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Egypt telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris eyes new horizons
Reuters
Sawiris said he plans to divest non-core operations left out of the sale to Vimpelcom last April and use his company Orascom Telecom Media and Technology (OTMT) to buy established mobile phone businesses and network operating licenses.

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Telegraph.co.uk

A history of skiing in Mürren, Switzerland
Telegraph.co.uk
It is time for a phone call to the Hotel Eiger. "Ja, hello, Adam," says Adrian Stahli. "There was so much snow last night, even the plough train cannot move." Luckily there is another way up to Mürren: by bus along the valley floor to an alternative ...

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Bloomberg

UBS, Credit Suisse in Swiss Rate-Fixing Probe
Bloomberg
Enlarge image UBS, Credit Suisse Among Banks in Swiss Libor-Fixing Probe UBS, Credit Suisse Among Banks in Swiss Libor-Fixing Probe Gianluca Colla/Bloomberg Credit Suisse AG branded pens sit on display during a news conference in Zurich, Switzerland.
UBS, Credit Suisse Among Banks in Swiss Libor-Fixing ProbeBusinessWeek

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Apax Said to Cut Orange Switzerland LBO Loans on Bond Increase
Bloomberg
Apax Partners LLP will cut the amount of leveraged loans it will raise for the buyout of France Telecom SA's Orange Switzerland mobile-phone unit by about 33 percent to 567 million Swiss francs ($620 million) after increasing the bond portion of the ...

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USA TODAY

Swiss bank indictment details tax evasion ploys
USA TODAY
By Kevin McCoy, USA TODAY NEW YORK – It was a cool August Tuesday in 2007 when Swiss banker Urs Frei walked into a Manhattan restaurant for meetings with two US clients. One of the clients carried an unmarked envelope containing $16000 in cash.

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Swiss bank charged in new U.S. tax fraud case
Tucson Citizen
03, 2012, under USA Today News It was a cool August Tuesday in 2007 when Swiss banker Urs Frei walked into a Manhattan restaurant for meetings with two US clients. One of the clients carried an unmarked envelope containing $16000 in cash.

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BofA, JPMorgan, UBS, Foreclosure Deal, Goldman in Court News
Bloomberg
The UK and Swiss finance regulators also said in a statement Feb. 3 that they have begun formal enforcement actions against UBS over the risk-management processes at its investment bank in London. The UK Financial Services Authority and the Swiss ...

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Daily Mail

Liars, communists and oil tycoons: Online dating is more popular than ever ...
Daily Mail
I had one who had sold his pharma company and flew in from Zurich to meet me – checked him out and it was true, nice guy but weird Swiss. There was the professional cricketer who had played for England (two dates). I had telephone conversations with ...

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Saab Says Swiss Gripen Fighter Decision May Take All Year
BusinessWeek
“It's not surprising they haven't given up,” Erik Magni, a Saab spokesman, said today by phone. It's “part of the game” that Dassault is still competing, he said. Saab and Switzerland are holding negotiations that probably will “take up all of 2012,” ...

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Orange Switzerland Upsizes Euro, Swiss Franc Bonds
Fox Business
LONDON – Mobile phone operator Orange Switzerland upsized and modified its euro- and swiss-franc bond offering, plus gave price guidance on the different tranches. A previously CHF325 million eight-year senior secured tranche was upsized to CHF425 ...

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