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From Switzerland our inestimable bureau chief, Frau Grossrosti, says that disturbing stories are being told in the lakeside bars and grand hotels of Geneva.
Have Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch hired another 20 lawyers? Have those lovely ladies of the night at the Velvet Club gone on strike to protest against the cut-price competitive nooky being offered by willowy illegal immigrants?
Is the bar at our favourite hotel, the Beau Rivage, holding a happy hour with free drinks?
No, Brunhilde Grossrosti says that there have been strange tales about a leading firm of headhunters in Geneva.
Of course it may only be Genevoise tittle-tattle, but one of Brunhilde's best girlfriends told her that the super-prestigious recruitment house of Egon Zehnder has been ruffling the feathers of some of the local financial institutions.
In Geneva, which is really little more than a beautiful village rather than a sprawling metropolis, it is, of course, quite impossible to keep any secrets.
How could the celebrated Egon Zehnder...