Bank Secrecy law not important for over half

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Finance

Only 32 percent of Austrians regard the bank secrecy as personally important. This is the result of a survey of the Gallup institute for the “WirtschaftsBlatt”. 71 percent think that Austria is no tax haven. The results were identical nationwide in all age groups and professions. It is also remarkable that even big income earners […]

Over 60,000 gambling addicts in Austria

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Tens of thousands of Austrians are addicted to gambling, according to a new study.The Gallup research group announced today (Weds) that 64,000 Austrians are believed to be compulsive gamblers. The agency explained this number means that the share of slot machine and sport betting addicts in Austria’s overall populace resembles the European average. Around 8.5 […]

Docs more trustworthy than police, poll shows

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Austrians put more trust in doctors than policemen, new figures show.A poll by the Gallup Institute reveals that the 1,000 interviewed people gave general practitioners an average 8.1 points on a trust index from zero to 10. Police officers were ranked at 6.72 on the scale in which 10 was the top mark.Banks – which […]