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Belgian chocolate makers seek protection from copycats
ReutersBelgian chocolate makers believe their renowned pralines should have similar protection to that enjoyed by French champagne or Italy's Parma ham. They want the term "Belgian chocolate" to be their exclusive preserve and also want to crack down on foreign...Tags: Feta Cheese, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Belgium, European Union, Malaysia
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An insider's view of generic-drug pricing
Bob Toomajian worked for 16 years as Kaiser Permanente's drug purchasing manager for Southern California, giving him an insider's knowledge of how medications are priced before reaching consumers. When it comes to patented name-brand drugs, he told me,...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Target, Drug Trafficking, Lipitor (drug), Pharmaceuticals
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Did God create the God particle?
Contributing WriterThe smokehad barely settled from the conclave of cardinals’ announcement that Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio had been elected as Pope Francis, when the scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland, made their own...Tags: Geneva (Swiss Confederation), Francis I, Large Hadron Collider Experiments, Easter, Science and Technology
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Viewpoint: Hard work and play secrets to longevity?
Friends and family came from near and far to help Hilda Durrer celebrate her 100th birthday at the Imperial Valley Swiss Club. Her father, Alois Zurgilgen, immigrated to this country from Switzerland in 1910. Her mother, Ottilia Muller, arrived a year...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Entertainment Events, University of California, San Diego, Easter
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When a drug costs 30 times what it once did
Diane Shattuck filled a prescription in December for a generic antibiotic called doxycycline. With insurance, she paid $4.30 for 60 pills at a CVS store in Orange. She returned at the end of February to refill her prescription. This time, she was told...
Tags: Skin Rash, CVS Corp., Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible: First Photos
KickingTiresUpdate: We've added three more photos to the gallery below. The redesigned Chevy Corvette was one of the big stars of the Detroit Auto Show in January. Now the automaker is staking its claim to wooing folks in Switzerland and......Tags: Geneva (Swiss Confederation), Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment, Chevrolet, General Motors Corp.
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Swiss voters say yes to 'Rip-Off Initiative' to control executive pay
Voters in Switzerland, angered by high executive pay, backed a plan to increase the control of shareholders over compensation of corporate leaders. Nearly 70% of voters approved the so-called "Rip-Off Initiative," according to the Swiss television...
Tags: Television Industry, Novartis AG, Elections, CEO Pay, Chemical Industry
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The Week in Pictures | February 18 – 24
FrameworkEach week we bring you the very best in visual journalism. Lakers greats past and present showed up to remember the team's owner, Dr. Jerry Buss, who died Monday from liver failure. Former coach Phil Jackson fought back tears, Shaquille O'Neal recalls... -
Three dead as gunman opens fire on colleagues at Swiss business
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.PARIS -- A gunman opened fire on colleagues at a Swiss wood-processing plant Wednesday morning, an attack that left three people dead, including the assailant, and seven others wounded. The gunman walked into the staff canteen at the Kronoswiss wood-...Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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Three dead, 7 injured after shooting in Switzerland
A shooting at a wood-processing company in central Switzerland on Wednesday left three people dead and seven injured, some of them seriously, prosecutors said. The shooting occurred shortly after 9 a.m. at the premises of Kronospan, a company in the...
Tags: Prosecution, Injuries and Wounds, Shootings
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Tina Turner may become a Swiss citizen, give back U.S. passport
Tina Turner wants to become a Swiss citizen, and love has everything to do with it. If you've been wondering what the iconic diva has been up to lately, she's been living in Kuesnacht, a Zurich suburb, since 1995. A Swiss paper wrote Friday that the...Tags: Music, Shania Twain, Lindsay Lohan, Ike Turner, Zurich (Swiss Confederation)
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Pictures in the News | February 18, 2013
FrameworkPictures in the News | February 18, 2013...
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