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8 Jun 2016, 2:21 pm by Martha F Davis
” But I heard them, wide awake, in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 7, when the Swedish government was reviewed by the... [read post]
10 Jun 2007, 12:50 am
From the press release:PACE rapporteur Dick Marty (Switzerland, ALDE) has revealed new evidence that US "high-value detainees" were held in secret CIA prisons in Poland and Romania during the period 2002-5 and alleges a secret agreement among NATO allies in... [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 3:20 am by By DEALBOOK
Spurned U.S. suitor Emerson Electric upped its cash offer for Chloride to $1.5 billion, seeking to tempt the British group away from a recommended $1.25 billion deal from Switzerland's ABB, Reuters reported. [read post]
5 Sep 2011, 6:56 am by Peter
Jack Townsend reports that the U.S. is redoubling it’s efforts to get Switzerland to disclose the names of its American offshore investors: In the continuing game of chicken between the Swiss government (perhaps better described for this purpose as the Swiss financial system) and the rest of the civilized world (at least the part that [...] [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 6:53 am by By JACK EWING
Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, said Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that action by the central bank had averted a severe credit crunch, but he warned of a "short-term contraction" in the euro zone as governments cut spending. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 7:06 am by Nonprofit Blogger
I am off to Basel, Switzerland next week for an event focusing on Legal Barriers to Cross-Border Philanthropy in Europe. [read post]
4 Mar 2018, 1:31 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Opentender – “This platform allows you to search and analyse tender data from 33 jurisdictions (28 EU member states, Norway, the EU Institutions, Iceland, Switzerland, Georgia). [read post]
9 Mar 2009, 12:32 pm
The Senior Supervisors Group (which comprises senior financial supervisors from seven countries --United States, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, United Kingdom) today issued a report that assesses how firms manage their credit default swap activities related to the settlement of... [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 7:00 am by firstamendmentblogger
The Christian Science Monitor examines the experience of European Muslims in the wake of increasingly virulent Islamophobia, which has spawned anti-Islamic laws, such as Switzerland’s minaret ban. [read post]
19 Jul 2008, 4:56 pm
Western State University College of Law in Orange County, California, facing ferocious competition from Chapman, Whittier, and the new UC-Irvine law schools, has been sold for $5-$10 million to Knowledge Investment Partners LP, an education company based in Geneva, Switzerland.... [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 1:37 am by Bob Kraft
I’ve always wanted to visit Switzerland because of the beautiful scenery. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 2:00 am by Paul Caron
German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to purchase a list of 1,500 German tax avoiders hiding money in secret bank accounts in Switzerland from an IT specialist who once worked at HSBC in Geneva (who allegdely is seeking $3.5m (£2.1m) for the list of names. [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 1:30 pm
Private banks in Switzerland have started to ban their top executives from traveling outside the country, even to France and Germany, because of fears they will be detained as part of a global crackdown on tax evasion and bank secrecy. [read post]
19 Jun 2008, 4:18 pm
Former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld pleaded guilty today in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, admitting that he helped California billionaire real estate developer Igor Olenicoff evade income taxes on $200 million in assets hidden in Liechtenstein and Switzerland. [read post]
7 Jul 2007, 9:52 pm
I was invited to attend a panel discussion on "ICT as a Tool for Peace, Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management" on 17 July 2007 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. [read post]
21 Sep 2023, 10:00 pm
The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office and data protection authorities from Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Mexico, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Colombia, Jersey, Morocco, and Argentina have released a joint statement on data scraping and its impact on data privacy. [read post]
28 May 2009, 10:40 am
The General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced that the WTO will hold its seventh Ministerial Conference from November 30-December 2, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. [read post]
16 Aug 2022, 5:00 pm by Human Rights at Home Blog
Davis Traveling to Geneva, Switzerland, is beyond imagination for many American citizens. [read post]