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Tuesday | Bloomberg

U.S. Oil Fund Says It Isn't Responsible for `Unusual' Crude Price Swings

United States Oil Fund , the first exchange-traded fund for crude futures, said it didna t cause the record high and subsequent collapse in oil prices last year.

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Related Topix: Switzerland, World News

Sun Jul 05, 2009

The Independent

The Monday Interview: Mike Davis, Chief executive, Xstrata

Mike Davis: mining's big gun Title: Chief executive, Xstrata Age: 44 Pay: $1m salary, $183,000 a year housing allowance, bonus of up to 100 per cent of salary, plus share options.

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Related Topix: South Africa, World News, Switzerland

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Crofsblogs.typepad.com

Switzerland: 75 cases

Via SwissInfo.ch: The number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus in Switzerland has reached 75 .

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Switzerland, World News

Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Former Coalcorp executives file suit

ANDY HOFFMAN Last updated on Wednesday, Jul. 01, 2009 07:46PM EDT A group of former Coalcorp Mining Inc.

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Related Topix: Switzerland

Fri Jun 19, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

Secretive commodities giant Glencore mulls float

Glencore International, the Swiss-based commodities trader founded by Marc Rich to become one of the world's biggest private companies, is considering a stock market listing, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

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Sat Jun 06, 2009

Swissinfo

Zug's foreign legion are not all super rich

Canton Zug continues to be a magnet for new inhabitants from within Switzerland and abroad, thanks to its recent history of lowering tax rates.

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Related Topix: Switzerland, World News, Social Democratic Party of Germany

Thu Jun 04, 2009

The Globe and Mail

A reclusive Russian and his resource-hungry investment fund

Andy Hoffman and Paul Waldie Globe and Mail Update, Thursday, Jun. 04, 2009 07:51PM EDT I n the spring of 2008, the head of Neo Material Technologies Inc.

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Wed May 20, 2009

AngloINFO

Launched with a Bang

Just six days later, it made a splash at the first Expat-Expo Basel at the Basel Messe complex.

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Mon May 18, 2009

Canada NewsWire

Northern Shield Raises $1.67 million

OTTAWA, May 14 /CNW Telbec/ - Northern Shield Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of $1,424,500 by issuing 15,827,777 shares and 6,733,889 warrants with each whole warrant exercisable for one common share at a price of $0.15 for a period of 18 months.

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Related Topix: Switzerland, World News

Sat May 16, 2009

Business Insurance

Paris Re posts profit in first quarter

ZUG, Switzerland-Paris Re Holdings Ltd. has reported a net income of $118.6 million for the first quarter of 2009, compared with a loss of $129.5 million for the same period in 2008.

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Thu May 14, 2009

Swissinfo

"Rich ghetto" building scheme sparks protest

Plans by the central canton of Obwalden to reserve sections of land for its wealthier inhabitants to build homes have been condemned as a form of "apartheid". The canton's authorities have hit back at the mounting criticism, saying that rich provide valuable income for everyone.

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Related Topix: Switzerland, Europe, World News

Tue May 12, 2009

Tehran Times

Crude oil reaches six-month high on speculation demand may rise

Oil rose to a six-month high in New York as a rebound in equity markets stoked speculation that an economic recovery will reduce the glut of fuel supplies.

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Related Topix: Switzerland, World News

Sat May 09, 2009

MarketWatch

Petroplus Announces Shareholder Approvals from Its Annual General...

ZUG, Switzerland, May 06, 2009 -- Regulatory News: Petroplus Holdings AG today announced that at its Annual General Meeting, shareholders approved a reduction of share capital by repayment of CHF 0.60 par value per share to shareholders payable on July 28, 2009.

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Related Topix: Switzerland, World News, Germany

Thu May 07, 2009

Asia Times

Gazprom shadow falls over Hungary

Gazprom shadow falls over Hungary By Roman Kupchinsky Russian energy giant Gazprom may be preparing to take over a large part of the Hungarian domestic gas distribution network.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Ukraine, Switzerland

Tue May 05, 2009

CSRwire.com

TD Asset Management Enhances Sustainable Investment Research with ASSET4 Data

Toronto, Canada and Zug, Switzerland. - May 5, 2009 - TD Asset Management Inc., one of Canada's largest investment management firms, and ASSET4 AG , a leading provider of verifiable environmental, social and corporate governance information, announced today that TD Asset Management has acquired a subscription for ASSET4's ESG information solution.

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Related Topix: Switzerland, World News

Sun May 03, 2009

Electric Energy Online

Landis+Gyr Welcomes Definitive Mandate for Smart Metering across Europe

Zug, Switzerland, April 28, 2009 - Landis+Gyr welcomes two European Parliament votes that ensure smart metering will play a lead role in enabling the European Union to meet its ambitious environmental and energy efficiency goals.

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Related Topix: Switzerland, World News

Fri May 01, 2009

The Independent

Jeremy Warner: Informa swaps London for Zug in tax revolt

Outlook: Zug in central Switzerland, conveniently located within reach of some of the country's ritziest ski resorts, is no doubt a nice enough place for a visit.

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Related Topix: Switzerland, World News

Wed Apr 29, 2009

Northern Life - Greater Sudbury

The medium is the message in northern Ontario

I have written for years about the colonial aspects of living in rural Canada, most of that experience gained from my life in northern Ontario and my family history in Nova Scotia.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Switzerland, Brazil

Mon Apr 27, 2009

Swissinfo

Expo gives expat businesses a boost

Evidence that Anglophone expats are not shying away from setting up their own businesses was very much on offer at the Expat-Expo in Cham, near Zug.

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Related Topix: Switzerland, World News,

Sat Apr 25, 2009

Buzzle.com

Switzerland Life Tempts High-end Taxpayers After Darling's Budget

As soon as Alistair Darling revealed the 50% income tax rate for those earning over 150,000 on Wednesday, he was accused of saving the wrong economy.

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Related Topix: Tax, Alistair Darling, Switzerland, World News

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