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EC hails proposed deal to catch tax evaders between US and 5 EU gov’ts

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:27:27 +0000

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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Italian cruise ship catastrophe: 5 dead as 2 bodies found Sunday, 17 missing

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:18:14 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The cruise ship Costa Concordia, which crashed into rocks Friday 13 February off the Italian coast, remains the scene of painstaking searches for survivors, with Manrico Gianpetroni, chief purser, brought out alive and suffering from a broken leg, and a Korean couple on their honeymoon brought out dazed. Checks have now made [...]

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Swisscom results hurt by Italian Fastweb’s drop in value

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:37:18 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Swisscom, the Swiss telecommunications giant, announced 14 December that it will “charge to income an exceptional impairment” of CHF1.2 billion as a result in the fall in value of Italian mobile company Fastweb, which it bought in 2007. The Italian firm has grown well in the corporate market, where it is number [...]

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Italian leader rebuffs idea of tax deal with Switzerland

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:05:17 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Italy’s new prime minister, Mario Monti, has told the country’s parliament, through his minister for relations with that body, that Italy should not seek a double taxation agreement with Switzerland along the lines of those with Germany and the UK. But the opposition then accused him of not being open to negotiations [...]

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Credit Suisse pushes Swiss GDP forecast down sharply

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:11:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Credit Suisse Thursday pushed its GDP growth forecast down sharply, from 2 percent to 0.5 percent, for 2012. The bank points to the euro crisis, which “continues to weigh on markets, with economic momentum in Europe fading unexpectedly quickly.” Switzerland will be hurt by the fall in exports due to “decidedly gloomier” [...]

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Easyjet adds 3 new summer destinations from Geneva

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:17:23 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Easyjet is adding three new cities in southern Europe to its 2012 summer flight schedule: Catania, Sicily in Italy, Athens, Greece and Venice, Italy. The first will be at least twice a week and the other two three times a week, starting 18 April 2012.

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Cern faster than light neutrinos: not so, says second Italian group

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:48:51 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A group of scientists with Italy’s Gran Sasso research centre say their measurements of neutrinos sent by the Cern labs in Geneva indicate colleagues are mistaken in thinking these have travelled faster than the speed of light. They published their findings Saturday 19 November. Another group of Gran Sasso researchers, working south [...]

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New train schedule offers better links, mobile connections improved

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:00:16 +0000

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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And now, Italy . . . (Chappatte cartoon)

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:13:22 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ©2011 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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Preliminary post-mortem on stallion Hickstead show heart failure

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:11:54 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Hickstead, the 2008 Olympic gold horse ridden by Canadian Eric Lamaze, died of heart failure following an aortic rupture, The FEI, the international equestrian federation, said Wednesday, based on a preliminary post-mortem. The horse collapsed and died in the arena in Verona, Italy, Sunday 6 November after competing with just 4 faults. [...]

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