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Sulzer profit takes a tumble

This content was published on Mar 3, 2004 Sulzer, which produces machines and production systems for the aerospace, water and energy industries, said the drop in profit had been expected. In a statement, Sulzer commented that its 2002 results had been boosted by significant contributions from real estate sales. It said last year’s figure was dented by one-off exceptional expenses of SFr23 million…

Swiss imaging software boosts lab productivity

This content was published on Mar 2, 2004 Semasopht says the deal with EVA, which is funded by two Basel banks and a number of private investors, gives it breathing room and takes it one step closer to raising the SFr 1.5 million funding it will require to commercialize its software, used for analysis in research laboratories. “The capital will be used to…

E-government fails to connect with the Swiss

This content was published on Mar 2, 2004 Only one in ten Swiss makes use of online services provided by the local, cantonal and federal authorities despite much publicity promoting e-government. The study published on Tuesday by the Bern University of Applied Sciences and the information technology company, Unisys, is the first of its kind. Researchers found that only twelve per cent of…

Givaudan emits sweet smell of success

This content was published on Mar 2, 2004 It is home to two giants of the flavours and fragrances industry which together account for around 30 per cent of the global market. One is the family-owned Firmenich company, but the world leader is Givaudan, whose aim is to be the dominant industry force both in sales and profitability. Peter Wullschleger, Givaudan’s head of…

Comet chaser takes off

This content was published on Mar 2, 2004 Swiss scientists designed one of the instruments aboard the Rosetta spacecraft, which lifted off from Kourou in French Guiana at 8.17 CET. “It’s a feeling of great relief and a lot of pleasure,” Peter Bochsler of Bern University told swissinfo. “Many people have spent ten years of their scientific career preparing this instrument, so this…

Geneva struggles to stem soaring unemployment

This content was published on Mar 1, 2004 With a jobless rate of seven per cent – almost three per cent higher than the national average – pressure is mounting for cantonal officials to make more effort to tackle the problem. Since the mid-1970s, Geneva has consistently topped the Swiss unemployment charts as the canton with the highest number of people seeking work.…

Swiss find galaxy 13.23 billion light years away

This content was published on Mar 1, 2004 Because its glimmer took so long to reach Earth, the galaxy offers a look back in time to when the universe was less than half a billion years old. The previous record – which was set as recently as February 13 – was held by a team of American scientists, who discovered a galaxy around…

Tragedy of child labourers comes to light

This content was published on Feb 29, 2004 Although many of these child workers were beaten and even sexually abused, the practice was allowed to continue throughout Switzerland until the 1950s. “It’s a very sad chapter in Switzerland’s history and it’s astonishing it wasn’t talked about until very recently,” says Peter Neumann, a filmmaker who has made a documentary on the subject. The…

Migrant workers keep home economies afloat

This content was published on Feb 28, 2004 For many poorer countries, remittances from workers living abroad form the backbone of their economy and offer poverty relief with no strings attached. Switzerland is ranked fifth after the United States, Saudi Arabia, Germany and Belgium by a World Bank study, which says worldwide remittances made through official channels amounted to $72.3 billion in 2001…

Swiss wrestle with rising health bill

This content was published on Feb 27, 2004 The news comes amid fresh government proposals to cut the country’s health bill. One option, say experts, would be to close 85 per cent of hospitals. The Federal Statistics Office said on Friday that the rise in health costs in 2002 was in line with the five-year average. Officials blamed higher costs on more expensive…

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