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	<title>Hossli.com &#187; Observations</title>
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	<description>Peter Hossli, Reporter</description>
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		<title>UBS Reader</title>
		<link>http://www.hossli.com/observations/2008/07/20/ubs-reader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hossli</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Switzerland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bradley Birkenfeld]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Carl Levin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Martin Liechti]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[UBS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Die UBS ist in den USA in Bedrängnis geraten. Vor einem Gericht in Florida hat Ex-UBS-Banker Bradley Birkenfeld gestanden, wohlhabenden US-Kunden bei der Steuerflucht geholfen zu haben.
Das U.S. Department of Justice untersucht, ob die Schweizer Bank über Offshore-Konten US-Bürgern zur Steuerflucht verhalf. Die amerikanische Börsenaufsichtskommission SEC will wissen, ob die UBS in den USA ohne [...]

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		<title>Liechti-Befragung nach einer Minute zu Ende</title>
		<link>http://www.hossli.com/observations/2008/07/17/liechti-befragung-nach-einer-minute-zu-ende/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hossli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UBS-Banker Martin Liechti hat heute vor einer Subkommission des US-Senats die Aussage verweigert. Damit nutzte er sein verfassungsmässiges Recht, sich als Zeuge nicht selbst belasten zu müssen.
Derweil dauerte Liechtis Befragung durch die US-Senatoren Carl Levin und Norm Coleman nicht länger als eine Minute. Liechti legte einen Schwur ab, die Wahrheit zu sagen, verweigerte die Aussage [...]

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		<title>Is Apple the new Microsoft?</title>
		<link>http://www.hossli.com/observations/2008/07/11/is-apple-the-new-microsoft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hossli</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Bad Stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apple&#8217;s new iPhone is a hit. Everybody wants it. But the high global demand has crashed Apple&#8217;s servers. Thousands of iPhone buyers are stuck with phones that can&#8217;t make calls. The new MobileMe service has been on-and-off all day. It still works rather spotty. Owners of the old iPhone can&#8217;t activate its new software.
It seem [...]

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		<title>Jugend 96 Redux</title>
		<link>http://www.hossli.com/observations/2008/07/05/jugend-96-redux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hossli</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Switzerland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Autor Bänz Friedli reflektiert für Radio DRS über die Schweizer Jugend 2008 – und wie die Medien damit umgehen:
Jede zweite Schlagzeile verkündet es: Die heutige Jugend ist schlimmer als früher! 
Bezug nimmt Friedli auf eine Facts-Titelgeschichte vom 18. Januar 1996: Rumhängen, kiffen, knallen
Wie Jugendliche in der Schweiz damals über Drogen, Sex und Gewalt sprachen: &#8220;Kiffen [...]

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		<title>Steiger on the Journal</title>
		<link>http://www.hossli.com/observations/2008/06/07/steiger-on-the-journal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hossli</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Behind the scene]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paul Steiger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While doing a story for Swiss business magazine Bilanz on the Wall Street Journal, I interviewed former managing editor Paul Steiger. The interview was conducted before Robert Thomson was appointed the Journal&#8217;s new managing editor. Steiger runs the non-profit newsroom ProPublica.
Excerpts:
On how Murdoch’s approach differs from the Bancrofts&#8217;:
Steiger: It’s changed dramatically in the sense that [...]

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		<title>So long, Sydney</title>
		<link>http://www.hossli.com/observations/2008/05/26/so-long-sydney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 02:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hossli</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Pollack]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Heute starb der amerikanische Regisseur und Schauspieler Sydney Pollack an Krebs. Er war 73 Jahre alt. Vor zwölf Jahren traf ich ihn im Zürcher Hotel Dolder zum Interview. Er hatte eben ein Remake des Billy-Wilder-Klassikers «Sabrina» gedreht.
Pollack flog damals im Privatflugzeug in die Schweiz. Nicht als Passagier, er flog selbst.
Was fasziniert sie am Fliegen?
 Pollack: [...]

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		<title>&#8220;The Nazis&#8221; for Dad</title>
		<link>http://www.hossli.com/observations/2008/05/20/the-nazis-for-dad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 18:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hossli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I went to Barnes &#38; Noble in Brooklyn Heights with my two daughters. As usual, the store had a special table filled with bookish gift ideas for an upcoming event. I noticed a reddish &#8220;For Dad&#8221; sign, promoting father&#8217;s day.
The books on the table made me desire a tie.
If it&#8217;s up to Barnes &#38; [...]

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		<title>Boys Will Be Boys</title>
		<link>http://www.hossli.com/observations/2008/05/14/boys-will-be-boys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 01:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hossli</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Election 08]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[endorsement]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[John Edwards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Democrats are playing a dangerous game. They ignore the sentiments of two crucial demographics they need desperately if they want to beat John McCain in November – women and rural voters.
Yesterday, Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama by more than 40 points in the crucial swing state of West Virginia. Not since 1916 have the [...]

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		<title>Until the Last Dog Dies</title>
		<link>http://www.hossli.com/observations/2008/05/05/until-the-last-dog-dies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 20:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been said about Bill Clinton&#8217;s apparently meager performance on the campaign stomp. The Daily New asked the questions whether Clinton lost his mojo after his heart bypass surgery in 2004. Some even suggested he is jeopardizing the candidacy of his wife on purpose.
Most of it has been anti-Hillary rhetoric, as the New York [...]

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		<title>Air Needs Assistant - The Sequel</title>
		<link>http://www.hossli.com/observations/2008/04/29/air-needs-assistant-the-sequel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hossli</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Lenovo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mac Book Air]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As noted here before, Apple&#8217;s ultra thin laptop Mac Book Air looks awesome while being limited. We suggested that owners of such a computers need assistants who carry all those additional cables, drives and computing power that the Air lacks.
Chinese computer maker Lenovo picks up on this notion in a funny spoof on Apple&#8217;s commercial [...]

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