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Market reacts to health scare at Nobel Biocare

This content was published on Jan 4, 2006 Analysts say the market is beginning to react to claims – which the company denies – that a particular brand of implant could lead to bone loss in the jaw. During trading on Wednesday Nobel Biocare stock fell to SFr265 ($207.50), its lowest level since last July. Shares in the firm rose more than 40…

Race against time to help quake victims

This content was published on Jan 3, 2006 The onset of bad weather has cut off roads and grounded helicopters with hundreds of thousands of people still without basic provisions or shelter as winter starts to bite. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) says that aid has reached communities living at higher altitudes in the nick of time. But Edwin Brunner,…

IBM laboratory glimpses the future

This content was published on Jan 3, 2006 The centre has been conducting breakthrough research for nearly 50 years, with a high point in the 1980s when its in-house scientists received Nobel prizes. It was in 1956 that IBM decided to set up shop in Rüschlikon, a short train ride away from the city. Nestled in a residential area a few minutes from…

Swiss face new year with confidence

This content was published on Jan 1, 2006 But while 78 per cent expect either no change or an improvement in their own situation, a majority fear an increase in international conflicts and labour disputes. The Gallup International poll surveyed 52,000 people across the world, including more than 1,000 people in Switzerland. According to the findings, published in the SonntagsBlick newspaper, the Swiss…

Tracing an ancient trade route in the Sahara

This content was published on Jan 1, 2006 The North Africa expedition coincides with the beginning of the International Year of Deserts and Desertification and is aimed at furthering understanding between Europe and Africa. Vogel is planning to set off on New Year’s Day from Timbuktu in Mali, following three years of preparation. His tour is supported by the Swiss branch of the…

Swiss endure coldest night of the winter

This content was published on Dec 30, 2005 Thursday night was the coldest yet this winter: in La Brévine, known as the “Siberia of Switzerland”, the quicksilver dropped to –35 degrees Celsius. Temperatures below -30 were also recorded in parts of canton Graubünden, such as Samedan and Buffalora. But more unusual, according to the Swiss weather service, were the icy temperatures at lower…

Swiss help Sumatra’s widows

This content was published on Dec 30, 2005 The giant waves unleashed by the seaquake destroyed everything in their path. The houses and infrastructure in the Calang sub-district of Aceh province were completely obliterated. Before last December’s tsunami, you could drive from the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, to Calang in three to four hours. Now it takes at least 12 hours, as the…

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Swiss struggle with the demands of adulthood

This content was published on Dec 28, 2005 The country’s debt advisory bureau says one of the biggest challenges for young people is managing their own money. The umbrella organisation said youth had great difficulty dealing with credit cards, car leasing contracts and filing their own tax returns. Studies in recent of years have found that two in three young people between 18…

One man’s journey from tourist to aid worker

This content was published on Dec 28, 2005 Since he ran for his life from the tsunami one year ago, Kräuchi has helped more than 200 victims of the disaster get back on their feet through his charity work. Kräuchi and his wife first starting going to Thailand on holiday 11 years ago, returning every year to Phuket and making many friends on…

First Galileo satellite takes off

This content was published on Dec 28, 2005 Switzerland developed the clocks for Galileo, which is to be Europe’s alternative to the global positioning system (GPS) run by the United States military. Galileo should be operational by 2010. The Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (Giove-A) – Giove is also Italian for Jupiter – blasted off on top of a Soyuz-Fregat rocket from the Baikonur…

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