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E.Land and K-Swiss Inc. Announce Strategic Acquisition of OTZ Shoes Inc.
K-Swiss Inc., owner of the K-Swiss and Palladium brands, announced today the strategic acquisition of Malibu, California-based contemporary comfort footwear ...
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Actavis to buy rival Warner Chilcott
Swiss generic drug producer Actavis said it would buy U.S. rival Warner Chilcott for a deal valued at $5 billion. It is an all-stock deal that provides a premium 5 percent on Warner Chilcott's closing price Friday. Actavis said in a release it agreed to pay 0.16 of a share for each Warner Chilcott share, which comes to $20.08 per share. Actavis will assume Warner Chilcott's $3.5 ...
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Grasshoppers Win Swiss Cup End 10-Year Trophy Drought
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Lake Zurich beaches opening soon
The warm weather is here, and with it, the beaches are opening. In Lake Zurich, this means the beach at Henry J. Paulus Park will be open Saturday. However, after Memorial Day weekend, the beach will close again until June 1, when it will be open daily until Aug. 11. After that, the beach will be open only on weekends until Labor Day. Recreation manager Dave Peterson said the beach at Paulus ...
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Vilotić seals Swiss Cup success for Grasshoppers
Milan Vilotic struck the decisive penalty in the Swiss Cup final after FC Basel 1983 had twice struck the woodwork as Grasshopper Club ended a ten-year wait for a ...
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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said time restriction on Geneva II Conference on Syria would harm solution process
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said time restriction on Geneva II Conference on Syria would harm solution process MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that time restraint on the 2nd International Conference on Syria in Geneva due in June would harm the solution process as a counterproductive attitude.Speaking to the Russian state-owned newspaper "Rossiyskaya Gazeta," ...
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Switzerland world's most competitive country
Switzerland is frequently pointed to as a model of good governance, prosperity, innovation and stability and is one of the happiest countries in the world. The recent competitive survey by the WEF underscored this, but came with a warning.
Switzerland truly is an impressive country, landlocked and small with no natural resources; it has developed into one of the richest countries in the world and was recently named the most competitive economy in the world. This is due in large part to its banking sector, which is one of the most advanced and its government structure, which is efficient in comparison to many other developed countries. Read more
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