U.S. Pilgrims Make Trip to India for ... a Hug
By CLARISSA WARD | Feb. 8, 2010 | KERALA, India | She attracts crowds of . And more and more Americans are drawn to her simple and acceptance and public service, leaving their lives behind to follow h...
History comes full circle as Swiss bank secrecy shudders
| German decision to use stolen data deals blow to ‘state tradition’ | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Monday, February 08, 2010 | - Powered by | Peter Capella | Agence France Presse |...
Zurich North America Commercial Introduces a New Combination Management and Professional Liability Insurance Policy for ...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Feb 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- | Zurich, a leading property and casualty insurance provider globally and in North America, today introduced Financial Institutions Select(TM), a new ...
Early View: Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Posts Estimated Positive Performance of 0.17% in January
| Download image | NEW YORK, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Early estimates indicate the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index ("Broad Index") will finish up +0.17% in January (based on 74% of asse...
Rapists, paedophiles and burglars get the vote as Government prepares to lift prisoners' election ban
| Ban end: Justice Minister Michael Wills | Rapists, paedophiles, burglars and muggers could be among 28,800 prisoners handed the right to vote, it emerged last night. | The Government is preparing to...
LDK Solar Partners With GPR-SBTFC for Developing and Constructing 100 MW of PV Plants in Europe in 2010
| XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, announced today that it has signe...
Winter Olympics: a guide to the sports and British competitors
| Don't know your skeleton from your two-man? Fail to see the point of biathlon? Here, the sports are explained – and all the British medal hopes | Skater Jon Eley. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images/Goh ...
Germany Tackles Tax Evasion
By DAVID CRAWFORD and VANESSA FUHRMANS in Berlin and DEBORAH BALL in Zurich | German officials said they were weighing fresh offers from informants after deciding last week to pay €2.5 million (...
Germany Weighs Buying More Bank Data
By DAVID CRAWFORD and VANESSA FUHRMANS in Berlin and DEBORAH BALL in Zurich | German officials said they were weighing fresh offers from informants after deciding last week to pay €2.5 million (...
Fabio Capello refuses to relax despite England's encouraging draw
| • England face awkward derby against John Toshack's Wales | • Scotland draw European champions Spain in tough group | Fabio Capello at the Euro 2012 draw at the Palace of Culture and Science in ...
U.S. Won't Renegotiate UBS Tax Deal: Report
February 7, 2010 | ZURICH (Reuters) - The United States is unwilling to re-enter talks to alter a key deal struck with Switzerland to end a damaging tax case against Swiss banking group UBS AG , the U...
Swiss minister urges debate on tax data: report
| ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland must consider the automatic exchange of tax information with European Union governments if Swiss banks are to have unlimited access to EU markets, the country...
Swiss Minister Urges Debate on Tax Data: Report
February 7, 2010 | ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland must consider the automatic exchange of tax information with European Union governments if Swiss banks are to have unlimited access to EU markets, the...
Women in Switzerland get the vote
| Flag of Switzerland N/A | February 7, 1971: Women in Switzerland are given the right to vote. The struggle began centuries earlier. The history of women's suffrage has been sketchy and sporadic....
History comes full circle as Swiss bank secrecy shudders
| GENEVA, Switzerland—After relentless international pressure on Swiss banking secrecy, history came full circle last week when Germany decided to use stolen bank data to corner taxpayers with money h...
Operatic Style Designed to Suit Your Living Room
| AT the end of "La Bohème," as Puccini envisioned the opera, the frail seamstress Mimi dies in bed in a garret overlooking the rooftops of Paris, attended by only her five bohemian cronies. As seen l...
Uproar as Germany pays Euro2.5m for stolen Credit Suisse data
| Germany's government has unleashed a legal, political and diplomatic storm by paying an estimated Euro2.5m (£2.2m) for a CD of German depositors' data illegally taken from Credit Suisse's Zurich off...
Polanski misses Berlin accolade, trapped in his gilded, Alpine home
| On clear winter nights, from his chalet 3,400 feet up in the Alps of Switzerland's Berner Oberland, Roman Polanski is afforded spectacular views of a star-studded heaven forming the backdrop to a br...
Altidore Scores His First in the Premier League
| The American striker Jozy Altidore scored his first goal in the English Premier League on Saturday as Hull City upset visiting Manchester City, 2-1. | Altidore, 20, playing his 18th Premier League m...
