Friday, February 10, 2017

Zuercher Kantonalbank CEO: scant progress on U.S. tax case

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Zuercher Kantonalbank CEO: scant progress on U.S. tax case

The logo of the Zuercher Kantonalbank bank is seen in ZurichZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss local government-owned Zuercher Kantonalbank (ZKB) hasn't made much progress in settling a tax case with U.S. authorities, its chief executive told journalists on Friday.


Arkansas legislators weighing reduced access to police info

FILE- In this Jan. 28, 2015, file photo, Sen. Gary Stubblefield, R-Branch, asks a question during a meeting of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Stubblefield fears society has “disintegrated” and that police need protections that weren’t necessary three or four decades ago. Under two of his bills, even the number of officers hired by the Capitol Police and 33 state-run colleges and universities would be off-limits to the public. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — University of Arkansas officials were alarmed to receive a request for information about the police officers assigned to work a 2015 football game, particularly because it arrived just five days after a terrorist attack at a stadium in France.


Disgraced Chinese 'spiritual guru' to the stars dies in custody
A self-proclaimed Chinese spiritual guru who gained notoriety for his ties to celebrities and grandiose claims of mystic powers before being arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a disciple, has died in hospital. Wang Lin died on Friday after complications from a serious autoimmune disorder led to multiple organ failure, the Intermediate People's Court in Fuzhou in the eastern province of Jiangxi said in a statement. An exponent of the ancient spiritual practice of qigong, who claimed to be able to cure cancer and conjure snakes from thin air, Wang shot to prominence in 2013 after photographs of him posing with top celebrities and businessmen were splashed in newspapers, along with claims he profited from corrupt and superstitious officials who believed he could help advance their careers.
South African opposition seeks court order to bar military from parliament

Leader of the Democratic Alliance Mmusi Maimane speaks with members of the media after leaving President Zuma's State of the Nation Address in Cape TownBy Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance said on Friday it was seeking a court ruling on the deployment of armed soldiers in parliament saying the move, during President Jacob Zuma's state-of-the-nation speech, was unconstitutional. Zuma had authorised more than 400 soldiers to join the security team at the parliament building during the speech, an unprecedented move his opponents described as a "militarization" of parliament. "Armed military police, with live ammunition, on the precinct of parliament is completely untenable in a constitutional democracy," Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane told reporters.


Partisan struggle with North Carolina governor back in court
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican efforts in the North Carolina legislature to reduce Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's authority in choosing his Cabinet are back in court.
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