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Basel

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[bah-zuhl]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in northwestern Switzerland, on the Rhine River.

  2. a canton in northern Switzerland, divided into two independent areas.



Basel

/ ˈbɑːzəl /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Basle

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The pharmaceutical giant said it will invest $26 million in its plant in Stein, near Basel in the north of the country, to focus on manufacturing more complex treatments.

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Scientists from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel have now produced a realistic bone marrow model made entirely from human cells.

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Fourth, the Fed under Janet Yellen and Mr. Powell has spent more than a decade negotiating bank regulatory and supervisory standards with its global counterparts in Basel, Switzerland.

Banking regulations like Dodd-Frank and Basel III pushed many banks to the “moving business”—distributing the loans they originated—rather than the “storage business” of holding them on their balance sheets.

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This was the second American Humbert, 27, has knocked out in Basel following his first round defeat of Sebastian Korda 24 hours earlier.

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