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Cannabis film to tour Swiss schools

This content was published on Feb 19, 2003 The Swiss Institute for Alcohol and Drug Prevention (SFA) has made a short drama film on the subject for schools across Switzerland. ‘Zoff mit Stoff’ (Trouble with Stuff) tells the story of a school trip which begins in nightmare fashion for one boy, when he leaves his bag – complete with a stash of cannabis…

The Magglingen Declaration

This content was published on Feb 18, 2003 While accepting the diversity of sports, we believe it is a human right and an ideal learning ground for life’s essential skills. We acknowledge the possibilities and values sport offers, and declare that: – Sporting activity can improve people’s physical and mental health at a low cost, and is essential for development. – Making physical…

UBS profit hit by rebranding

This content was published on Feb 18, 2003 The company blamed the slump on last year’s decision to scrap the PaineWebber brand at a cost of SFr953 million. The non-cash writedown was reflected in the bank’s fourth-quarter loss of SFr101 million – down from a net profit of SFr1.106 billion a year ago. This was worse than the SFr65 million loss predicted by…

Innovation awards tap Swiss tech prowess

This content was published on Feb 18, 2003 The winner this year, SwissProbe, which was founded by University of Basel (UniBas) researchers, is a case in point. It makes a powerful microscope, which is used by researchers and product developers working on next generation computer hard drives. SwissProbe comes from the same University of Basel department that worked with Nobel prize winners Rohrer…

ABB’s US unit files for bankruptcy

This content was published on Feb 18, 2003 The move, which is expected to resolve the group’s potentially crippling asbestos liability, pushed ABB shares up by 20 per cent on Monday. The debt-laden group Swiss-Swedish engineering group, based in Zurich, said its offer to settle asbestos claims had won approval of representatives of 103,000 present and future claimants. It added that fewer than…

Intelligent surfing poses a challenge

This content was published on Feb 17, 2003 Education experts say the challenge now is teaching pupils to make the best use of the web. Some 40 per cent of Swiss schools – over 1,800- have free broadband access thanks to the Schools on the Net programme.The plan is to get all of Switzerland’s 5,000 schools fully wired up by the end of…

Barry Callebaut expands its gourmet position

This content was published on Feb 17, 2003 The Zurich-based company announced on Monday it had acquired the Dutch-Belgian Luijckx group for an undisclosed price. In a statement, Barry Callebaut said Luijckx had sales last year of more than €33 million (SFr48.6 million) and was the world leader in sophisticated chocolate decorations for professional users. Luijckx has a staff of 240. Luijckx will…

US students in Switzerland call for peace

This content was published on Feb 16, 2003 swissinfo gauged the mood of a group of American teenagers at an international school in the alpine resort of Leysin. The result was surprising considering a previous poll carried out by swissinfo (see related item), which found that Americans working in Switzerland were divided along party lines over Washington’s policy on Iraq. Americans represent the…

Brainwave technology offers new hope for disabled

This content was published on Feb 15, 2003 Researchers in Switzerland are developing cutting-edge technology that uses human brainwaves to tell computers what to do. Last autumn, scientists at the Dalle Molle Institute for Perceptual Artificial Intelligence (Idiap) in canton Valais began experimenting with ways of harnessing brainwaves via electrodes to send simple commands to a computer. According to director Jean-Albert Ferrez, the…

Swissair chiefs “ignored warnings” of collapse

This content was published on Feb 12, 2003 The report was leaked to the “Tages Anzeiger” newspaper as creditors learned they would receive only a fraction of the SFr22.7 billion they claim they are owed. The Ernst & Young report was due to be issued on Wednesday to Swissair creditors, who were told on the same day that they would receive just SFr472…

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