The unseeded Bencic, who also beat former world number ones Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic in Toronto, wore a look of disbelief after the 18-year-old's forehand winner whizzed past Williams to seal the match.
Swiss authorities have opened criminal proceedings against individuals on suspicion of mismanagement and money laundering related to the allocation of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA soccer World Cups in Russia and Qatar.
Defending champion H S Prannoy eked out a thrilling win over China's Qiao Bin to advance to the quarterfinals of the $120,000 Swiss Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament, in Basel on Thursday.
In 2022, India was ranked as the eighth most polluted country with an average PM2.5 concentration of 53.3 micrograms per cubic metre.
Swiss banks may have turned over client details to the US, but they have said India is not welcome there on a name-fishing expedition.
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Thursday lauded World Athletics' decision to award USD 50,000 to all its gold-medallists in the Paris Olympic Games and said he would like to see such incentive being given in other global competitions as well.
Swiss skier, Didier Defago, flew out of the shadows of his more illustrious team-mates to win his country's first men's Olympic downhill title for 22 years on Monday.
Ace Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap reached the pre-quarterfinals of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold after notching up contrasting victories in the women's and men's singles competitions in Basel.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said he has noted reports about reservations Swiss banks have in sharing client details with India, but did not say what course of action the government would take.
Asked about top Swiss bank UBS AG, reeling under criticism for sheltering American tax evaders, agreeing to US government's demand for disclosure, Kochhar generally hedged queries saying Indian banks were not in that kind of business. Black money had become a major issue in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls in April-May, with BJP leader L K Advani claiming that $500 billion of Indian money was stashed in banks abroad.
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday directed Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to ask Swiss authorities to revive graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and to submit a report on the issue on March 21.
Ukraine won 3-0 on penalties to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup after the two teams played out a sterile scoreless draw.
The charges of aiding tax fraud, to which Credit Suisse has admitted, are serious and reflect the deep malaise that afflicts the Swiss banking system.
Lot of money is now being withdrawn from the Swiss banks and transferred to Singapore.
The MoU deals with creation of a useful forum for exchange of views on financial and macro-economic issues. Official sources said the MoU will facilitate dialogue between the tax authorities of the two countries.
The amount considered for the acquisition is 1.3 times the revenues Loadstone is expected to garner in 2012
The 23-year-old from Madhya Pradesh showed great anticipation and technique and added power to his smashes to bamboozle Jorgensen 21-15, 21-13 in a lop-sided contest.
Switzerland, who needed only a draw to progress to the knockout phase for third time in the past four tournaments, found themselves under early pressure from already-eliminated Costa Rica before Blerim Dzemaili handed the Swiss the half-time lead.
The latest turn to the case comes just days after Switzerland made it clear that its law does not allow UBS to disclose client information. The US government had filed a suit against UBS demanding the banking major part with details of about 52,000 American clients, as it felt the Swiss bank was helping American citizens in tax evasion.
Switzerland set a new World Cup record for not conceding a goal after holding Chile scoreless through the first 67 minutes of their Group H match on Monday.
With their hundreds of years of watch making experience, Swiss watchmakers can afford to take a long view of technological fads and fashions.
For India, the Swiss Challenge method is a new step in the field of public-private partnerships.
Swiss govt's latest response comes against the backdrop of P Chidambaram shooting off another letter to his Swiss counterpart.
According to a reliable source, the names of 'Preneet Kaur' and a name similar to one of Narayan Rane's sons allegedly feature on the HSBC list of Indians with Swiss bank accounts, says Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com
Key Team Anna member N Santosh Hegde has said that it's foolish to expect blackmoney stashed away in Swiss banks by Indians as they would have "cleaned out" by now and transferred it to other tax havens.
Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi on Tuesday said "everything came together" for him at the Grand Swiss event on his way to the Candidates.
India's men shuttlers had a great day in office with reigning Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap winning the Austrian Open Championship in Vienna while young Sameer Verma made it to the summit clash of the Swiss Open.
Swiss federal prosecutors are investigating soccer great Franz Beckenbauer and three other German soccer officials for fraud and money laundering in connection with the award of the 2006 World Cup to Germany.
Swiss Simon Ammann won the first gold medal of the Winter Olympics, taking advantage of a poor performance by his Austrian rivals to claim the individual normal hill ski jumping title on Saturday. It was the third Olympic gold for the diminutive 28-year-old Ammann, dubbed Harry Potter because of his owlish looks, who won both individual titles at the 2002 Games but flopped in 2006.
The finance ministry has initiated steps under which the Swiss Federal Court of Justice would be requested to ensure that information on specific accounts is provided by April 1, 2011.
Distressed over gang rape of its national in Madhya Pradesh, Switzerland on Saturday sought a "swift" investigation into the incident so that the victim gets justice.
Indian badminton stars Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were on Tuesday nominated for the Player Year of the Award by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
Allowing the elite to escape tax and regulation curbs economic growth, accelerates capital flight from poor countries and promotes corruption and crime around the world, says Rajni Bakshi.
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The move draws a line under the Swiss government's rescue of UBS nearly five years after the bank threatened to collapse under the weight of more than $50 billion in losses on mortgage securities.
The South African, 32, approached the France-based court in February, 2021 after losing appeals to CAS, sport's highest court, and another plea to the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) in a long-running legal battle against the regulations.
Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and H S Prannoy registered fighting victories in the last eight contests at the $120,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Basel on Friday.
India ace shuttler Saina Nehwal started her title defense on a positive note, thrashing Japan's Sayaka Sato in straight-games in the first round of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold at Basel, Switzerland.
The famous Swiss knives may soon be made in India with Sasana Enterprises, the Swiss knife-maker Victorinox's sole representative in the country, planning to put up a factory for kitchen knives.
Amid a raging controversy over black money allegedly stashed by stud farm owner Hasan Ali in Swiss banks, Switzerland has said it is awaiting a "complete" request from India for help in this case since 2007.
