A look at global economic developments - AP

GENEVA - Swiss lawmakers gave final approval to a treaty with the United States that will hand Washington thousands of files on suspected tax cheats, agreeing to drop plans to allow a referendum on the issue.

The country's biggest bank, UBS AG, will divulge the names of 4,450 American clients suspected of tax evasion to U.S. authorities. .... A look at global economic developments

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