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 ...
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U.S. Won't Renegotiate UBS Tax Deal: Report ABC News February 7, 2010 | ZURICH (Reuters) - The United States is unwilling to re-enter talks to alter a key deal struck with Switzerland to end a damaging tax case against Swiss banking group UBS AG , the U.S. ambassador in Berne was quoted saying in a Swi...
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 ...
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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...
Syngenta posts 1 pct drop in full-year profit The Press Democrat | Net profit for 2009 was $1.37 billion compared with $1.39 billion the previous year, Syngenta said. | The strength of the dollar led to a 5 percent drop in the value of sales to $11 billion, compared with $11.6 billion in 2008. | Syngenta, which re...
Agrochemicals company Syngenta posts 1 percent drop in full-year profit to $1.37 billion Star Tribune | 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 was $1.37 billion compare...
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...
Lebanon ranks 41st globally in outstanding external debt Daily Star Lebanon | Daily Star staff | Tuesday, February 02, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Figures released by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) show that Lebanon’s external debt totaled $25.5 billion at the end of September 2009, ranking it in 41st place globally and in 14th place among developing countries with available figures. The report was pu...
