Madoff, jazz and a cabinet reshuffle

Here are the top stories we’re following in the week beginning December 7. Monday First Madoff-linked trial kicks off in Geneva. This concerns the head of the largest of the Geneva feeder funds that channeled money to financial fraudster Bernie Madoff. The man on trial was charged in 2009 with aggravated mismanagement over his handling of client funds. Madoff is currently serving a 150-year prison sentence in the United States for running a $ 17.5 billion (CHF17.5 billion) Ponzi scheme that took money from new investors to pay old ones.   Tuesday We report on how high-quality images and acoustics capturing irreplaceable moments from the history of jazz and blues, including such names as Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson, will soon be accessible to the public. The International Jazz Festival Bern is bringing out the Jazz & Blues Artbox, featuring DVDs of its archives, while the Montreux Jazz Festival’s archive, including rock and pop gems, will …
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