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Swiss system tournaments, a type of group tournament common in chess and other board games, and in card games such as bridge, use various criteria to break ties between players who have the same total number of points after the last round. This is needed when prizes are indivisible, such as titles, trophies, or qualification for another tournament.
In a Swiss-system tournament, sometimes a player has such a great lead that by the last round they are assured of winning the tournament even if they lose the last game. This has some disadvantages. First, a Swiss-system tournament does not always end with the exciting climax of a knockout final. Second, while the outcome of the final game has ...
Swiss Re office in London, UK. Its London office is located in the 30 St Mary Axe tower, which opened on 25 May 2004. The landmark London skyscraper, designed by architect Norman Foster and popularly known as "the gherkin", was sold in February 2007 for over £600 million to IVG Immobilien AG of Germany and the Evans Randall property investment firm.
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Level 1, well below government standards (D; 50–59 percent) The grading standards for A− letter grades changed in September 2010 to coincide with a new academic year. The new changes require a higher percentage grade by two or five points to obtain an A or A+ respectively.
Swiss emigrants to pre-Confederation Canada (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Swiss emigrants to Canada" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
Walter Bruno Kielholz (born 25 February 1951) was chairman of the board of directors and former CEO of Swiss Re. Kielholz completed a degree in business administration at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, in 1976. From 1997 to 2002 he was CEO of Swiss Re. He was Swiss Re's Chairman from 2009 to 2021.
The European Kings Club (EKC) was a large-scale Ponzi scheme operated from 1991 to 1994 in Switzerland, Germany and Austria by the German nationals Damara and Harald Bertges and Hans Günther Spachtholz. [1] The EKC promised investors profit rates of 70% after buying "letters" for 1,400 Swiss francs each.