Zug, Switzerland News

APRIL 3, 2009: At the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, Jiverly Antares Wong shoots and kills fourteen people and then himself.

Sweden became the second country to grant final approval for Gazprom's Nord Stream natural- gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, ending almost two years of Swedish opposition and wrangling over the energy project.

Petroplus Holdings AG , Europea s largest independent refiner by capacity, fell to a two-month low in Zurich trading after reporting a third-quarter loss and suspending operations at its Teesside refinery in the U.K. Petroplus slumped as much as 8.5 percent to 21.20 Swiss francs, the lowest price since Aug.

Geneva? Zurich? Perhaps even Zug, Switzerland? Between deciding whether to be long or short of the dollar, or pondering whether we are in the middle of a bear rally or a new bull market, Londona s hedge funds also need to decide which Swiss canton they want to move to.

Oil prices rose for the third straight day on Wednesday, edging above $71 a barrel after an industry report showed a drawdown in U.S. crude inventories, boosting the view demand was recovering.

Fast Lane is more deluxe motorway rest-stop this week as I'm confined to a bed in a tiny hospital in St Moritz and am writing this with an elaborate IV stuck into the back of my left hand, a tube jutting out of my left knee and some very fancy drugs swirling around my head.

Kranj, Brussels, and Zug, Switzerland - Iskraemeco, Itron and Landis+Gyr today announced a significant initiative in the development of interoperable smart meters supporting utility applications.

Obama's tax policy is driving companies--and the jobs they create--out of the country.

Switzerland could benefit as a favourable tax location as other European countries increase their maximum income fiscal rate to counter the global economic downturn.

Switzerland could benefit as a favourable tax location as other European countries increase their maximum income fiscal rate to counter the global economic downturn.

Is the trickle about to become a flood? Financial News , the City journal, reports that tax advisers are seeing a sharp rise in inquiries from private equity bosses and hedge fund managers considering quitting the UK for Switzerland.

The company is engaged in the manufacturing and supplying of grinding tools. The product portfolio of the company includes ceramic grinding wheels, synthetic resin bonded grinding wheels, cutting-off wheels, diamond and CBN grinding and dressing tools, and grinding machines.

Crude oil and copper led gains in commodities as expanding economies in Germany and France, and comments by the Federal Reserve that the U.S. recession is easing buoyed confidence that demand will strengthen.

A Swiss takeover law that rewards major shareholders with higher premiums is drawing fire from smaller investors who say the rule leaves them short-changed. Sarasin Investmentfonds AG led shareholdersa opposition last week to an offer for Swiss plastics maker Quadrant AG by Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

A Swiss takeover law that rewards major shareholders with higher premiums is drawing fire from smaller investors who say the rule leaves them short-changed. Sarasin Investmentfonds AG led shareholdersa opposition last week to an offer for Swiss plastics maker Quadrant AG by Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

ZUG, Switzerland-Paris Re Holdings Ltd. made a first-half 2009 profit of $121 million, up from a first-half 2008 loss of a $25.6 million.

A Swiss takeover law that rewards major shareholders with higher premiums is drawing fire from smaller investors who say the rule leaves them short-changed. Sarasin Investmentfonds AG led shareholdersa opposition last week to an offer for Swiss plastics maker Quadrant AG by Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

Petroplus Holdings AG , Europea s largest independent oil refiner, rose the most since January in Zurich trading after second-quarter profit beat estimates.

Riding a motorcycle over amazing roads and scenery is a thrill. The famous Swiss mountain passes that make up the "Passe Karussell" Furka, Grimsel, Oberalp, Susten, Gotthard and Nufenen in the central part of Switzerland will not disappoint the biker.

Whanganui UCOL chef students Ziek Hudson and Lee Cameron have a busy few weeks ahead as they fundraise and prepare for a five week long exchange to Switzerland.