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Swiss president denies charges that banks help Germans evade taxes

Accusations that Swiss banks are helping German citizens dodge taxes grew Saturday, as Switzerland’s President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf dismissed the charges. German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported that tax authorities were investigating Swiss bank Julius Baer as well as the banking giant UBS, suspected of transferring German clients’ funds to…