Orange diamond fetches $35.5m at Geneva auction
The largest fancy vivid orange diamond ever sold at auction went for US$35.5 million in Geneva, where a pink diamond estimated to be worth more than $60 million is also on the block.
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Auckland 24th most expensive city
Executives in Zurich, Geneva and Sydney are the best paid in the world after taxes, according to a survey by Swiss bank UBS - but Auckland workers are not flourishing to the same extent.
LHC search for 'God Particle' is near end, say scientists
CERN's director general believes that if the Higgs boson exists, the Large Hadron Collider will prove it by the end of 2012.
Jaguar's big reveal at Geneva
Jaguar will take the covers off a new sedan at the Geneva motor show next week.
The smelling test
The human nose contains roughly 400 olfactory receptors, but no two people have the same sense of smell.
Larry King's 25-year reign comes to an end
He is from another era of current affairs television and tonight (Friday afternoon NZ time) that era will end.
Sir Ed's Rolex collection up for grabs
Sir Edmund Hillary's widow is selling the watch her late husband was given after climbing Mt Everest in 1953.
Dame Joan Sutherland's voice was 'supreme', says NZ diva
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has paid tribute to Dame Joan Sutherland, who died in Switzerland on Sunday.
Forget the LHC - physicists plan new atom smasher
Forget the Large Hadron Collider, Cern's scientists have their hearts set on a new, $9.48 billion, 31km Linear Collider.
Hadron Collider to be closed amid fears of very big bang
CERN plans a 12-month shutdown to repair a design flaw that could break apart world's most expensive scientific experiment - the Large Hadron Collider
Electric avalanche
The world may be emerging from a recession, but it's still the automotive silly season, with the Detroit Motor Show just over and Geneva in the wings.