GenevaLunch » Featured story http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no EC hails proposed deal to catch tax evaders between US and 5 EU gov’ts http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/09/ec-hails-proposed-deal-to-catch-tax-evaders-between-us-and-5-eu-govts/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/09/ec-hails-proposed-deal-to-catch-tax-evaders-between-us-and-5-eu-govts/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:27:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66467 GenevaLunch.com Britain, France, Germany, Italy Spain: US citizens’ bank data in exchange for US reporting some of their citizens’ bank accounts Overseas Americans already caught in crosshairs GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A proposed deal that is being hailed by the six countries involved as a step forward in their fight against international tax evasion ironically borrows from [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/09/ec-hails-proposed-deal-to-catch-tax-evaders-between-us-and-5-eu-govts/feed/ 0 Swiss customs revenues get boost from high Swiss franc http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/08/swiss-customs-revenues-get-boost-from-high-swiss-franc/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/08/swiss-customs-revenues-get-boost-from-high-swiss-franc/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:40:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66411 GenevaLunch.com BASEL / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Lower prices across the border in France thanks to the high Swiss franc don’t always mean the Swiss lose out: the Swiss Customs Office says that in 2011 its revenues rose thanks to import declarations, from CHF28.7 million to CHF39.8m. Imported border goods remain nevertheless a small part of customs [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/08/swiss-customs-revenues-get-boost-from-high-swiss-franc/feed/ 0 Brrrrr, why it’s 5C in the Arctic when it’s -7C in Milan http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/07/brrrrr-why-its-5c-in-the-arctic-when-its-7c-in-milan/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/07/brrrrr-why-its-5c-in-the-arctic-when-its-7c-in-milan/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:32:37 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66354 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – If you’ve been talking to friends about our Arctic weather, you should revise your description, for in recent days it’s been warmer in Svalbard, far north in the Arctic,  than in Milan, Italy or Istanbul, Turkey, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva. Svalbard has seen 5C in recent days while [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/07/brrrrr-why-its-5c-in-the-arctic-when-its-7c-in-milan/feed/ 0 Contador loses his title http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/06/contador-loses-his-title/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/06/contador-loses-his-title/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:21:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66316 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Spain’s Alberto Contador has been suspended from cycling for two years after the CAS sports tribunal in Lausanne, TAS, found him guilty on one count of doping. The winner of the 2010 Tour de France loses his crown as a result; it should now go to Andy Schleck of Luxembourg who came [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/06/contador-loses-his-title/feed/ 0 Siberian weather sparks frigid flames on Lake Geneva http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/06/siberian-weather-sparks-frigid-flames-on-lake-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/06/siberian-weather-sparks-frigid-flames-on-lake-geneva/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:25:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66300 GenevaLunch.com Fire death, drunk driver victims, high speed chase part of busy weekend emergency services work GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A new record low temperature for this winter was set in canton Graubuenden’s Engadine region, in Samedan this weekend: -35.1C. The death toll from the cold in Europe, now estimated to be over 300 people, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/06/siberian-weather-sparks-frigid-flames-on-lake-geneva/feed/ 0 Facebook files for initial public offering (Chappatte cartoon) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/03/facebook-files-for-initial-public-offering-chappatte-cartoon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/03/facebook-files-for-initial-public-offering-chappatte-cartoon/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:09:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66252 GenevaLunch.com ©2012 Chappatte, distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site. Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le Temps, and for NZZ am Sonntag. All cartoons reproduced with permission.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/03/facebook-files-for-initial-public-offering-chappatte-cartoon/feed/ 0 Wegelin becomes first bank outside the US to be charged (update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/03/wegelin-becomes-first-bank-outside-the-us-to-be-charged-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/03/wegelin-becomes-first-bank-outside-the-us-to-be-charged-update/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:53:55 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66248 GenevaLunch.com Swiss media, political reaction won’t comfort Wegelin ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Wegelin, Switzerland’s oldest private wealth management bank 2 February became the first bank outside the United States to be charged with fraud by the US Department of Justice (DOJ). It has been summoned to appear in a US District Court in Manhattan, New York 10 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/03/wegelin-becomes-first-bank-outside-the-us-to-be-charged-update/feed/ 0 Data and privacy issues are growing focus in US-Swiss talks: taxes, visas, banking http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/data-and-privacy-issues-are-growing-focus-in-us-swiss-talks-taxes-visas-banking/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/data-and-privacy-issues-are-growing-focus-in-us-swiss-talks-taxes-visas-banking/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:25:32 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66223 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Data privacy concern is increasingly raising its head in US-Swiss talks over taxes, visas and banking. The latest incident is linked to Switzerland’s decision to continue participating in the US visa waiver programme. Parliament will have its say in US data demands for visa waiver programme The Swiss Federal Council Wednesday 1 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/data-and-privacy-issues-are-growing-focus-in-us-swiss-talks-taxes-visas-banking/feed/ 0 Verbier piste avalanche 200m long, but happily no victims http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/01/verbier-piste-avalanche-200m-long-but-happily-no-victims/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/01/verbier-piste-avalanche-200m-long-but-happily-no-victims/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:26:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66213 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – There were happily no victims when a sizeable avalanche swept across a groomed ski slope in Verbier at 10:30 Wednesday morning 1 February. The run was open but rescue workers, who immediately combed the area,say there were no victims. The avalanche occurred at la Croix de Cœur (Le Clou) and it is [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/01/verbier-piste-avalanche-200m-long-but-happily-no-victims/feed/ 0 Prix de Lausanne consolidates its role as major dance competition http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/31/prix-de-lausanne-consolidates-its-role-as-major-dance-competition/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/31/prix-de-lausanne-consolidates-its-role-as-major-dance-competition/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:27:19 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66157 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Prix de Lausanne dance competition is now underway, and as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations it is turning firmly to the future with new multimedia coverage and opening its doors more widely to the public to show that it has come of age. The basics for 2012: 79 candidates, 19 [...]

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