| Thu 4 Feb 2010 |
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... |
Swiss exports up in Dec, 2009 trade weakest in decades
The Guardian * 2009 foreign trade sees sharpest decline in decades * Dec. exports rise y/y for first time in 14 months * Dec. Swiss exports rise y/y by a real 1.7 pct By Catherine Bosley ZURICH, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Switzerland's exports in December rose year-on-yea... |
| Tue 2 Feb 2010 |
Business Process Outsourcing - A World Market Analysis
PR Newswire | NEW YORK, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: | Business Process Outsourcing - A World Market Analysis | http://www.reportlinker.com/p0164525/Business-Process-Outsourcin... |
Merkel Willing to Pay for Swiss Account Names
The New York Times | BERLIN - Germany should do everything in its power to obtain data to fight tax evasion, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday after a whistleblower offered to sell German authorities secret Swiss bank data. | The informant has offered data of up to ... |
| Mon 1 Feb 2010 |
Swiss Justice Minister warns UBS over tax row
The Times | UBS stock slipped 1.3 per cent today after the Swiss Justice Minister warned that the bank could fail if Switzerland did not settle a tax dispute with the US. | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told Le Matin Dimanche, the Swiss newspaper, yesterday that the... |
SNB Won't Risk a Stronger Swiss Franc Soon
Wall Street Journal By MARTIN GELNAR | ZURICH—The Swiss economy is showing signs of recovery but economists say the Swiss National Bank will probably look for more signals of strength before it stops trying to stop the Swiss franc from appreciating. | The franc's ... |
Germany prepared to pay for secret Swiss bank data
Business Report | Submit your comment | Germany is in principle willing to purchase bank data on suspected tax evaders even if the information is obtained illegally, a spokesman for the Finance Ministry said on Monday. | A whistleblower has offered to sell Ge... |
Germany prepared to pay for secret Swiss bank data
The Guardian BERLIN, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Germany is in principle willing to purchase bank data on suspected tax evaders even if the information is obtained illegally, a spokesman for the Finance Ministry said on Monday. A whistleblower has offered to sell German au... |
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 to Germany hits stock-traders (Adds traders' comments, more details and... |
UBS stock hit by Swiss minister comments on U.S. row
Yahoo Daily News | ZURICH (Reuters) – Shares in UBS (UBSN.VX)(UBS.N) fell on Monday after the Swiss justice minister said the economy would suffer if the Swiss bank collapsed as a result of its unresolved U.S. tax dispute. | "We know ... the Swiss economy ... |
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 where the masters of the universe came for a bit of R&R with their t... |
Failed Efforts in Protecting Biodiversity
The New York Times | NEW YORK - The year 2010 is, among other things, the International Year of Biodiversity. | If you did not know that - and if you are not quite sure what biodiversity even means - you are almost certainly not alone. | In a survey conducted by Gallup... |
Bankers Put Focus on 'Real Economy'
The New York Times | DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Jobs will be hard to find in both the developed and developing world as bankers, corporations and governments work to put the financial system and world economies on a firmer footing, key participants at the World Economic Foru... |
Germany Weighs Purchase of Swiss Bank Data by Informant
The New York Times | BERLIN - An informant is offering to sell the German authorities details of 1,500 individuals who allegedly have untaxed income stashed away in Swiss bank accounts, the Finance Ministry confirmed Sunday. | The offer, leaked to a leading conservativ... |
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