 Low Tax Lures Wealthy to Swiss Town Rueschlikon
 13.03.2012 9:02  23801262 views  0 comments
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 March 13 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Television's Elliott Gotkine reports from Rueschlikon, Switzerland, a town that has attracted wealthy inhabitants, such as Glencore International AG's Chief Executive Officer Ivan Glasenberg, due to its low tax rate. (Source: Bloomberg) Read more »
| Italy's High Speed Ambitions
09.03.2012 8:57 22873259 views 0 comments
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 Mario Monti comes under fire over a multi-billion Euro high speed rail project Read more »
| Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Leaves Families Divided
08.03.2012 16:06 23180851 views 0 comments
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 March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Residents of Minamisoma, in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, talk about their lives one year after a record earthquake and ensuing tsunami caused nuclear meltdowns at the nearby Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant. In September last year, restrictions on some areas near the crippled power station were lifted, but the fear of radiation exposure has made thousands flee their homes, leaving families living beyond the 20-kilometer (12.6-mile) exclusion zone around the plant divided. Bloomberg’s Scilla Alecci reports. (Source: Bloomberg) Read more »
| Spanish Town Pays Debt With Marijuana
07.03.2012 23:01 22547444 views 0 comments
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A town in Spain has agreed to rent out land for growing marijuana in order to pay off its debt in two years Read more »
| 3/6: The Threat of a Nuclear Iran
06.03.2012 22:25 22392315 views 0 comments
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 Charlie Rose: The Altantic's Jeffrey Goldberg and former U.S. Envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross discuss the meeting of President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the threat of a nuclear Iran Read more »
| Israel's Gas Bonanza
05.03.2012 9:06 22046765 views 0 comments
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Israel discovers 20 trillion cubic feet of natural gas; enough to power Israel for 100 years Read more »
| Ahmadinejad Rivals Lead in Election Returns
05.03.2012 8:08 21340751 views 0 comments
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March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were leading in Iran's parliamentary election, which may strengthen the position of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Lara Setrakian reports on Bloomberg Television's "First Look" with Caroline Hyde. (Source: Bloomberg) Read more »
| Vladimir Putin Wins Russian Presidential Election
05.03.2012 7:20 21383868 views 0 comments
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March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin claimed victory in a presidential election and six more years in the Kremlin after winning 63.8 percent of the vote, with more than 99 percent of all ballots counted. Linzie Janis reports on Bloomberg Television's "Countdown." (Source: Bloomberg) Read more »
| Obama Speaks About Iran's Nuclear Program
04.03.2012 18:26 20638633 views 0 comments
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March 4 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama speaks about Iran's nuclear program and the U.S.'s resolve to prevent the country from developing a nuclear weapon. Obama, speaking to a conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, says the U.S. won't rule out any options to stop Iran from obtaining a weapon, adding that there is still time for diplomacy to work. (These are excerpts of Obama's speech. Source: Bloomberg) Read more »
| Treasury's Wolin Sees European 'Strides' on Crisis
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March 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin speaks about financial regulations and the European debt crisis. He speaks with Scarlet Fu and Peter Cook on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness with Margaret Brennan." (Source: Bloomberg) Read more »
| Mobile Operators Turn to Merger Lite
29.02.2012 16:52 24137828 views 0 comments
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Phone-company executives gathering at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week will be looking for network-sharing deals to divvy up the costs of high- speed systems for bandwidth-hogging video and gaming services. Read more »
| Maersk Says Container Line to Lose Money
29.02.2012 12:30 23919594 views 0 comments
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A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S said its container line, the world’s largest, will report a loss again this year, depressed by lower freight rates and slower market growth. Read more »
| Nokia Offers Cheaper Windows Phone
29.02.2012 10:37 23775272 views 0 comments
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Nokia will sell a Windows Phone priced at €189 in the second quarter to capture first-time users against similar devices powered by Google's Android software Read more »
| BP Weighs $14B Settlement of Spill Damage Claims
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BP and lawyers for businesses and individuals suing over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are near a $14 billion accord to be funded with money set aside for out-of-court settlements Read more »
| Trailing European Profits Don't Dull Stocks
28.02.2012 10:53 24152628 views 0 comments
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European stocks are rallying just as much as the rest of the world in the best start to a year since 1998, even as analysts cut earnings forecasts, profits trail estimates by the most on record and debt-encumbered economies stop growing. Read more »
| Volkswagen Set to Buy Remaining Porsche Stake
28.02.2012 9:07 24234144 views 0 comments
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Volkswagen AG, Europe’s largest carmaker, is closing in on a deal to purchase the remaining 50.1 percent stake in Porsche SE’s automotive business that it does not already own, people familiar with the matter said. Read more »
| HSBC on Track for 2013 Profitability Goal
28.02.2012 3:30 24397365 views 0 comments
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HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe’s largest bank by market value, said it’s on a “clear trajectory” to meeting its profitability target next year as it posted pretax profit that missed analyst estimates. Read more »
| Vodafone Peers Snub Sharing $40B Network Cost
27.02.2012 23:02 24128755 views 0 comments
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Vodafone Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Vittorio Colao asked rival European phone operators to share the 30 billion euros ($40 billion) in investments needed for faster networks as regulators balk at consolidation. Read more »
| Europe Left to Dig Deeper After G-20 Rebuff
27.02.2012 16:22 24286660 views 0 comments
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European leaders shift their focus this week to bolstering the euro region's debt-crisis firewall after the Group of 20 nations rebuffed their call for help, putting the onus on Germany to do more Read more »
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