BMW hopes new 5-series will revitalise the brand BBC News | Amidst the thousands of cars on display at the Geneva motor show there is one that stands out, if not for its looks than for its importance for the company that makes it. | For the first time since 2003, BMW has redesigned its 5-series executive model range. | No other model on display at the Gene...
Geneva auto show opens 80th edition to public Lexington Herald-Leader | AP Photo - A visitor tests the automatic roof of the world premiere Mercedes E-class cabrio at public opening of the Geneva Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, March 4, 2010. About 250 exhibitors from 30 countries, showing 100 car premieres at the Auto Show until March 14. | AP Photo - Vi...
Shore Capital decides to go offshore The Times | Shore Capital, the London-based stockbroking house, is moving its head office to Guernsey in a bid to save tax and find a more benign home for its internationally expanding business. | Shore, which is currently headquartered in the West End of Lond...
MKS Finance sees gold, platinum, palladium prices up The Guardian * MKS Finance head expects gold, platinum, palladium to rise * Says logical for China to avoid big gold stake in reserves * Sees potential from India gold refinery offshoot of PAMP By Laura MacInnis GENEVA, March 9 (Reuters) - Gold should touch a fre...
Swiss inflation eases in February m&c | Geneva - Switzerland's consumer price index grew less in February than in January, the government's statistics office reported Tuesday. | The year-on-year inflation rate in February was 0.9 per cent, compared with annualised rates of 1.0 per cent i...
India may hand Swiss Army Knife to its 1.3m troops The Times | Victorinox, the maker of the Swiss Army Knife, is returning to its roots by focusing on supplying knives to armies. | The company, which supplied the original knife to the Swiss Army in 1891, has produced a prototype, built according to specificati...
UBS renews for almost 400,000 at 1 N. Wacker Chicago Business UBS Tower. Photo from CoStar Group Inc. By: Todd J. Behme March 08, 2010 | (Crain’s) — UBS A.G. signed a renewal 1 N. Wacker Drive that cuts its space by two floors to just under 393,000 square feet. | Meanwhile, a Northwestern Mutual office is e...
Roche, Biogen suspend arthritis drug after deaths The Guardian * Safety monitoring board detects serious infections * Roche shares fall 0.4 pct, Biogen rises 0.2 pct (Adds analyst comment, Biogen shares) By Katie Reid ZURICH, March 8 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG and U.S. biotechnology company Bio...
Kia starts new model roll-out BBC News | At first sight, there is nothing extraordinary about the Kia stand at the Geneva motor show. | Most carmakers here are displaying all-electric or petrol-electric hybrid cars at t...
Roche suspends arthritis drug study after deaths The Miami Herald | BASEL, Switzerland -- Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Group said Monday it has suspended a late-stage trial for a new rheumatoid arthritis and lupus drug after several patients died from infections. | Roche said the drug, ocrelizumab, was develo...
Roche suspends rheumatoid arthritis drug study after patient deaths Hartford Courant BASEL, (AP) — Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Group said Monday it has suspended a late-stage trial for a new rheumatoid arthritis and lupus drug after several patients died from infections. | Roche said the drug, ocrelizumab, was developed ...
Roche suspends rheumatoid arthritis drug study after patient deaths Star Tribune | BASEL, Switzerland - Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Group said Monday it has suspended a late-stage trial for a new rheumatoid arthritis and lupus drug after several patients died from infections. | Roche said the drug, ocrelizumab, was develop...
Roche Suspends Arthritis Drug Study After Deaths ABC News BASEL, Switzerland March 8, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press | Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Group said Monday it has suspended a late-stage trial for a new rheumatoid arthritis and lupus drug after several patients died from infections. | Roche s...
Tesla says loss of engineers in crash was hard, won't derail plans to launch Model ... Hartford Courant (AP) — The death of three Tesla engineers in a plane crash last month was a heavy blow for the tight-knit Californian electric car maker, but it is holding onto its plan of producing and selling the new Model S within three years, its chief designer said Wednesday at the Geneva Motor Show. | "The plane crash was hard to absorb," Franz von Hol...
