Tuesday 9th February, 2010
“Ghost” chalet scam targets rich Verbier skiers
Swiss InfoA stunning luxury six-bed holiday home for rent in the heart of Verbier. The catch? The SFr12,300 ($11,400)-a-week house, Chalet Lumière, does not actually exist.
Nestle HealthCare Nutrition and HealthCare Professionals Join Forces to Improve Patient Safety
RedOrbit'Be A.W.A.R.E.' Initiative Drives Awareness for Improving the Safety of Enteral Medication Delivery FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nestle HealthCare Nutrition today announced ...
German bounty tears veil off Swiss secrecy
Gulf NewsThe Swiss are shocked again, this time over the German decision to buy a list of some 1,500 possible tax cheats saved on a disc lifted from a Swiss bank. It's stolen property, say the Swiss bankers. I...
Aviva, Swiss Life Decline in Europe on Bond Concern
Business WeekFeb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Aviva Plc, Legal & General Group Plc and Swiss Life Holding AG led declines in European insurers amid concern holdings of corporate and government debt may threaten the compa...
Janka carries Swiss hopes for overdue Alpine gold
The Seattle TimesGENEVA — Carlo Janka was just a toddler when his ski-obsessed nation last won Olympic gold in men's Alpine racing. Now Switzerland is counting on the 23-year-old breakout star to end the countr...
Janka carries Swiss hopes for overdue Alpine gold
New Jersey Online(AP) — GENEVA - Carlo Janka was just a toddler when his ski-obsessed nation last won Olympic gold in men's Alpine racing. Now Switzerland is counting on the 23-year-old breakout star to end th...
Janka carries Swiss hopes for overdue Alpine gold
The Miami HeraldFILE - In this Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 file photo, Switzerland's Carlo Janka speeds down the course during the first run of an Alpine Ski, Men's World Cup Giant Slalom, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
Janka carries Swiss hopes for overdue Alpine gold
Seattle Post-IntelligencerFILE - In this Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 file photo, Switzerland's Carlo Janka speeds down the course during the first run of an Alpine Ski, Men's World Cup Giant Slalom, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. (AP P...
Numbered accounts profit from bank crisis
Swiss InfoBankers shut up like clams at the mere mention of these accounts, as swissinfo.ch discovered. Questions about how many there might be, or what kind of person opens one, get short shrift in Geneva, Zur...
Swiss skier found alive under avalanche
RTESwiss mountain rescuers have hailed the survival of 21-year-old skier who was buried by an avalanche over the weekend as a miracle after he spent 17 hours under the snow. The Swiss skier was found ye...
Man survives 17 hours under snow after Swiss avalanche
The Globe and MailA skier was buried beneath an avalanche for 17 hours in the Swiss Alps before being pulled from the snow with only mild hypothermia, police said Sunday. The 21-year-old man appeared to have survived...
Deutsche Bank Boss Proposed for Zurich Board
Insurance JournalArticle Reprints Zurich Financial Services Ltd announced that the Board of Directors will propose to the 2010 Annual General Meeting of shareholders on March 30 the election of Josef Ackermann, 61 and...
Sri Lankan delegation to visit Geneva to answer war crimes allegation
People's DailyA high-level delegation led by Sri Lankan Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe left for United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday to discuss alleged war crimes committed by the gov...
Adecco Connects Its UK Branches With Magic Software's uniPaaS
RedOrbitbusiness and process integration solutions, today announces that Adecco, a market leader in human resource solutions, has developed MAX, a back-office system for its 200 UK branches, using Magic Softw...
Unemployment in Switzerland at 4.5%
MENAFN(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The Swiss state Secretary of economics said on Monday that unemployment in Switzerland hit 4.5 percent until the end of January 2010, the highest since March 1998....
Sharp decline in the Swiss stock exchange
MENAFN(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The Swiss Stock Exchange starts on Monday with a great expectancy for the trade of the shares and Stocks after a painful week where the Swiss Market index (SMI) lo...
Swiss January Unemployment Rate Unexpectedly Falls to 4.1%
Business WeekThe unadjusted jobless rate rose to 4.5 percent last month from 4.4 percent in December, today’s report said. To contact the editor responsible for this story: Fergal O’Brien at +353-...
German Bounty Tears Veil Off Swiss Secrecy: Celestine Bohlen
Business WeekFeb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Swiss are shocked again, this time over the German decision to buy a list of some 1,500 possible tax cheats saved on a disc lifted from a Swiss bank. It’s stolen proper...
Swiss Unadj Jobless Rate Inches Up In January
Quote.com(RTTNews) - Switzerland's unadjusted jobless rate rose to 4.5% in January from 4.4% in December, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs said Monday. Economists had forecast a rate of 4.6%. There ...
Healthcare recruitment "harms poorest nations"
Swiss InfoThe high proportion of foreign healthcare workers in Switzerland could have catastrophic consequences for developing countries, says an international health expert.
German Bounty Tears Veil Off Swiss Secrecy: Celestine Bohlen
Business WeekFeb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Swiss are shocked again, this time over the German decision to buy a list of some 1,500 possible tax cheats saved on a disc lifted from a Swiss bank. It’s stolen proper...
German Bounty Tears Veil Off Swiss Secrecy: Celestine Bohlen
Business WeekFeb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Swiss are shocked again, this time over the German decision to buy a list of some 1,500 possible tax cheats saved on a disc lifted from a Swiss bank. It’s stolen proper...
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