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Swiss lab finds enriched uranium in munitions from Kosovo

This content was published on Jan 17, 2001 The UNEP said the laboratory in Spiez, canton Bern, had found traces of uranium 236 in weapons used by Nato during its campaign. But it said the quantities found were so small that the munitions were no more dangerous than those containing only depleted uranium. “I can confirm that the Swiss found isotope U-236,” UNEP…

Swiss slow to embrace work from home

This content was published on Jan 16, 2001 Only an estimated 25,000 people in Switzerland – or less than one percent of the workforce – come under the category of “telecommuters”. To address some of the open questions relating to telecommuting, businessmen, academics and government officials have been meeting in Bern for a one-day event organised by the Science and Technology Council’s Centre…

Tecan sees big jump in sales

This content was published on Jan 16, 2001 Sales were particularly strong in the fourth quarter and rose by 48 per cent. The company said it expected continued growth in 2001 because of strong demand from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in the United States and Europe. Last week, Tecan announced an increased focus on proteomics, the study of how information contained in…

Swiss forests losing their leaves

This content was published on Jan 15, 2001 The latest “Sanasilva” report from the Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, released on Monday, said defoliation had risen in Swiss forests for the first time since 1995. It said that overall nearly 30 per cent of 1,100 trees examined across the country showed a loss of more than a quarter of their…

Crime novelist sticks knife into Basel pharmaceutical giants

This content was published on Jan 15, 2001 Set mainly in Kenya, “The Constant Gardener” pits its hero, Justin Quayle – an increasingly disillusioned British diplomat – against “KVH”, a fictitious pharmaceutical multinational that sells a tuberculosis drug, Dypraxa. As Quayle investigates his opponent, he learns how KVH, a Swiss-US-Canadian concern, distorted clinical trials in order to get Dypraxa on to the market…

Business Outlook

This content was published on Jan 14, 2001 Luxury goods group, Financier Richemont, is set to reveal its final sales numbers for 2000. After what was a good year in 1999, initial predictions are for a continued improvement in 2000. Analysts say the strong performance of rival luxury goods group, LVMH Tiffany, suggests that good numbers are in store for Richemont, too. Market…

Swiss relief agencies rush aid to Central America after earthquake

This content was published on Jan 14, 2001 A Swiss Red Cross official, Karl Schuler, said a suburb of the capital was one of the worst affected areas, after being hit by a landslide. Schuler added that Pacific coast and mountain regions were also badly affected, and several areas had still not been reached. Swiss aid groups, including the Red Cross, have been…

The week in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 13, 2001 After initially playing down the possibility that Swiss troops could have fallen ill as a result of their deployment in Bosnia-Herzegovina or Kosovo, the army was forced to act on Sunday. The revelation that one soldier had died of leukaemia in 1998 after spending time in Bosnia prompted the army to offer medical tests to…

Mysteries of the stars deepen

This content was published on Jan 12, 2001 Astrophysicists at the Paul Scherrer Institute near Zurich have made a baffling discovery while examining stars, some 37 light years away. Contrary to all expectations, the composition of the stars’ atmosphere appears to be totally unlike that of the sun. “We found a composition that is very different from what we expected,” says project leader,…

Strong sales growth at Von Roll

This content was published on Jan 12, 2001 In a statement on Friday, the company said new orders had risen by 18 per cent to SFr1.85 billion – compared to 1999. The company gave no profit figures or outlook for the coming year, ahead of a news conference scheduled for March 20. Von Roll was restructured in 1994 to focus on its core…

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