Switzerland
Authors (front L-R) Swiss Peter Stamm, Chinese Yan Lianke, US, Lydia Davis, French Marie N'Diaye, Indian Intizar Husain, Indian U R Anathamurthy and Croatian-Canadian Josip Novakovich, (back row L-R) Jonathan Taylor, Chair of the Booker Prize Foundation, and James Naughtie, BBC presenter and former judge of Man Booker Prize, pose during a photocall for the finalists of the 2013 Man Booker International literary prize in London on May 20, 2013. The winner of the Man Booker International Prixe will be announced May 22, 2013.
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This decision is the first step to fill a large gap in international rules governing transparency in the commodities sector
We’re very happy to be in partnership with Impuls, and to bring them into our growing family of similar relationships ... the Chopard, Rolex and Roger Federer of Swiss film distribution.
Early in his career, Spencer was influenced by the soft-focus of Edward Steichen's Pictorialist photography and the gritty realism of Robert Frank, the Swiss photographer whose seminal series 'The Americans' documented his perspective of everyday American lifeMore quotes »
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$1 million in Chopard jewelry stolen from hotel near Cannes Film Festival
Suspected thieves ripped out a small safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with about $1 million worth of jewelry inside, a French police official said Friday.Cmdr. Bernard Mascarelli, a judicial police spokesman in Read more »
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Swiss: 1,500 money-laundering cases last year
involved more than 100,000 Swiss francs ($104,000). The rest were mainly tied to payment services, fiduciary and asset managers.Switzerland has in recent years tried to shed its image as a haven for money laundering and tax evasion through the misuse of its Read more »
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EU court finds Swiss assisted-suicide laws vague
and new laws could infringe on people's personal freedoms.Gross, who lives in a village on the shore of Lake Greifen in northern Switzerland, was turned down by the Zurich health board when she tried to force her doctors to prescribe her a lethal dose of sodium Read more »
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Jayson Nix could be an option at first base
With Kevin Youkilis on the disabled list and his unnerving history of back problems, the Yankees worked on another contingency plan before Saturday's game by having Jayson Nix take ground balls at first base.Nix is the team's Swiss Army Knife, possessing t Read more »
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Nadal to play at Federer's hometown Swiss Indoors
(AP) -- Rafael Nadal is scheduled to play at Roger Federer's hometown tournament for the first time in nine years.Organizers of the Swiss Indoors announced their star attractions for the Oct. 19-27 event in Basel. The field is headed by five-time champion Read more »
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Swiss eye defense equipment procurements
Switzerland, May 23 (UPI) -- The Swiss Federal Council is recommending that the Federal Assembly authorize five defense projects costing $760.3 million. The projects would be part of the Swiss armaments program for 2013. The first proposal is for an enhanced 29 m ago from United Press International Read more »
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Swiss medtech entrepreneur gives $125M to Harvard – again
million to Harvard to advance the work of the Institute. Wyss is a 1065 graduate of Harvard Business School. He is a native of Switzerland and lives in Wilson, Wyo. The mission of the Wyss Institute, founded in January 2009, is to solve problems in health 39 m ago from Boston Business Journal Read more »
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The Swiss Stock Market Dropped On China Data & Bernanke Comments
The Swiss stock market finished solidly to the downside Thursday, putting an end to the strong gains it has enjoyed of late. Weak manufacturing data from China weighed on investor sentiment, as well as fears of a tightening on U.S. monetary policy, after c 48 m ago from RTTNews Read more »
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George Magnus: US dollar surge will hit emerging markets
The first down payments on a US dollar bull market have been made but the emerging markets are set to suffer in its wake, according to George Magnus, former senior economic adviser at UBS, the Swiss bank. Speaking at a Citywire conference in Montreux, Magn 12:19 PM from Citywire.co.uk Read more »
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Great moments in school discipline: camper punished for having Swiss Army knife
Daily Caller - A fifth-grader in Cupertino, California was suspended and threatened with expulsion for bringing a small Swiss Army knife on a school-sponsored, science-oriented camping trip. In early April, Braden Bandermann’s class set off on Garden Gate 11:45 AM from City Desk Read more »
