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Swiss lasers light up Mars mission

This content was published on Feb 10, 2007 The state-of-the-art equipment will be carried on board a rover that is expected to spend two years conducting a range of experiments. Known as the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), the rover mission will be Nasa’s seventh exploration of the planet. One of the aims is to establish whether it has the necessary conditions to support…

Leuthard buoyed by Brazil

This content was published on Feb 9, 2007 The trip was described by the economics ministry as a first “solid step” towards the implementation of the Swiss government’s strategy for Brazil adopted in December. During the first two days of the visit, Leuthard held a number of meetings with Brazilian employers in the state of São Paulo, the governor of the province and…

Economy expected to keep on hitting high notes

This content was published on Feb 9, 2007 The Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research (KOF) allayed fears expressed by the Swiss National Bank last December that over-optimistic businesses were showing signs of complacency. The latest KOF prognosis, presented in Zurich on Friday, stopped short of forecasting growth figures, but predicted a rosy six months ahead for the industrial, building and service sectors.…

Swiss give aid for Indonesia’s flood victims

This content was published on Feb 8, 2007 The announcement came during talks between the visiting Swiss president Micheline Calmy-Rey, with her Indonesian counterpart, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, on Thursday. “The situation is improving, but the rain hasn’t stopped yet and the level of the sea is also rising,” President Yudhoyono told swissinfo. “We try to do our best to help those who were…

Gstaad booms

This content was published on Feb 8, 2007

Swiss consumers ready to spend

This content was published on Feb 8, 2007 It said the traditional dip in spending did not materialise and the Swiss continued to be optimistic about their financial situation. Seco announced on Thursday that the quarterly consumer sentiment index rose to +17 points for the first three months of 2007, up from +13 points in the final quarter of 2006. The index had…

Swiss hope to benefit from EU car emission cap

This content was published on Feb 8, 2007 On Wednesday the European Commission unveiled plans to force vehicle manufacturers to slash greenhouse gas emissions from new cars by almost one fifth within five years. It said it is planning legislation to ensure the average car manufactured in Europe emits no more than 120 grammes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per kilometre, compared with 162…

Syngenta looks to biotechnology

This content was published on Feb 8, 2007 But claims that its products will help combat hunger around the world or improve people’s health are hotly contested even in its own backyard. Syngenta has become a force to be reckoned with in the five years since it was created by the merger of Novartis’ and AstraZeneca’s crop businesses. It is the world leader…

Syngenta posts record profit, but sales drop

This content was published on Feb 8, 2007 The Basel-based company said the result was due to good sales of crop protection products where it is the world leader. Sales dipped slightly to $8.05 billion last year, the company said on Thursday. “Syngenta demonstrated resilience in markets that were challenging, notably in the first half of the year,” chief executive Michael Pragnell said…

Survey frowns on competition to attract rich

This content was published on Feb 7, 2007 And more than half of those polled in the “Swiss Perspective” questionnaire favour imposing more limits on smokers and oppose moves to legalise cannabis. Two out of three people who took part in the poll would like to abolish the tax competition among the cantons for people who earn more than SFr300,000 ($241,838). The survey,…

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