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[www.bi-me.com RSS feed for - Business News] Business Intelligence Middle East - bi-me.com - US state ...: Swiss financial guru Marc Faber said he sees hard times ahead for the world's stock exchanges and even state bankruptcy for the United States. He also believes that stock exchanges will stay at low levels for a long time.
[Silobreaker Feed] Silobreaker: Libya to cut Swiss oil supply, economic ties: Libya will withdraw $7 billion of assets in Swiss banks, cut economic ties with Switzerland and stop supplying it with oil to protest against poor treatment of Libyan .- [
[Politics & Current Affairs Forum] UBS and Credit Suisse bailed out - Politics & Current Affairs Forum: Peter Kurer, UBS chairman, said: "In these turbulent times we want to ensure that we do everything possible to safeguard the solidity of our bank." Praising the government's and SNB's intervention, he added: "Their efforts and decisiveness to act swiftly demonstrates the professionalism of the Swiss financial centre."
[swissinfo - News overview] Swiss seek to boost economic ties with Middle East. - swissinfo: "The UAE is underestimated by a lot of Swiss as the building market boom is not like in Switzerland - we're talking hundreds of construction cranes, billions being spent on infrastructure developments at one time," Barth told swissinfo.
[Answers.com: Question of the Day] Switzerland: Definition from Answers.com: Switzerland is heavily active in recycling and anti-littering regulations and is one of the top recyclers in the world with66% to 96% of the different recyclable materials being recycled.[24] In many places in Switzerland, household rubbish disposal is charged for. Garbage (except dangerousitems, batteries etc.) will only be collected if it is in bags which either have a payment sticker attached, or in official bagswith the surcharge paid when the bags are purchased.[25]This gives a financial incentive to recycle as much as possible, since recycling is free.[26] Swiss health officials and police often open up garbage for which the disposalcharge has not been paid.
[bilaterals.org] Efta continues to extend its influence: The increasing economic importance of Asia is also reflected in Efta priorities. In December Efta ministers and India’s minister for commerce and industry launched a joint feasibility study that may lead to negotiations on a comprehensive economic agreement.
[BlackListed News] U.S. policies contributed to Iran revolution, study says ...: After an oil embargo over American support of Israel ended in March 1974, U.S. officials considered the shah the principal culprit in keeping oil prices from falling and wanted him to put on the brakes. At one point, Rumsfeld, who later served as the current President Bush's Defense secretary, warned Iran's chief arms procurement official that Tehran was losing friends in Washington.
[Duthel World Politics News] Bangkok, Thailand (1) at G8IQ Heinz Duthel: Thai clashes kill 2 in Bangkok and hundreds injured Swissinfo, Switzerland - 1 hour ago By Pracha Hariraksapitak and Ed Cropley BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai riot police fired tear gas and stun grenades after a day of street battles with ”¦ .
[Save Burma] Rangoon Bomb Blast (25-9-2008) « Save Burma: Explosion hits Rangoon on anniversary of protests InTheNews.co.uk, UK -. Yangon bomb wounds 4 as protest anniversary looms Swissinfo, Switzerland - .
[NO QUARTER] Rahm Emanuel Hall of Shame * Open Thread : NO QUARTER: Well, you know, worst case scenario, with Obama, would be him not understanding why he, say, needs to learn the implications of Russian intervention in Iran, feeling resentful he has actual work to do…
[Save Burma] Day 8 of Anti-government protest, Thai PM on Bangkok Emergency ...: BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) — Thailand’s election commission ruled Tuesday that Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej’s party committed electoral fraud in the December elections and should be dissolved, state media reported.
[ScienceBlogs Channel : Environment] A Few Things Ill Considered : Another Week of GW News, October 26 ...: Five years after ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, officials said on Friday that Switzerland was on track to meet target levels for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. By 2012 the country will have reduced its net emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and synthetic gasses by eight per cent compared with 1990 levels -- a goal set when the treaty was ratified in 2003
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