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Swiss Govt Officials Scheduled To Testify In UBS Case Next Wk

July 30, 2009

Dow Jones Newswires

WASHINGTON–Swiss government officials, including the Swiss federal banking commissioner Urs Zulauf, are scheduled to take the stand next week at an evidentiary hearing in the high-profile case involving the U.S. and Swiss governments and UBS AG (UBS).

Rudolf Wyss, the Swiss deputy director federal office of justice, is on the witness list for the hearing, according to court documents.

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