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Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 30/06/2009
Joan reporting from Basel, SwitzerlandWorld Globalization of the Banking and Regulatory Structure, Part 2The entire banking system of the world, with the exception of a few Muslim countries, is run by private corporations called “central banks.” America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, was founded in 1913. People should understand that it is not Congress which runs America...
Fashion Week Daily - Chic Report (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Brad Pitt is quite the art collector, and we hear his latest purchase from Design Miami/Basel is the work featured above, “Never-EverLand” (in the spirit of Michael Jackson, perhaps') by Atelier Van Lieshout. Each door opens to a little lounge space. (Click though to see what it looks like occupied) Will the Jolie-Pitts will use [...]
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
BASEL.- “Report on Probability A” is the title of a 1968 novel by Brian Aldiss, which employs the nouveau roman technique of narrative told from multiple viewpoints, in order to present an ambiguous story that revolves around the banal, almost trivial activities of a handful of protagonists. The additional appearance of extraterrestrials watching from “out there” acts as...
Cardboard Spaceship (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
I have this one under "tin foil hat," but I'm going to blog it because if he's right, this is news. He in this case is Harry Schultz, of the eponymous Harry Schultz Letter. (He really sweated on naming that...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 28/06/2009
The Financial Stability Board (FSB), created by the Group of 20 in its London summit in April, held its inaugural meeting here on Saturday. The FSB is re-established by the G20 as an enlarged version of the Financial Stability Forum, an advisory group established in 1999 to promote international financial stability through better information exchange and international cooperation. According to its...
anArchitecture (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Published in the form of a full-color comic strip, ‘ MetroBasel ’ is a comprehensive urban study and portrait of Basel and its surroundings. It is realized by the urban research unit ETH Studio Basel. Basel’s metropolitan area is spanning across three countries, spread over nine administrative regions and consisting of more than 200 communities, each having...
Prozac does have a role to play (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Buy Cheap prozac online without prescription. Depression diagnoses decline after FDA warning. Well, Well, Well Alternatives to Pharma. Health Buzz Cellphone Elbow and Other Health News. The Food and Drug New basel capital accord asked Wednesday that manufacturers of Prozac and similar antidepressants change their labels to include information about. The study validates, as a company, our drug...
Ultimate Luxury Watch Guide (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Born from a passion for avant-garde design and craftsmanship deLaCour was established to offer alternative and exclusive creations to the world of luxury watch making. In 2003, deLaCour unveiled their first collection at the world’s most important watch and Jewellery show in Basel. The ground-breaking style, presenting sleek yet bold lines, was an instant success with watch lovers.At the...
Airline News & Opinions (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
The low cost airline Ryanair is opening a new base in Porto, Northern Portugal. Along with the opening of the new base Ryanair has also two based aircrafts and four new routes that is Ryanair will operate flights from Porto to Basel, Eindhoven, St Etienne and Tours as from September. On the opening of the [...]
[FashionRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Frerk and Marc C. Woehr are certainly making a name for themselves in the world of contemporary art. They painted a stunning mural alongside Shepard Fairey during Art Basel Miami last year, and now,...
Tea with FT (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Sir the commissioner of Japan’s Financial Services Agency Takafumi Sato warns that “Tightening capital rules could increase risk-taking” July 1. Given that the current minimum capital requirements concocted in Basel authorize a marginal leverage of bank equity of 62.5 to 1 if the borrower has an AAA to an AA- rating it is hard to even comprehend what increased risk taking...
Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
BASEL, Switzerland — Pharmaceutical maker Roche Holding AG said Wednesday a new initiative wil...
B3 Designers Blog (Free subscription) | 30/06/2009
Mini Capsule Hotel, a six-bed dorm by Atelier Van Lieshout , featured in an outdoor installation called Never-EverLand at Design Miami/Basel earlier this month. Curated by Natalie Kovacs and presented by Carpenters Workshop Gallery , the installation was billed as a “dystopian/utopian garden of unearthly delights”. Mini Capsule Hotel was bought by actor Brad Pitt (see picture), who apparently...
Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
BASEL, Switzerland — The Bank for International Settlements urged governments Monday to move a...
The hermeneutic of continuity (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
In an article in the July 2009 Newsletter for the Diocese of Basel in Switzerland, Bishop Kurt Koch, the President of the Swiss Bishops' Conference, has written an article which gives a forthright reply to a recent petition for the "unqualified acceptance of the council." He says: Right from the start, the expression "unqualified acceptance" irritates me because I don’t...
