Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker The Guardian | Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by computers. Photograph: Corbis | Figuring out who was behind the hack of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Angl...
More dip, less drip: Heinz hopes new ketchup packets solve longtime complaints Star Tribune | PORTLAND, Ore. - The ketchup packet has been around for more than 40 years, and complaints about it for nearly as long: too messy, too small, too hard to open. Now ketchup giant H.J. Heinz Co. is unveiling the first major packaging change to the to-go condiment. | The new design has a base that's ...
Swiss Minister Urges Debate on Tax Data: Report ABC News 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 country's finance minister said in an interview p...
As US, EU priorities shift ...Caribbean must seek trading fortunes elsewhere The Gleaner | Is the Doha round dead? That is a question that few want to ask or answer, not least because of what it implies about changing global relationships. | Although the diplomats and trade negotiators continue to meet in Geneva and some trade ministers ...
Uproar as Germany pays Euro2.5m for stolen Credit Suisse data The Independent | 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 offices. | The CD's files indicate tax evasion by som...
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Germany considers buying Swiss tax evasion data The Boston Globe | BERLIN-Germany indicated Monday it would likely buy data from an informant about some 1,500 investors with bank accounts in Switzerland who are suspected of evading German taxes....
UBS falls after Swiss min comments on US tax row The Guardian * Justice Min-withdrawal of UBS licence could cause failure * Minister says UBS failure would hit economy-press report * UBS shares down 0.9 percent * Fear UBS data may be passed t...
Air of realism blows through Davos after the pessimism of 2009 The Guardian | Talking points at the World Economic Forum 2010 included repairing the financial system and gauging the pace of weaning leading economies off stimulants | used to be the place wh...
Agrochemicals company Syngenta posts 1 percent drop in full-year profit to $1.37 billion Hartford Courant BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Agrochemicals company on Friday reported a 1 percent drop in full-year net profit because of higher raw material costs, less demand for pesticides and a strong dollar. | Net profit for 2009 was $1.37 billion compared w...
Syngenta posts 1 pct drop in full-year profit Wtop | BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - Agrochemicals company Syngenta AG on Friday reported a 1 percent drop in full-year net profit because of higher raw material costs, less demand for pesticides and a strong dollar. | Net profit for 2009 was $1.37 billion co...
Syngenta posts 1 pct drop in full-year profit Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | BASEL, Switzerland - Agrochemicals company Syngenta AG on Friday reported a 1 percent drop in full-year net profit because of higher raw material costs, less demand for pesticides and a strong dollar. | Net profit for 2009 wa...
Vice premier's Switzerland trip fruitful China Daily | BEIJING: Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang's fruitful trip to Switzerland and his attendance at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) have contributed to strengthening cooperation, mutual trust, mutual benefit and joint exploration of ways for post-crisis development, Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister He Yafei said Friday. | The vice-for...
FM asks banks to use tech for financial inclusion Indian Express | Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday asked banks to take the help of modern technology in order to achieve their financial inclusion goals. The reason for this, as cited by the FM, is that inclusive economic growth is a must for achieving sustainable economic development. | Addressing a gathering on the occasion of ‘World Premiere-Te...
