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Novartis, a pharmaceutical giant based in Basel, Switzerland, has gutted the old candy factory, and plans to move a cutting-edge research and development department into the Necco building by the end of the year...
...designs include plans for a 24-hour global conferencing centers, with plasma screens linking the Cambridge labs to those of Novartis’ other research departments in Switzerland...
...professionals. The Stokes were in chronic discomfort - Jennifer, 53, suffered from diabetes and Robert, 59, was epileptic - and both reportedly were prone to depression. But neither was terminally ill, according to relatives. In Zurich, the Stokes were greeted by staff members from Dignitas, an assisted-suicide group in Switzerland, where the practice is legal - for patients suffering "intolerable health problems." (In Belgium, by contrast, patients must be terminally ill.) Assuming their experience was like that of their other clients, the Dignitas staff then took the Stokes to see founder Ludwig Minelli, to verify their wish to die. A doctor...
...fresh culinary experience. The idea: remove the sense of sight, and the sense of taste is enhanced. The menu is secret, so part of the fun is guessing what you are eating. The first dinner in the dark took place in Paris. The trend has also surfaced in Switzerland, Germany and is a monthly event at Suba, a Spanish restaurant in New York City. Guests meet in the lighted bar for drinks and are then escorted to the blackened dining room and seated next to anonymous companions. The only ones who can see are the waiters, who serve the four...
...against travel to Hong Kong and the nearby southern Chinese province of Guangdong because of the risk of contracting SARS. Airlines are slashing flights to the city as travelers stay away. Hong Kong businessmen were even barred from attending a major watch-and-luxury goods trade fair in Basel, Switzerland, unless they submitted to intrusive health checks, sparking a diplomatic row. Says Christine Loh, a former Hong Kong legislator who now runs Civic Exchange, a political think tank: "The importance of getting it right in terms of Hong Kong's image is critical, and this is where we've been...