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...that could soon change, renewing a debate on what Switzerland's German-language newspapers refer to, in English, as "Swiss-ness." The government is mulling new laws that will raise the Swiss share of those production costs to 60%. Forty million fake Swiss timepieces are made every year, most of them in China, claims the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. Sales of the real thing are threatened, despite the federation's slogan: "Fake watches are for fake people. Be authentic. Buy real...
...will likely come of age in a very different Switzerland. One day, he will vote in its elections and do national service in its army. But he will always be half English and - since he was conceived and born in Bangkok - "Made in Thailand," too. Fake watches might be for fake people. But authentic Swiss are harder to define than ever, and that's something Switzerland should probably celebrate...
Then came Madoff's swindle. Irving Picard, a court-appointed trustee, was charged with recovering the missing money, and Picower, a longtime Madoff friend who reportedly withdrew $7.2 billion over 20 years--including some $5 billion in fake profits--headlined the list of targets. Picard held that an investor of Picower's sophistication had to know something was amiss when his yearly returns went as high as 950%, and he accused Picower of helping Madoff perpetuate the scheme. Picower denied the allegations. His foundation, its endowment crippled, closed up shop...
...Andover, film crews arrived with fake snow and a John Harvard Statue. At Johns Hopkins, the “Latrobe Hall” sign was replaced with a “Kirkland House” sign and extra leaves were added to the ground...
Plot Intrigue: Maybe it was the big boobs or the fake Barbie hair, but from the moment FlyBy saw "Brandeis," we knew something...