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Hillary Clinton to step off “hire wire” job: surprise, non-surprise and kudos

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:29:01 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Hillary Clinton’s offhand announcement, at the tail end of a Town Hall meeting in Washington, Thursday 26 January, that she’ll leave her post as Secretary of State when the president has time to name a replacement came as a big surprise to many while others wondered why it is news, since it’s [...]

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Novartis 2,000 job cuts in US result of patent ending, new drug demand fall

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:48:05 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Novartis will be cutting close to 2,000 jobs in the US, in New Jersey, as the result of an expected fall in demand for a relatively new medicine and the expiry of the patent for another, the company announced Friday 13 January in Basel. The sales force will lose 1,630 jobs and [...]

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Swiss upper house okays US double taxation deal

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:43:23 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The new double taxation treaty between the US and Switzerland, agreed to in June 2011, is heading towards Swiss approval, with the upper house of parliament giving it the green light Tuesday 13 December. It could face more difficulties in the lower house, which will now debate it. The treaty is designed to [...]

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Swiss president: single agreement with US should cover past, future

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:24:40 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Swiss president says concern over legality of UK, German deals is EC’s “internal” problem GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland is looking for an agreement with the US that will draw a line on the past, where banks and US tax fraud or evasion is concerned, Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey said Monday 28 November. It should include [...]

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Mine Ban Monitor lauds progress but 12 states still produce, 3 laid new mines

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:00:39 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – There is some good news on the landmine front, the “Landmine & Cluster Munitions Monitor 2011″ (full report online), issued 23 November reports, but it is dampened by news that three countries laid landmines this year, with two of them, Israel and Libya confirmed. Myanmar is the third suspect, and four non-state [...]

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Swiss gov’t puts legal onus on US-based bank acct. owners (update 2)

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:42:18 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Account holders domiciled abroad must ensure someone is designated as a contact in case of litigation BERN, SWITZERLAND – US citizens with Swiss bank accounts who are domiciled in the US and who have not clearly designated, in the bank’s files, a representative who can be contacted on their behalf ad litern (in case of [...]

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Tunisian asylum seekers up, Swiss return 351 people to Italy (update)

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:31:23 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The number of asylum seekers in Switzerland rose 4.9 percent in October, representing 100 more individuals (total, 31 October: 2,142) than in September, new figures from the Federal Migration Office shows. The office says that at the end of September the figures for the second quarter of the year were stable, with [...]

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World headlines: US judge beats daughter, 45 Chinese miners pulled out alive, time shifts

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:20:00 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – World headlines include the following, over the weekend: Clocks go back in the US, a week after Europe moves from summer to winter time – NPR Chinese mine workers, some 200-strong, pulled out 45 miners Saturday who had been trapped for more than 48 hours after an explosion – CBS, Xinhua Pakistan [...]

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WHO reforms voted in

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:55:48 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Health Organization, based in Geneva, late Friday 4 November, approved a number of resolutions to reform the health body at the most basic levels. The crucial question of how to improve funding was set aside for two months until the next general meeting of the executive board. The WHO, in [...]

US House of Reps reaffirms US trust in God

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:09:05 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The US lower house of Congress, the House of Representatives, voted overwhelmingly Wednesday 2 November in favour of a resolution reconfirming the country’s motto, “In God we trust”. The motion is non-binding, reports CNS news. “The resolution approved Tuesday not only reaffirms the national motto, it also supports and encourages its public [...]

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