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BASEL GANGLIONS?

MonkeyFilter (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008

BASEL GANGLIONS? What's under doc?

BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS BIS REVIEW NO. 99: BASEL II

Cambridge Forecast Group Blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008

... . What’s included? BIS Review No 99 (19 August 2008) Zeti Akhtar Aziz: Basel II implementation and the development of Asia’s financial system – experiences, challenges and regional cooperation L Wilson Kamit: Central bank independence – the first seven years Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Foreign exchange reserve management Ewart S Williams: The impact of global events on the Caribbean economies...

Rado watch,Basel,Rado exhibition

Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008

Since 1978, as the international high-end watch brand which first entered China after the reform and opening-up, Swiss Rado has already struck root ...

Chocolate Speak: Interview with Dominic Beschle of Beschle Chocolatier Suisse

English Webster (Free subscription) | yesterday

(Left: Dominic Beschle, CEO of Beschle Chocolatier, posing in the "boudoir style" [see article for details on the boudoir style]) Ernst Beschle founded Beschle Chocolatier in Basel in 1898. Are you related to him? He is my great grandfather. He started the company as Conditorei Beschle. Beschle made cakes, ice cream and sandwiches. Ernst invented the Beschlinger Ringcake and the chocolate came...

Cartoon bones of contention...

Re-cycle of Life (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008

The cartoon skeletons showing in Basel , are inspired. Very funny, and very scary at the same time. The problem I have is that we didn't like it when our mum said "Don't worry, it's only a film. They're not real". Now we have "Do worry. They are real!" I'm going to feel that much more anguish for Tom cat and Wile E Coyote's punishments in future. Ow! That could br...

Ciba shares plunge 16 percent after Q2 loss

Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - Shares in Swiss specialty chemicals maker Ciba plunged 16 percent Tuesday after the company posted a 606 million Swiss franc (US$553 ...

Artist creates life-like skeletons of cartoon characters

Nothing To Do With Arbroath (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008

In his presentation Animatus , at the natural history museum in Basel, Switzerland, South Korean artist Hyungkoo Lee has incorporated techniques of paleontologists to create accurate bone structures of Warner Brothers and Hanna Barbera characters including Bugs Bunny and Donald Duck. There are more photos here .

SPEEDEL SHAREHOLDERS ELECT FOUR NOVARTIS OFFICERS AS NEW MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008

BASEL, SWITZERLAND -- 08/15/08 -- Basel/Switzerland, 15 August 2008 Speedel Holding Ltd. (SWX: SPPN) today announced the outcome of the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the shareholders of Speedel which took plac..

• SPEEDEL SHAREHOLDERS ELECT FOUR NOVARTIS OFFICERS AS NEW MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS - EuroInvestor.co.uk

Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD, passed away at 9AM CEST on Tuesday April ...

MAPS news (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008

Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD, passed away at 9AM CEST on Tuesday April 29, 2008 at his home in Basel, Switzerland. Cause of death was a heart attack; two caretakers were there with him at the time. MAPS President Rick Doblin said, "[Albert and I] spoke on the phone the day after the Basel conference and he was happy and fulfilled. He'd seen the renewal of LSD psychotherapy research...