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By Raphael Minder Swiss citizens voted Sunday to impose some of the world’s most severe restrictions on executive compensation, ignoring a warning from the business

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By Julia Werdigier Novartis, one of Switzerland’s biggest drug makers, said Tuesday it scrapped a planned $78 million payment to its departing chairman because of

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By Rebecca Christie & Ben Moshinsky The European Union failed to seal a deal on Basel bank rules after disagreeing on bonuses, capital requirements for

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[Note from CAF: This is both a phenomenon and verb that is very useful to have available on the tip of your tongue these days!]

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