GenevaLunch » investigation 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 Swiss investigation into possible bank lending rate fixing is latest in a string http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/04/swiss-investigation-into-possible-bank-lending-rate-fixing-is-latest-in-a-string/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/04/swiss-investigation-into-possible-bank-lending-rate-fixing-is-latest-in-a-string/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:57:41 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66271 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Comco, Switzerland’s competition commission, has opened an investigation into more than 10 international banks and companies and the country’s two largest, UBS and Credit Suisse, for possible “collusion between derivative traders [that] might have influenced the reference rates Libor and Tibor. Furthermore, market conditions regarding derivative products based on these reference rates [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/04/swiss-investigation-into-possible-bank-lending-rate-fixing-is-latest-in-a-string/feed/ 0 Syria protest deaths reach 3,500, Geneva UN group says http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/08/syria-protest-deaths-reach-3500-geneva-un-group-says/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/08/syria-protest-deaths-reach-3500-geneva-un-group-says/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:07:58 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63360 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The number of deaths in Syria as a result of the crackdown on protests has reached 3,500, the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva says. Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a press briefing that 60 deaths have been recorded since [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/08/syria-protest-deaths-reach-3500-geneva-un-group-says/feed/ 0 Assange extradition to Sweden approved http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/assange-extradition-to-sweden-approved/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/assange-extradition-to-sweden-approved/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:23:53 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63125 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, 2 November lost his high court appeal to avoid extradition to Sweden. His lawyers say they will decide in the next 14 days whether or not to appeal to Britain’s supreme court. Assange is wanted by Sweden for questioning over charges of sexual assault filed by two [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/assange-extradition-to-sweden-approved/feed/ 0 TV documentary says Swissair 111 crash could have been “murder” http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/16/tv-documentary-says-swissair-111-crash-could-have-been-murder/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/16/tv-documentary-says-swissair-111-crash-could-have-been-murder/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:45:50 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=61615 GenevaLunch.com CANADA – New allegations by Tom Juby an investigator who looked into the fatal crash of Swissair Flight 111 in the coast of Canada, argue that the fire in the doomed plane could have been caused by an incendiary device, and that a “homicide investigation should have taken place.” The controversial allegations are made on [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/16/tv-documentary-says-swissair-111-crash-could-have-been-murder/feed/ 1 Russia’s Magnitsky corruption investigation continues after his death http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/03/russias-magnitsky-corruption-investigation-continues-after-his-death/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/03/russias-magnitsky-corruption-investigation-continues-after-his-death/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:19:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60380 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Russian authorities look set to continue their investigation into the affairs of Sergei Magnitsky, who was beaten to death in prison in November 2009, after the Heritage Capital lawyer spent 11 months in prison, in pre-trial detention. He was arrested on tax evasion charges, reports the Moscow Times,  after he “accused several [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/03/russias-magnitsky-corruption-investigation-continues-after-his-death/feed/ 0 Valais investigates ski lift operator, safety manager in Evolène http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/23/valais-investigates-ski-lift-operator-safety-manager-in-evolene/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/23/valais-investigates-ski-lift-operator-safety-manager-in-evolene/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:23:28 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55596 GenevaLunch.com Sion, Valais (GenevaLunch) – A criminal investigation is pursuing two people following initial official inquiries into the death of a 12-year-old girl in Evolène, canton Valais, in February. The girl died after sliding downhill and crashing into a pylon when she slipped from a towbar at the top of a ski slope. Cantonal justice officials [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/23/valais-investigates-ski-lift-operator-safety-manager-in-evolene/feed/ 0 Man found dead at refugee centre in Nyon http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/08/man-found-dead-at-refugee-centre-in-nyon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/08/man-found-dead-at-refugee-centre-in-nyon/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:53:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55047 GenevaLunch.com Nyon, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A man in his mid-20s was found dead at Evam, the Nyon Welcome Centre for Migrants Tuesday morning 8 March. Canton Vaud police and a medical examiner were called. Police say that foul play is not suspected, but an investigation into the man’s death has been opened. Police say they do [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/08/man-found-dead-at-refugee-centre-in-nyon/feed/ 0 Credit Suisse offices in Germany searched http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/14/credit-suisse-offices-in-germany-searched/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/14/credit-suisse-offices-in-germany-searched/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:46:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=44935 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – Credit Suisse has confirmed to AP that it is cooperating with German authorities, who searched 13 of its offices in Dusseldorf, Zurich and Munich Wednesday morning. The searches are part of an ongoing investigation into whether or not bank employees helped German citizens evade taxes. The investigation into 1,100 cases began [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/14/credit-suisse-offices-in-germany-searched/feed/ 0 UK climate scientists’ scandal probe backs IPCC report http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/08/uk-climate-scientists-scandal-probe-backs-ipcc-report/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/08/uk-climate-scientists-scandal-probe-backs-ipcc-report/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:49:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=44618 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) - Geneva-based IPCC (Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change) has received its second bit of good news this week about investigations into how its 2007 benchmark report on climate change reached its conclusions. A six-month investigation in Britain (report, PDF) into a scandal involving scientists who contributed to the IPCC report has dismissed [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/08/uk-climate-scientists-scandal-probe-backs-ipcc-report/feed/ 0 Israel says no to Gaza aid raid investigation http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/07/israel-says-no-to-gaza-aid-raid-investigation/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/07/israel-says-no-to-gaza-aid-raid-investigation/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:04:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=43114 GenevaLunch.com European Union considers the option of accompanying aid ships Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has refused calls from the international community for an outside investigation into an Israeli raid last week of a flotilla of aid ships heading for Gaza. France Sunday said that the European Union would be willing to check the cargo of [...]

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