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Whishaw, Walters take Int’l Emmys
Zurich :: Switzerland | 21 minutes ago
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Ben Whishaw and Julie Walters won the top acting honors at Monday�s Intl...For his role in the BBC production of �Criminal Justice,� Whishaw was voted best actor. Walters took actress honors for �A Short Stay in Switzerland,� also from the Beeb...Comedy...
Tags: United Kingdom Best Performance, United Kingdom Julia Ouston, executive producer, Ben Whishaw, Julie Walters, Switzerland, Zurich, Shin'ichi, Human Interest, Walters, Shinichi Hoshi, Entertainment Culture
Architecture Review: Matching Architecture to the Art in a New Miami Museum
Basel :: Switzerland | about 5 hours ago
Credibility One institution after another has embarked on vast new building projects over the last decade, and in nearly every case the museum and its architects struggled to figure out the right balance between architectural expression and the need to showcase art.
Tags: Miami Art Museum, New Miami, art museums, art world, Switzerland, Basel, Walker Art Center, Schaulager, Museum, Herzog & de Meuron, Art museum, Tate Modern, Hospitality Recreation
Gannets not so monogamous after all
Zurich :: Switzerland | about 6 hours ago
Credibility Australasian gannets once thought to pair-bond for life have a divorce rate similar to humans. Steffi Ismar from Auckland University says it has always been assumed the birds are monogamous, and they have been held up as an example of fidelity for humans,...
Tags: australasian gannets, divorce rate, Switzerland, Zurich, Monogamy, Breeding season, Australasian Gannet, Bird, Pair bond, Human Interest, Animal sexuality, Ethology, Gannets, Environment, Hunting
Car brake particles harm lung cells
Bern :: Switzerland | about 6 hours ago
Credibility Particles released by car brake pads during a heavy stop can harm lung cells in vitro, researchers in Switzerland said. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser and Peter Gehr of the University of Bern, Switzerland, and Michael Riediker of the Institute for Work and...
Tags: brakes particle, Switzerland, lung cells, brakes wear, Bern, Brake, Axle, Oxidative stress, Brakes, Brake pad, Railway brake, Environment
Education seen as key to economic revival
Zurich :: Switzerland | about 7 hours ago
Credibility The Swiss Business Federation, economiesuisse, predicts gross domestic product (GDP) to shrink by 2.1 per cent by the end of the year but recover slightly in 2010 to grow by 0.7 per cent if conditions do not deteriorate. In common with many forecasters,...
Tags: Switzerland, Pascal Gentinetta, Zurich, Apprenticeship, Labor, Alternative education, Unemployment, Vocational education, Education
Pharmasset: hepatitis C drug trial will continue
Zurich :: Switzerland | about 9 hours ago
Credibility Pharmasset Inc. said Monday that it will continue enrolling patients in a clinical trial of RG7128, a drug that is designed to treat the liver disease hepatitis C. An independent committee reviewed data from the first 100 subjects enrolled in the midstage...
Tags: Pharmasset Inc., Switzerland, Zurich, Clinical trial, World Hepatitis Day, Gastroenterology, Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Health Medical Pharma
Papers attack Russian Lamborghini driver
Geneva :: Switzerland | about 9 hours ago
Credibility Russian Lamborghini driver crashes in Switzerland while allegedly racing Newspapers attack Russia's 'golden youth' after pensioner seriously hurt in crash Swiss police are investigating a crash in which a pensioner was seriously injured when his car...
Tags: Russian Lamborghini, Lamborghini Murciélago, Lake Geneva, lamborghini driver, Switzerland, young russians, Geneva, Lamborghini, Volkswagen, Dmitry Rogozin, Sports cars, Coupes, Roadsters
IRS gets secret account data from 14,700 Americans
Bern :: Switzerland | about 10 hours ago
Credibility More than 14,700 Americans disclosed secret offshore bank accounts to the Internal Revenue Service, ensuring billions of dollars in new tax collections and data for a crackdown on evaders, Commissioner Doug Shulman said yesterday. Shulman reported the...
Tags: U.S. Treasury, IRS, UBS AG, voluntary disclosure, Doug Shulman, banks secrecy, Switzerland, banks account, Bern, International taxation, Offshore finance, Offshore bank, Tax avoidance and tax evasion, Business Finance, Tax resistance, Tax evasion, Finance
Switzerland To Turn Over Secret Bank Account Names
Zurich :: Switzerland | about 11 hours ago
Credibility for decades, rich Americans have hidden money tax-free in secret Swiss bank accounts. Up to October 15, the IRS briefly offered a “Voluntary Disclosure” Program for all offshore account holders with undeclared income, giving people a chance to come clean...
Tags: bank account, Switzerland, Zurich, Economy of Switzerland, Internal Revenue Service, Business Finance, Banking, Privacy, Banking in Switzerland
Anti-piracy: Navy deploys patrol ship off Seychelles, Mauritius
Ins :: Switzerland | about 12 hours ago
Credibility The presence of this ship will help in deterring piracy in these areas, said a government release on Monday. Over the past few years, incidents of piracy in the Gulf of Aden have increased considerably. More than 174 piracy attempts, involving ships of...
Tags: Seychelles Coast Guard, Indian Navy, Gulf of Aden, Mauritius New Delhi, Somalia Basin, Switzerland, Ins, Great Rift Valley, Aden, Piracy, INS Tabar, Environment, Piracy in Somalia, Arabian Sea
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