Swiss cities top a new survey of the highest disposable incomes in the world.