Geopolitical – Week of 05.26.13

Switzerland Proposes Allowing Banks to Resolve U.S. Tax Evasion Cases
Journal of Accountancy | 29 May 2013
The government of Switzerland would allow its banks to disclose data about account holders to the U.S. Department of Justice…

App: Tracking US Federal Spending in Your Neighborhood
International Business Times | 30 May 2013
A smartphone app for tracking the flow of federal dollars in your favorite zipcode…

Obama Administration to Sign U.N. Arms Trade Treaty ‘In the Very Near Future’
Ammoland | 21 May 2013
As we reported last month, on April 2, the United Nations General Assembly voted 153-4…

Treasure Islands in Trouble
The Economist | 25 May 2013
Last month McKeeva Bush, the ousted premier of the Cayman Islands…

Swedish Riots: if Instability Can Happen Here, What Might Unfold Elsewhere?
The Guardian | 27 May 2013
More than 20 cars torched in one night. School classrooms gutted by fire…

The End of the Beginning of the End
Truth Out | 26 May 2013
A report released early this year by the organization Oxfam International revealed that the combined income of the richest 100 people…