GenevaLunch » president 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 Data and privacy issues are growing focus in US-Swiss talks: taxes, visas, banking http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/data-and-privacy-issues-are-growing-focus-in-us-swiss-talks-taxes-visas-banking/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/data-and-privacy-issues-are-growing-focus-in-us-swiss-talks-taxes-visas-banking/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:25:32 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66223 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Data privacy concern is increasingly raising its head in US-Swiss talks over taxes, visas and banking. The latest incident is linked to Switzerland’s decision to continue participating in the US visa waiver programme. Parliament will have its say in US data demands for visa waiver programme The Swiss Federal Council Wednesday 1 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/data-and-privacy-issues-are-growing-focus-in-us-swiss-talks-taxes-visas-banking/feed/ 0 AIC’s new president Karr: love and respect for things American, at human level http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/24/aics-new-president-karr-love-and-respect-for-things-american-at-human-level/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/24/aics-new-president-karr-love-and-respect-for-things-american-at-human-level/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:49:53 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65481 GenevaLunch.com Club increasingly international in its membership but retains American leader GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Americans’ reputation for being dynamic and enthusiastic won’t suffer at the hands of Ed Karr, Geneva businessman and the new president of the American International Club of Geneva, which also calls itself AIC. Karr, 42, is a partner in RAMPartners SA, an [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/24/aics-new-president-karr-love-and-respect-for-things-american-at-human-level/feed/ 0 Right weakened, but same overall mix for Swiss gov’t http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/14/right-weakened-but-same-overall-mix-for-swiss-govt/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/14/right-weakened-but-same-overall-mix-for-swiss-govt/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:59:19 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64680 GenevaLunch.com Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, finance minister, will be president for 2012 Alain Berset, Socialist, replaces Calmy-Rey BERN, SWITZERLAND – Alain Berset, the Swiss senate’s youngest member at age 31, was elected easily with 126 votes in a second round of voting, to Switzerland’s government. The election of the Socialist from Fribourg completes the election of the 7-member [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/14/right-weakened-but-same-overall-mix-for-swiss-govt/feed/ 0 Pakistan’s leader in hospital for heart condition http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/07/pakistans-leader-in-hospital-for-heart-condition/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/07/pakistans-leader-in-hospital-for-heart-condition/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:31:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64532 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan is being treated in a hospital in Dubai for a heart condition, but his condition is not serious. The BBC reports that “his departure has fuelled speculation in the Pakistani media that he may be on the verge of resigning”, reports that the government denies. Reuters [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/07/pakistans-leader-in-hospital-for-heart-condition/feed/ 0 Swiss president to leave gov’t: expected to announce it today http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/swiss-president-to-leave-govt-expected-to-announce-it-today/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/swiss-president-to-leave-govt-expected-to-announce-it-today/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 06:59:44 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61278 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss president for 2011 and long-time foreign affairs minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, is expected to tell the Federal Council today that she is stepping down from the government. The regular meeting of the council this morning will be followed by a news conference. Calmy-Rey, 66, is in her second term as president, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/06/icelands-president-says-europe-bullied-country-into-bank-bailout/feed/ 0 Moody’s to review US debt rating, Obama walks out of talks http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/moodys-to-review-us-debt-rating-obama-walks-out-of-talks/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/moodys-to-review-us-debt-rating-obama-walks-out-of-talks/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:46:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59780 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Credit ratings agency Moody’s announced 13 July that it will review the US debt rating, since the country is not yet making significant progress on resolving the budget and debt ceiling crisis that could lead to a US default 2 August if not resolved soon. The announcement was followed a few hours [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/moodys-to-review-us-debt-rating-obama-walks-out-of-talks/feed/ 0 Peru election winner raises human rights questions, send US shares down http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/07/peru-election-winner-raises-human-rights-questions-send-us-shares-down/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/07/peru-election-winner-raises-human-rights-questions-send-us-shares-down/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:58:47 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58572 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Peru’s new president, Leftist former army officer Ollanta Humala, was congratulated by his opponent, Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of the country’s former president, Alberto Fujimoro, who is serving a jail term. Despite what appears to be a peaceful transition of power, shares fell in the capital, Lima, by more than 10 percent, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/07/peru-election-winner-raises-human-rights-questions-send-us-shares-down/feed/ 0 Yemen president reportedly in Saudi hospital after attack http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/05/yemen-president-reportedly-in-saudi-hospital-after-attack/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/05/yemen-president-reportedly-in-saudi-hospital-after-attack/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:05:24 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58477 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The long-serving president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has been transferred to a hospital in Saudi Arabia after an attack on his headquarters left him with head injuries, but reports on his medical condition are contradictory. Yemeni Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi took on the responsibilities of president Saturday night. The [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/05/yemen-president-reportedly-in-saudi-hospital-after-attack/feed/ 0 England’s football association refuses to join Fifa vote http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/19/englands-football-association-refuses-to-join-fifa-vote/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/19/englands-football-association-refuses-to-join-fifa-vote/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 18:19:25 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57913 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The FA, England’s national football association, has decided against voting for the next president of Fifa, the Zurich-based International Football, saying in a brief statement issued Thursday afternoon 19 May that it cannot support either candidate. AP sports writers put it more baldly, saying that the FA is “unable to choose between [...]

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