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WEF meeting to be held in new centre

This content was published on Nov 12, 2010 After 20 months of building work, the complex will be ready for the WEF, which takes place in January 2011. The current congress centre could host 3,000 people. President of the Davos commune, Hans Peter Michel, reckons the SFr37.8 million ($38.7 million) cost of the centre is “an investment for the future of Davos”. The…

Hormone therapy could increase cancer risk

This content was published on Nov 12, 2010 Researchers at the cantonal hospital of St Gallen examined the files of 108,000 men suffering from prostate tumours in the United States from 1993 to 2002. They concluded that patients following hormone therapy to fight the tumour had a greater risk of developing intestinal cancer. Out of 1,000 men, 4.4 patients taking hormones developed the…

Swiss man’s Jungle Book dream comes true

This content was published on Nov 12, 2010 Yet Fabio Preti, a Swiss, has chosen this original career path. Sitting astride a bare-backed elephant, as motorbikes honk and buses try to overtake, he tells swissinfo.ch why he chose this job and wouldn’t swap it for anything in the world. “It was a childhood dream,” he said. “My first drawing was an elephant, my…

Central bank makes loss after nine months

This content was published on Nov 12, 2010 However, the central bank said in a statement that earnings on foreign currency investments as well as valuation gains on gold and the stabilisation fund it set up to bolster Swiss bank UBS all had a positive impact on the result. It noted that the appreciation of the Swiss franc had led to exchange rate…

Blogger ruling “preserves media freedom”

This content was published on Nov 11, 2010 It rejected an appeal by the prosecution calling for the identification of a user who had contributed to a feedback blog – setting a precedent that bolsters media freedom in Switzerland. “The ruling is remarkable because it marks the first time that the Federal Court has supported source protection in connection with a medium’s blog.…

Plan unveiled to boost cleantech sector

This content was published on Nov 11, 2010 Just which products could result from this can be seen in the Cleantech Expo, which reveals such Swiss inventions as eco-flush toilets and coffee machines powered by hydrogen. The Cleantech Masterplan is designed to drive the government, the authorities, universities and the sector towards a greater emphasis on green technologies (see sidebar). It was announced…

Statisticians put their figures on a plate

This content was published on Nov 11, 2010 Published by the Federal Statistics Office, the study said that modern households spend 13 per cent of their budgets on alcohol and on eating and drinking outside the home. It added that one in eight people working in Switzerland was employed in the food and drink sector. The study said the 7.7 million inhabitants of…

UBS bank sees “thriving” Swiss economy

This content was published on Nov 11, 2010 UBS Research Switzerland gives a number of factors to support this view. The researchers say the treaty on freedom of movement of people within the European Union and non-EU member Switzerland has made it easier for companies to hire qualified staff. A statement on Thursday said that “brisk population growth” since 2007 had also supported…

Retail scene changes as Coop overtakes Migros

This content was published on Nov 11, 2010 Retail experts discuss the main challenges for Swiss supermarkets expanding abroad and explain not only why Swiss consumers have to pay more than their neighbours but also why the “thrifty is nifty” mentality in Germany hasn’t taken off in Switzerland. Last week Coop, which together with Migros accounts for about 70 per cent of the…

Private banks slow to adapt to taxing times

This content was published on Nov 10, 2010 While a handful of banks see no reason to reform their procedures, most are waiting for the bigger banks to test the waters before embarking on their own measures, according to a study. The Swiss banking sector has come under enormous pressure in the past two years to end the practice of sheltering non-declared assets…

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