Pick a dictator, almost any dictator - Cuba's Fulgencio Batista, the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos, Haiti's Papa and Baby Doc Duvalier, the Shah of Iran, Central African Republic Emperor Jean-BÉdel Bokassa - and they all have this in common: they allegedly stashed their loot in secret, numbered accounts in Swiss banks, safely guarded by the so-called Gnomes of Zurich. This association - of bank secrecy and crime - has been fed into the public's imagination by dozens of books and movies. It's a reputation that rankles the Swiss, who have a more benevolent view of their commitment to privacy - one that happens to extend to tax privacy. Don't ask, because we won't tell.
But the dramatic federal investigation of Switzerland's UBS has blown the lid off bank secrecy - and revealed how Swiss banks abet tax evasion on a far more widespread, if more banal, level. Over the past two decades, these secret banking services have been peddled progressively downmarket - first to the lesser-known fabulously wealthy, then to just the wealthy; more recently, private bankers have been tripping over themselves soliciting business from doctors, lawyers and other folks who are what the biz generally calls "high net worth" individuals. "The IRS has been concerned for decades that a combination of a global economy, the Internet, offshore banking, was really going to take offshore tax evasion from the old so-called 'gentlemen's sport' to tax evasion for the masses," says Mark Matthews, a former deputy IRS commissioner and now a tax attorney with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
Bharatbookbureau MarketReport on 02 Jul 12The report titled "India Education Market Outlook to 2016 - Fast Growing E-learning Segment Set for Consolidation" provides a comprehensive analysis on the education market in India covering various aspects such as market size of the education industry on the basis of total fee spent on education and market segmentation by age group, gender and by type of education. The report also entails competitive landscape and profiles of the major players operating in the industry. The future projections are included to provide an insight on the prospects in the Indian education industry. The education market in India is one of the largest education systems globally which has registered a decent growth rate over the period. This growth rate can be attributed to growth in average annual fee, increase in students enrolled in private schools and willingness of parents to spent on education. In terms of revenue, the Indian education industry has recorded consistent growth at a 3 year CAGR of ~ over the period. The revenue of Indian education market grew from USD ~ billion in FY'2008 to USD ~ billion in FY'2011. The formal education market contributes majorly in total private education revenues and in FY'2011 it accounted for ~ % of the total education market in India. The Non-formal education market has reached USD ~ million in FY'2011, at a CAGR of ~ % from USD ~ million in FY'2008. Globally, India has one of the lowest enrollment and highest dropout ratios which results into one of the lowest net enrollment levels in the world. K12, the largest segment reached to USD ~ million in FY'2011. The revenue generated by Indian higher education market has reached USD ~ million in FY'2011. In 2011, pre-schools market has posted sales of USD ~ million, registering a CAGR of ~ %. Pre-school market is growing at a rapid rate where KidZee is the dominant player and accounts for around ~ % pre- school market followed by Euro Kids and Apple Kids with ~ % and ~ %
