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New invention revolutionises spaghetti eating

This content was published on Oct 18, 2003 It’s a familiar problem for many pasta lovers – how to stop spaghetti from slipping off your fork and onto your shirt. But help may be at hand in the form of a new pasta plate, designed by two enterprising students at Lausanne hotel school – Mehdi Derouazi and Frank Martin. The plate has been…

Zurich calls halt to “ram-raid rocks”

This content was published on Oct 17, 2003 Vexed by recent attacks in the town centre, the Bahnhofstrasse jewellers decided to place giant boulders in front of their shop windows. The rocks were seen as an effective and cheap way of stopping the ram raiders – thieves who use stolen cars to smash their way into shops. But having originally given its approval…

Swiss website finds perfect political partner

This content was published on Oct 16, 2003 Smartvote is the brainchild of a team of Swiss web designers, political scientists and economists. The Internet platform, which was launched two months ago, allows users to match their own political views with candidates standing for election. Andreas Ladner, a political scientist at the University of Bern, thinks the website is a fascinating new way…

Credit Suisse sees delayed economic recovery

This content was published on Oct 16, 2003 Economic researchers at Switzerland’s second-largest bank said on Thursday that the forces of economic recovery appeared to be “slumbering”. Credit Suisse forecast that Switzerland’s economy would grow by a modest one per cent in 2004, after a 0.4 per cent decline this year. The growth forecast is more conservative that recent predictions by the Basel…

Covalys raises millions for protein scientists’ tool

This content was published on Oct 16, 2003 The company raised SFr3 million from a group of investors co-led by Swiss venture capitalists, VI Partners of Zug and BV Group of Bern. The young company’s innovation is to sell kits that make studying proteins easier and more reliable for scientists and researchers. Scientists are trying to improve their knowledge of the molecular causes…

Smaller casinos hit the jackpot

This content was published on Oct 15, 2003 Large casinos will hand over 40 per cent of their takings, while small mountain casinos will pay 20 per cent. Medium-sized gaming concerns will be taxed 30 per cent of their gross income. The government’s decision, which was made on the recommendation of the justice ministry, is being seen as a favour to mountain tourist…

Micronas reports increased sales and earnings

This content was published on Oct 15, 2003 The Zurich-based company reported that net income had risen by 25.7 per cent to SFr21.5 million ($16.3 million), compared with the previous quarter. The news sent its share price soaring by more than 15 per cent to SFr52.50, well up on Tuesday’s close of SFr45.40. Micronas, which makes chips used in the consumer electronics, multimedia…

Swiss economy expects moderate growth

This content was published on Oct 15, 2003 The economic research group, BAK Basel Economics, said an upturn in the United States and Japan would lead to a recovery in Switzerland’s export-reliant economy. But the group said that the more positive predictions for the coming months would not compensate for the poor results of the first quarter of this year. BAK expects domestic…

Stop The Shoppers: Super Gringo

This content was published on Oct 15, 2003

Basel drives Swiss economic recovery

This content was published on Oct 14, 2003 The Rhine city outstrips Geneva and Lausanne, whose economies are stagnating, and leaves struggling eastern Switzerland far behind. According to research published by the economic research group, BAK Basel Economics on Tuesday, the 1.2 per cent rise for Basel compares with a 0.4 per cent decrease in GDP for the whole of Switzerland and no…

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