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Expo.02 leftovers go under the hammer

This content was published on Nov 17, 2002 Around 30,000 objects – from teepee tents to a rusting monolith – are going under the auctioneer’s hammer. The auction comes just under a month after Expo.02 closed its doors to the public for the last time on October 20 following a five-month run. Expo organisers have commissioned the liquidation company, Used Market, together with…

Multilingual Switzerland – an affordable luxury?

This content was published on Nov 17, 2002 The Swiss Academy of Social Sciences has stressed the importance of preserving Switzerland’s linguistic diversity. Economist François Grin told delegates at the Academy’s one-day conference in Biel, that moves to introduce English tuition in schools at an earlier age posed no real threat as long as Switzerland continued to invest in its national languages. Last…

Swiss banks set sights on Muslim customers

This content was published on Nov 16, 2002 UBS, Switzerland’s biggest bank, recently became the first Western bank to open a branch operating under Sharia law in an Islamic country. “By setting up Noriba bank in Bahrain, UBS has opened up Swiss banking to Muslims who want to use Sharia banking practices,” financial expert Gian Trepp told swissinfo. Switzerland already houses a number…

Bankers cut their losses after hours

This content was published on Nov 16, 2002 swissinfo’s Dale Bechtel prowled around Zurich’s traditional and trendy bars and discovered that traders, investors and asset managers are still savouring fine wines, whiskies and cigars. “No banker wants to admit that they’ve got a problem – to say ‘listen, I’m not earning as much as two years ago’ – so they’re pretending they can…

Divisions run deep among the Swiss

This content was published on Nov 16, 2002 Almost half of respondents thought regional differences could even lead to the break-up of Switzerland. The study by the GfS research institute found that while 73 per cent of Swiss Germans liked their French-speaking neighbours, just 51 per cent of Swiss French returned the compliment. And 29 per cent of French speakers said they would…

Credit Suisse faces questions from Swiss bourse

This content was published on Nov 15, 2002 This follows allegations that the group leaked information to financial analysts about its third quarter figures before their release on Thursday. “We have started an initial investigation to see what really happened,” the Swiss Exchange spokesman Leo Hug said on Friday. “We will go to them and see if there is reason to start a…

Gourmets line up for cheese fair

This content was published on Nov 15, 2002 The entire exhibition is devoted to one of Switzerland’s most famous products with over 450 Swiss cheeses on show as well as 250 foreign cheeses. Cheese of all kinds, from traditional gruyère, emmental and sbrinz to smoked schönriederli can be tried and bought at the cheese fair, called Fromage, which is taking place at Bern’s…

Generic drugs deal moves step closer

This content was published on Nov 15, 2002 Meeting in Australia, 25 members of the World Trade Organization – including Switzerland – said they hoped a deal could be struck by December 31. Switzerland was represented by the economics minister, Pascal Couchepin, at the informal meeting, which is part of an ongoing attempt by WTO members to push ahead with a new trade…

Ski season begins thanks to early snow

This content was published on Nov 15, 2002 Zermatt, Verbier and Grindelwald are among the first reporting good ski conditions. Half of the lifts in Zermatt are running, while Verbier is reporting good conditions in the upper reaches. Skiers wanting to get a head start on the season at Verbier can make their first curves in the Lac des Vaux and Mont-Fort areas.…

Scientists reveal how fingers form

This content was published on Nov 15, 2002 In a five-year study, they have unravelled the mechanisms by which digits grow. The work should offer new understanding into birth defects. It is estimated that one in every 1,000 babies has malformed digits. Geneva university’s zoology department made headlines in the 1990s when it announced that if a gene responsible for digit growth was…

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