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US health care bill inches forward with Senate vote

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:19:45 +0000

GenevaLunch.com US Senate Republicans failed Wednesday 2 February in their bid to repeal the healthcare act that was passed in March 2010, as expected, but before the vote the lawmakers passed an amendment to reduce the healthcare plan’s paperwork for companies. The law, a key part of President Obama’s reforms, will provide coverage to 30 million [...]

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Swiss gov’t lays out 2011 agenda

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:21:16 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Federal Council will consult on plan for how big banks can fail, negotiate withholding tax on foreigners’ accounts Measles, tougher penal sentences, electricity suppliers, corporate tax rates all on the 2011 schedule Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Government, fresh from the defeat of its counter-initiative in the vote on foreign convicts 28 November, has [...]

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Lake Geneva region is bright spot for Swiss unemployment

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:22:10 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Swiss unemployment stable in fourth quarter, 2010 outlook brighter Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Lake Geneva region showed the strongest growth in employment in the fourth quarter of 2009, up 1.1 percent. Zurich was the only other area to show growth, 0,9 percent. Overall, Swiss unemployment remained stable, with a slight slip of 0.3 percent [...]

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Obama in State of Union address calls for more jobs

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:28:26 +0000

GenevaLunch.com US President Barack Obama said in his first State of the Union address, the annual presidential speech, that a top priority now is to see more jobs created, insisting that he wants to see a jobs bill from Congress soon. He also made it clear that his liberal agenda remains firmly in place, led by [...]

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Novartis agrees to buy Nestlé’s Alcon holdings

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:22:37 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Basel-based healthcare products Novartis has agreed to buy out the majority shareholding in Alcon, eyecare specialists, from Vevey-based Nestlé, for CHF28.1 billion. Novartis paid $10.4 in 2008 for a 25 percent share and it has offered to buy the remaining 23 percent share for an additional $11.2b, bringing the total price [...]

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Switzerland’s recession is over

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:04:01 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 11:40 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland officially moved out of recession in the third quarter of 2009, Bern announced Tuesday 1 December. Real GDP (gross domestic product) was up 0.3 percent compared to the previous quarter. Private consumption (+0.6 percent) and building investments both grew, and healthcare plus the financial and insurance industries also [...]

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Obama and Hu agree to agree

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:43:08 +0000

GenevaLunch.com US President Barack Obama’s tour of Asia ends in Beijing today, 17 November, on an upbeat note as he and Chinese President Hu Jintao announced together that they have had positive, frank talks and that they should work more closelyto improve international cooperation. Their statements could mark a turning point, at least in terms of [...]

Swiss inflation falls slightly to 2.9%, price index stable

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:24:56 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s inflation rate fell slightly in September, down 0.9 percent, to an annual rate of 2.9 percent. The Consumer Price Index remained stable but the overall CPI is the result of a balance between imports,which have gone down in price and Swiss-made goods and services, which have risen slightly. It also [...]

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US: Obama gets tough on healthcare; Afghan photo death divides

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:57:25 +0000

GenevaLunch.com US President Barack Obama told the US Wednesday that the time for bickering over healthcare reform is over, as he stepped directly into the fight after weeks of leaving it mainly to Congress, to push for his plan for a non-profit public insurance plan. His appearance on prime time television was aimed primarily at the [...]

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Nobel economist Krugman calls Obama health plan like Swiss system

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:16:26 +0000

GenevaLunch.com New York, USA (GenevaLunch) – Economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, writing in the New York Times (registration required) 17 August says of President Barack Obama’s proposed health plan that “it most resembles the system in Switzerland.” More pointedly, he says that unlike what many, including Fox News, would like the public to believe, the [...]

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