Switzerland

Magazine articles on politics and society in Switzerland.

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The Motley Fool June 28, 2010 Ivan Martchev	The Swiss Franc Is Almost as Good as Gold On the Old Continent, only Switzerland is a beneficiary of an unraveling euro.
The Motley Fool June 24, 2010 Jared Cummans	Switzerland ETF: Exposure to Europe's Bright Spot Its currency is outside of the eurozone. Switzerland has been marching to a different beat than its European Union neighbors, with a solid government budget surplus and resurgent economy.
AskMen.com	The $290,000 Speeding Ticket Judges in St. Gallen, in eastern Switzerland, based the record-breaking fine on the speeder's estimated wealth of over $20 million.
TIME Europe November 9, 2009 Andrew Marshall	Identity Crisis for the Swiss If my son were a watch, he might not be Swiss. No, that is not the caption to a Surrealist painting.
AskMen.com	Polanski's Lawyers Start The Battle Lawyers for Roman Polanski filed a motion in court Tuesday asking that the Oscar-winning director be released from Swiss custody -- the first step in his legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States for a 1977 statutory rape case.
Wired September 21, 2009 Mathew Honan	Ludwig Minelli: Legalize Assisted Suicide Taking advantage of his nation's unique legal status, attorney Ludwig Minelli founded Dignitas, a right-to-die organization that has made Switzerland the destination for suicide tourism. Not that he's eager for more business.
Registered Rep. July 13, 2009	Swiss and U.S. Tension Rising Over UBS Tax Evasion Case The problem continues to be that Swiss banking laws -- which say tax fraud is illegal, but not tax evasion -- protect the names of the 52,000 American clients and giving them up would violate Swiss criminal law.
Registered Rep. November 12, 2008 John Churchill	UBS Executive Indicted, Faces Up To Five-Years Jail Time The U.S. Government's investigation of cross-border business by UBS has resulted in an indictment of Raoul Weil, Chairman and CEO of UBS Global Wealth Management and Business Banking.
Scientific American September 2008 Lizzie Buchen	Swiss Primate Legislation Could End Some Brain Research Neuroscientists in Switzerland might soon be unable to conduct basic research on rhesus macaques.
IEEE Spectrum August 2008 Sally Adee	CERN to Start Up the Large Hadron Collider. Now Here's How It Plans to Stop It How the LHC stops a proton beam that can melt a half ton of copper
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