GenevaLunch » Basel http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:57 +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 Ricola boss commits suicide http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/ricola-boss-commits-suicide/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/ricola-boss-commits-suicide/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:11:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64118 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Adrian Kohler, 53, chief executive of Ricola, the Swiss herbal sweets company, committed suicide Thursday 24 November, the company announced Friday. He sent a message to the executive committee shortly before taking his life, admitting to responsibility for accounting irregularities. He joined the company 25 years ago as an accountant, then became [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/ricola-boss-commits-suicide/feed/ 0 Swiss went to the polls Sunday and decided . . . http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/swiss-went-to-the-polls-sunday-and-decided/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/swiss-went-to-the-polls-sunday-and-decided/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:34:51 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64114 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss voters were back at the ballot box Sunday 27 November, a month after parliamentary elections, to vote on a number of items that differed from one canton to the next. Here are some of the highlights, as results flow in Sunday evening: Swiss right loses most runoffs, Geneva rebuffs minimum wage [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/swiss-went-to-the-polls-sunday-and-decided/feed/ 1 New train schedule offers better links, mobile connections improved http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/18/new-train-schedule-offers-better-links-mobile-connections-improved/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/18/new-train-schedule-offers-better-links-mobile-connections-improved/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:00:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63675 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The 2012 train schedule that goes into effect 11 December will offer travellers better connections for trips abroad. Some parts of the Lake Geneva region will also see improvements. But the best news for many working travellers is that mobile connections are being improved, as is the online sales service. The CFF [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/18/new-train-schedule-offers-better-links-mobile-connections-improved/feed/ 1 Central bank head joins Carney to lead Financial Stability Board http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/07/central-bank-head-joins-carney-to-lead-financial-stability-board/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/07/central-bank-head-joins-carney-to-lead-financial-stability-board/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:50:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63289 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Philipp Hildebrand, chairman of the board of governors of the Swiss National Bank, joins Canadian Mark Carney on the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada, was named the new chairman and Hildebrand the vice-chairman Friday 4 Novmber at the close of the G20 meeting in Cannes, France. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/07/central-bank-head-joins-carney-to-lead-financial-stability-board/feed/ 0 Federer wins fifth Basel title, Czechs take Fed Cup http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/06/federer-wins-fifth-basel-title-czechs-take-fed-cup/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/06/federer-wins-fifth-basel-title-czechs-take-fed-cup/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:50:36 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=63280 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Roger Federer won his fifth Swiss Indoors title, and his first tournament since winning in Doha in January, 2011 when he brushed aside the challenge of Kei Nishikori, Sunday 6 November. The Swiss star won his home-town tournament with a convincing display, outplaying the young Japanese  in all aspects of the game [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/06/federer-wins-fifth-basel-title-czechs-take-fed-cup/feed/ 0 Djokovic loses to no. 32 Japanese player Nishikori! Federer beats Wawrinka (Update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/djokovic-loses-to-no-32-japanese-player-nishikori-federer-beats-wawrinka-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/djokovic-loses-to-no-32-japanese-player-nishikori-federer-beats-wawrinka-update/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:45:15 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=63253 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – A major upset at the Swiss Indoors Basel tennis tournament has the sport reeling Saturday night 5 November: number 32 in the world, Japanese wild card Kei Nishikori, defeated Novak Djokovic, who praised the winner’s game, saying his opponent was “getting impossible balls back”. Djokovic, top player in the ATP rankings, won [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/djokovic-loses-to-no-32-japanese-player-nishikori-federer-beats-wawrinka-update/feed/ 0 Novartis to close Nyon site, 1100 jobs to go in Switzerland http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/25/novartis-to-close-nyon-site-1100-jobs-to-go-in-switzerland/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/25/novartis-to-close-nyon-site-1100-jobs-to-go-in-switzerland/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:38:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62814 GenevaLunch.com NYON, SWITZERLAND – Pharmaceutical company Novartis is closing its site in Nyon as part of a restructuration that will involve eliminating 1,100 jobs in Switzerland. The company is cutting a total of 2,000 jobs, with most of the rest in the US. The Nyon site employs 320 persons and 770 jobs will also go in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/25/novartis-to-close-nyon-site-1100-jobs-to-go-in-switzerland/feed/ 1 Basel woman who killed husband in game goes free http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/21/basel-woman-who-killed-husband-in-game-goes-free/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/21/basel-woman-who-killed-husband-in-game-goes-free/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:01:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61705 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – A 32-year-old woman who shot her husband in March 2011 was found guilty of homicide by negligence and sent home without sentencing. The judge declared she had suffered enough in losing her husband. She shot her husband in their apartment while he was showing her how to handle the gun, of which [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/21/basel-woman-who-killed-husband-in-game-goes-free/feed/ 0 QS’s new world uni rankings show EPFL slipping and ETH Zurich steady http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/qss-new-world-uni-rankings-show-epfl-slipping-and-eth-zurich-steady/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/qss-new-world-uni-rankings-show-epfl-slipping-and-eth-zurich-steady/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:22:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61287 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The QS World University Rankings 2011-2012, published independently since 2010 and considered one of the main global education ranking systems, show EPFL in Lausanne slipping from slot no. 32 to 35, but ETHZ in Zurich holding its no. 18 place, just behind McGill in Canada and ahead of Duke in the US. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/qss-new-world-uni-rankings-show-epfl-slipping-and-eth-zurich-steady/feed/ 0 Single and rich in Zug with plenty to spend – or get married if you’re in Geneva (update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/21/single-and-rich-in-zug-with-plenty-to-spend-or-get-married-if-youre-in-geneva-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/21/single-and-rich-in-zug-with-plenty-to-spend-or-get-married-if-youre-in-geneva-update/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:00:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60034 GenevaLunch.com Swiss taxes varied considerably from one city to another in 2010 Update 22 July (new files added at end) BERN, SWITZERLAND – That magic moment in the year is here, when Bern tells Swiss taxpayers where they were best off, living or dying, in 2010, so the rest of the holidays can be spent planning [...]

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