IHG PointBreaks now live - Award nights for only 5,000 points for stays until Nov 30
Although it recently had some changes made to it, the best hotel redemption offer continues to be IHG Rewards Club's PointBreaks. Once again there are not that many Canadian properties participating and internationally there is only one InterContinental Hotel participating but of course that does no ...
The Race is On: Coca-Cola Challenges Global Shapers to ‘Shape a Better Future’
This initiative invites five young adults to participate on a road trip traveling throughout Spain. This 5-person team must meet and interview a total of 60 young adults. The people interviewed are all young adults who followed their passions and created careers based on what they wanted to do. The ...
Chocolate guide worldwide
At last, a worldwide chocolate guide. My favourites: Alprose, Switzerland. Cadbury, Birmingham. tripadvisor has a page on all the chocolate factories in Switzerland. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2773369/Love-Home-Swap-infographic-reveals-world-s-destinations-chocoholics.html
Bank CEOs are the New Drug Lords
Bank CEOs are the New Drug Lords. Here is a list of some of the banks managed by Bank CEOs, aka the new Drug Lords, that were fined billions of dollars for fixing LIBOR rates and stealing money from clients: Lloyds Bank, RP Martin, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Société Générale, J ...
Karolina Kurkova In Lela Rose – Women of Impact Reception – Zurich Film Festival 2014
Karolina Kurkova attended the Women of Impact Reception on Friday (September 26), which was the second day of the Zurich Film Festival 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland. Standing with her film-producer husband, Archie Drury, the supermodel struck a breezy, effortless pose in a Lela Rose Spring 2015 white ...
Swiss bank UBS warns of penalties as forex settlement talks begin
ZURICH: Switzerland's largest bank UBS warned it faced new fines after confirming it was holding talks to settle allegations it was involved in rigging foreign exchange rates. Authorities from around the world are investigating allegations that dealers at ...
Fitch: UBS New HoldCo Flags Focus on Bank Resolution Planning
It is also establishing a new bank subsidiary in Switzerland, an intermediate holding company in the US and revising its business and operating model in the UK. The announcement has no immediate rating effect. But over time an additional buffer for the ...
Switzerland urged to tighten its money laundering laws
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Switzerland to invest CHF 1 mln in social science projects in Serbia
BELGRADE – Switzerland will invest more than CHF 1 million in social science projects in Serbia over the next two years, through the Regional Research Promotion Program (RRPP), which focuses on PhD candidates and recent PhD holders. Scientific research ...
EFT Switzerland to sue Hidroelectrica over termination of electricity export contracts
Electricity trader EFT Switzerland said it will sue Hidroelectrica, the state-owned hydroelectricity producer, over the cancellation of export contracts in 2012, asking EUR 80 million in compensation for long term contracts signed in 2003-2004. The trader ...
UBS begins talks with authorities to resolve FX probes
ZURICH: Switzerland's UBS has begun settlement talks over allegations it was involved in manipulating foreign exchange rates, the bank said, and warned that it could face a material penalty in any deal struck. The terms proposed in the talks included ...
Switzerland: Land of Jihad
Al-Qaeda will once again become legal in Switzerland in 2015 because a further extension of the ban of the group is not possible under Swiss Law. “[It is] debatable whether Switzerland possesses an adequate legal framework to mitigate this [jihadist ...
Switzerland to help India cut down greenhouse emissions
NEW DELHI: As India strives for a low carbon inclusive growth — even as it facilitates speedy clearances for infrastructure projects — the government is looking at Switzerland to cut down its construction induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Switzerland's Prescription Drug Tactics Should Make Americans Jealous
When it comes to developed countries, no country within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has higher per-capita health expenditures than the United States. As of 2013 and including the 34 OECD countries, according to the World ...
Calls for a cowbell ban in Switzerland could mean an end to tinkling bovines
Could there be fewer cowbells in Switzerland? A recent study suggesting that cowbells worn by Swiss cows could hurt their hearing has raised calls to end the time-honored tradition of tinkling bovines. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of ...
