Sunday, 21 December 2008

UBS - Bank agreement denies any responsibility

UBS sought to absolve itself from any duty to safeguard investor assets in a $1.4bn fund that channelled money into Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50bn Ponzi scheme.

The Swiss bank used an agreement that denied it was responsible for the assets – even though its marketing documents claimed it would be.

The move came as a US judge changed the terms of Mr Madoff’s $10m bail,......................

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NY Times: Business Owners Hiring Mercenaries as Police Budgets Cut

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