SNB Preview: Negative Rates, or Wait and See?
The Swiss National Bank’s headquarters in Bern. Bloomberg News If the Fed and Scotland were not enough to hold your interest, fear not: Thursday brings a quarterly rates decision from the Swiss National Bank. Should you care? Well, the Swiss franc has been trading in tight ranges against its neighbo ...
Cardiorentis Announces Euro 45 Million Financing with HealthCare Royalty Partners to Fund Ularitide Registration Program in Acute Heart Failure
ZUG, Switzerland, Sept. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardiorentis AG, a privately held biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has entered into a €45 million financing agreement with HealthCare Royalty Partners ("HC Royalty"), a U.S. based healthcare investment firm. The proceeds will be used ...
The Shoulders of Giants: Heinrich Bullinger
The old saying goes something like ‘we can only see so far as we do because we stand on the shoulders of giants’. In theology that is certainly true and one of the giantest of the giants is Heinrich Bullinger. Heinrich Bullinger died on the 17th of September, 1575, after having served as the Pastor ...
Small village forced to raise taxes to pay benefits for ONE immigrant family.
Thread Starter Small village forced to raise taxes to pay benefits for ONE immigrant family. Follow 36 minutes ago 36m ago A small village in Switzerland is being forced to to raise taxes by 5% to cover the benefits of one African family, who cost the local authorities $64,000 euros a month in benef ...
Уровень автомобилизации стран мира
Количество индивидуальных автомобилей в стране, приходящихся на 1000 человек. Топ-50 стран выглядит так: 1 San Marino 1,263 2 Monaco 899 3 United States 809 4 Liechtenstein 750 5 Iceland 745 6 Luxembourg 739 7 Australia 717 8 New Zealand 712 9 Malta 693 10 Italy 679 11 Guam 677 12 Puerto Rico 635 13 ...
WHO welcomes the extensive Ebola support from the United States of America
WHO welcomes the extensive Ebola support from the United States of America GENEVA, Switzerland, September 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — WHO welcomes the contribution from the Government of the United States of America to significantly build upon their previous Ebola response in West A ...
Apple Watch Gold Exists Just To Mess with Switzerland
The Apple Watch got revealed by Apple last week. In my opinion Apple jumped the gun with the announcement. The release is months away, maybe even a half-year. Apple did only say early 2015. Apple is...
Libya: ICRC and Libyan Red Crescent deliver urgently needed medical aid
Libya: ICRC and Libyan Red Crescent deliver urgently needed medical aid GENEVA, Switzerland, September 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Urgently needed medical supplies today reached Al-Zahra hospital in Warshefana, on the outskirts of Tripoli, in an operation carried out by the Internat ...
Court of Arbitration for Sports to settle disputes during Asian Games
The official Asiad Daily said on Wednesday that CAS, which is headquartered in Switzerland, will open an ad-hoc division in Incheon during Sep 19-Oct 4, reports Xinhua. The organising committee of the Asian Games said it will be the first time that CAS ...
Leaked document reveals Switzerland would shield Edward Snowden from US extradition if he assists the country's investigation into American spying
Switzerland would shield NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden from extradition to the U.S. should he agree to assist the country with an investigation into American spying, it has been revealed. The former intelligence contractor could be granted safe passage ...
Switzerland wants to slash drug prices? Not so fast, say Novartis and Roche
So much for home field advantage. Switzerland plans to put the squeeze on drug prices, despite its corporate citizens Roche and Novartis. And the Basel-based companies are none too happy about the idea. As Reuters reports, Switzerland's health ministry ...
