GenevaLunch » GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +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.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no We’re nearly at the 3 million (million, that’s right!) markhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/21/were-nearly-at-the-3-million-million-thats-right-mark/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/21/were-nearly-at-the-3-million-million-thats-right-mark/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:32:59 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65439 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – We’d like to share a bit of great Friday night news: GenevaLunch in the next few minutes will hit the 3 million pages viewed mark. If you think nothing ever happens in the Lake Geneva region, you’re wrong – just ask the people who have read 3 million pages of news and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/21/were-nearly-at-the-3-million-million-thats-right-mark/feed/ 0 Tooting our own horn: GenevaLunch editor wins “Unsung hero” awardhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/01/tooting-our-own-horn-genevalunch-editor-wins-unsung-hero-award/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/01/tooting-our-own-horn-genevalunch-editor-wins-unsung-hero-award/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:56:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64298 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – GenevaLunch editor Ellen Wallace was named “Unsung hero” by the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce at its first Business Awards Wednesday 30 November in Geneva for her work in developing an online news source in English for the Lake Geneva region and Switzerland. GenevaLunch, staffed by volunteers, will soon hit the 3 million [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/01/tooting-our-own-horn-genevalunch-editor-wins-unsung-hero-award/feed/ 2 GenevaLunch finalist for BSCC awards: you be the judge!http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/25/genevalunch-finalist-for-bscc-awards-you-be-the-judge/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/25/genevalunch-finalist-for-bscc-awards-you-be-the-judge/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:35:58 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64010 GenevaLunch.com Ed. note: I’ve posted a smaller version on Editor’s Notepad to accommodate those who have slower Internet connections, so if it doesn’t load quickly and smoothly, please view it here. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – GenevaLunch is one of 15 finalists for 5 categories of business awards given by the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce. The winners will [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/25/genevalunch-finalist-for-bscc-awards-you-be-the-judge/feed/ 0 Little Friday glitch with DBhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/27/little-friday-glitch-with-db/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/27/little-friday-glitch-with-db/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:37:49 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59209 GenevaLunch.com Note to our readers: the server database at our hosting company was down part of Friday afternoon, which caused problems for some of our visitors: please accept our apologies. It also meant we couldn’t post some stories as planned, so we’ll be catching up today. Thanks for your patience. – Ellen Wallace, editor

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/27/little-friday-glitch-with-db/feed/ 0 Weather and crosswords: GenevaLunch gives you morehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/11/weather-and-crosswords-genevalunch-gives-you-more/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/11/weather-and-crosswords-genevalunch-gives-you-more/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 21:06:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=41800 GenevaLunch.com Geneva / Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – GenevaLunch is doing more to keep you happy, and among our latest additions aretwo that will please many readers. Starting today we are providing weather forecasts from the Swiss national weather service, MeteoSwiss. You’ll find icons for Geneva and Zurich at the top of the home page. Select either [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/11/weather-and-crosswords-genevalunch-gives-you-more/feed/ 0 GenevaLunch gets a facelift!http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/22/genevalunch-gets-a-facelift/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/22/genevalunch-gets-a-facelift/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:30:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=40617 GenevaLunch.com GenevaLunch: best-read source of news in English has just become easier to read

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/22/genevalunch-gets-a-facelift/feed/ 0 GenevaLunch stands out at Escalade racehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/08/genevalunch-stands-out-at-escalade-race/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/08/genevalunch-stands-out-at-escalade-race/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:32:59 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=33259 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The 27,000 runners who participated in the Escalade race in Geneva Saturday 4 December can now download films of their finish, available Tuesday 8 December, a project by supermarket Migros and the Escalade race organizers. GenevaLunch was there, with runners, their families and friends sporting our distinctive colours! Links to other [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/08/genevalunch-stands-out-at-escalade-race/feed/ 1 Harvard, Yale endowments suffer heavy losseshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/11/harvard-yale-endowments-suffer-heavy-losses/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/11/harvard-yale-endowments-suffer-heavy-losses/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:42:00 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=27419 GenevaLunch.com Harvard and Yale universities posted heavy losses in their endowment funds in the fiscal year to 30 June. Harvard lost $11 billion, or 27.5 percent, and Yale lost 30 percent to $16b. The university endowment funds invested heavily in hedge funds and private equity, which have suffered during the financial crisis. Both universities have responded [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/11/harvard-yale-endowments-suffer-heavy-losses/feed/ 0 Swine flu numbers rise rapidly, but story behind the statistics more complexhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/15/swine-flu-numbers-rise-rapidly-but-story-behind-the-statistics-more-complex/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/15/swine-flu-numbers-rise-rapidly-but-story-behind-the-statistics-more-complex/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 11:44:32 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=16966 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a 16 percent increase in 24 hours in the number of A/H1N1 (swine flu) cases worldwide, from 6,497 confirmed cases Thursday 14 May to 7,500 Friday. During the previous week, the increase was 200 percent. The statistics hide a more complex picture than the dramatic [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/15/swine-flu-numbers-rise-rapidly-but-story-behind-the-statistics-more-complex/feed/ 1 Lake Geneva region’s expats, in l’Hebdo: part twohttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/04/lake-geneva-regions-expats-in-lhebdo-part-two/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/04/lake-geneva-regions-expats-in-lhebdo-part-two/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:18:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=14656 GenevaLunch.com "The Swiss hesitate to invest when they know people will be leaving soon." - David Talerman, expat and author of Working and Living in Switzerland

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