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...point in cracking down on anyone. At a tense meeting in Ottawa last October, the havens insisted that the rules they signed up for should apply to all. Among their complaints: two major Asian financial centers, Singapore and Hong Kong, aren't even part of the talks. The Swiss from the beginning refused to have any part in the entire havens initiative; while they cooperate on cases of tax fraud, they don't recognize tax evasion by non-Swiss as an offense. Tax havens, says Richard Hay, a lawyer at Stikeman Elliott in London who represents tax havens and some...
...pages, with detailed attached maps, that would give clear and specific solutions on all issues. I participated actively in the initiation of this process and in numerous negotiations in the United Kingdom, France and Switzerland, first as an individual and, since April 2003, as special representative of the Swiss government for the Middle East peace process. I was also asked by the parties to help them broaden the circle of the potential signatories...
Alexis Keller, a former associate professor of political science at Geneva University, is the special representative of the Swiss government for the Middle East peace process. He will be a fellow of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Kennedy School of Government beginning...
...Sanofi's offer - an invitation, bankers say, to a higher bid from Swiss Novartis, the U.S. 's Pfizer or another big international player. Not what the French had in mind. Tips For Today's Executive If there was a market in European business chiefs, it might be time to sell. Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann in late January flashed a victory sign and a broad smile as he walked into court to face breach-of-trust charges related to the 2000 takeover of German telecom firm Mannesmann by the U.K. 's Vodafone. He created a huge outcry about rich, arrogant...
Scientists are also working on the line extensions for Inneov, L'Oreal's line of edible beauty supplements, developed with Swiss food giant Nestle and launched last year. The promise is simple: take one of the little dark pink pills every day, and the firmness of your skin will improve. By the end of the year, consumers may be able to buy Inneov pills to thicken hair and tackle cellulite. On the horizon: a pill to enhance sun protection. "We started with a product that demonstrably shows you have firmer skin," Owen-Jones says. "This is not snake...