Swiss Zug: Centre of global economic hub


	Swiss Zug: Centre of global economic hub

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6-2-2008 3:37 PM

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				  <P class="caption">Zug has 27,000 registered companies, one from every man, woman and child in the town.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/31/taxavoidance.tax?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"><DIV id="header"><DIV id="zones-nav"><DIV id="nav-bar"><DIV id="crumb-nav"><UL><LI id="crumb2"><A name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Tax avoidance}&lpos={crumbNavigation}{2}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/taxavoidance" class="first-end">Tax avoidance</A></LI>
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<H1>Welcome to Zug: the sleepy Swiss town that became a global economic hub</H1>
<P id="stand-first">How one of the world's lowest tax regimes attracted an amazing 27,000 companies</P></DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/31/taxavoidance.tax?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">According to the government of the canton, or region, of which Zug is the capital, there are 27,000 companies on its commercial register - one for every man, woman and child in the town, leaving a few hundred to spare. A Zug-registered firm is building the strategically critical gas pipeline that will link Europe with Russia via the Baltic</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/31/taxavoidance.tax?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">Another is the luxury goods group that owns the Cartier, Piaget and Vacheron Constantin brands</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/31/taxavoidance.tax?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">3% of the world's petrol is traded, either as crude oil or refined product, through Zug and the neighbouring town of Baar</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/31/taxavoidance.tax?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">Few of the world's cars, clocks or computers would work without the metals that are bought and sold here</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/31/taxavoidance.tax?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">remarkably discreet: no casino; no stretch limos; no exclusive nightclubs. They are there</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DF1C4A24-A747-483C-AC07-AFC76EC5E1E1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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