The Swiss government said Wednesday it would reopen talks with the United States to try to salvage a settlement under which the giant bank U.B.S. was obliged to hand over data on thousands of clients suspected of tax evasion in return for escaping legal action itself. After a meeting of the Swiss federal cabinet, Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said the government now intended to "pursue negotiations with the United States" to find a solution, after a Swiss court last week threw out...
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