Europe
BusinessWeek.com -- Europe
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Low Tax Lures Wealthy to Swiss Town Rueschlikon
March 13 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Television's Elliott Gotkine reports from Rueschlikon, Switzerland, a town that has attracted wealthy inhabitants, such as Glencore International AG's Chief Executive Officer Ivan Glasenberg, due to its low tax rate. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Italy's High Speed Ambitions
Mario Monti comes under fire over a multi-billion Euro high speed rail project
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Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Leaves Families Divided
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Residents of Minamisoma, in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, talk about their lives one year after a record earthquake and ensuing tsunami caused nuclear meltdowns at the nearby Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant. In September last year, restrictions on some areas near the crippled power station were lifted, but the fear of radiation exposure has made thousands flee their homes, leaving families living beyond the 20-kilometer (12.6-mile) exclusion zone around the plant divided. Bloomberg’s Scilla Alecci reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Spanish Town Pays Debt With Marijuana
A town in Spain has agreed to rent out land for growing marijuana in order to pay off its debt in two years
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3/6: The Threat of a Nuclear Iran
Charlie Rose: The Altantic's Jeffrey Goldberg and former U.S. Envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross discuss the meeting of President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the threat of a nuclear Iran
