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Swiss banking giant UBS Group CEO Sergio Ermotti (L) shakes hands with outgoing chairman Kaspar Villiger during the annual general meeting on May 3, 2012 in Zurich. Switzerland needs to stop acting as a banking destination for tax cheats and settle old disputes with foreign tax authorities once and for all, said the chairman of the country's largest bank.
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The calculations are based on data from proton-proton collisions at an energy of seven Tera electron volts (TeV) collected by the CMS detector between April and November 2011. A total of 21 Xi_b^* baryon decays were discovered – statistically sufficient to rule out a statistical fluctuation ... The discovery of the new particle confirms the theory of how quarks bind and therefore helps to understand the strong interaction, one of the four basic forces of physics which determines the structure of matter.More quotes »
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Nestle to buy Pfizer's infant-nutrition business
may face some antitrust hurdles to complete the deal.Nestle's shares fell 3 percent to 55.30 Swiss francs ($60.71) after the Zurich exchange opened.The maker of Nescafe , Haagen Dazs and Jenny Craig said it estimated that the Pfizer unit's 2012 sales would Read more »
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Match-fixing and earthquakes disrupting Italy
expecting to reach at least the last four. Their one saving grace perhaps is the less than impressive form of their opponents in Zurich. Russia have already played two warm-up games, drawing 1-1 with World Cup semi-finalist's Uruguay in Moscow before a drab 1:45 AM from France 24 Read more »
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Bob 'knows what it takes'
teams from 1996-2003 and has spent the past half-decade skating for the Lions. “I remember him going into the home rink in Zurich and going to look at the benches and seeing that they were two inches too low, and he had them raise the benches. It’s just a 12:39 AM from Calgary Sun Read more »
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Blocher’s Immunity Is Partially Lifted
Democratic Party, defended as “normal” Blocher’s role in passing on details. But this version of events failed to convince the Zurich prosecutor’s office, which at the end of March formally requested Blocher’s immunity be revoked. The case is further complicated 5/31/12 from Eurasia Review Read more »
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Cloutier part of the package
the Calgary Flames pried Bob Hartley away from the Zurich Lions, they also picked up his sidekick. Hiring Hartley as the new head coach of the Flames meant Jacques Cloutier was also part of the deal as his assistant. However, Flames GM Jay Feaster has yet 5/31/12 from Calgary Sun Read more »
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Flames fast-track hiring of Hartley
while Feaster arranged the release of Hartley and assistant coach Jacques Cloutier from the Lions, their former employers in Zurich. Then he and Hartley went to a press conference to announce he is the next head coach of the Flames. More related to this story 5/31/12 from Globe and Mail Read more »
