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Winning by losing, Tunisia style

This content was published on Mar 23, 2015 Four years after the Jasmin revolution Tunisia has a modern constitution, a freely elected parliament and president – and also a new coalition government. But the "Arab world's first modern democracy" is challenged in its foundations by the deadly attack on the National Museum.

Cheap Swiss watches made by robots

This content was published on Mar 22, 2015 The launch of the Sistem51 was announced at Basel World in 2013. The wind was snatched from Swatch’s sails somewhat by the arrival of the Apple Watch in March 2015, which Swatch has announced plans to rival at some time in the future. Meanwhile, the Sistem51 has proved so popular that a second production facility…

What’s next for Cern’s Large Hadron Collider?

This content was published on Mar 22, 2015 The new and improved Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – the world's most powerful particle accelerator – is being prepared to be restarted, at almost twice the energy of its initial three-year run.

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A donor card on your phone

This content was published on Mar 21, 2015 The world’s first digital organ donor card was developed at the end of 2014 by Swisstransplant, the national organ donor and transplant foundation, and Jocelyn Corniche, an anaesthesiologist working at the University Hospital of Lausanne. The digital version has been integrated in the current Echo112 smartphone app that can be used to request emergency services. …

Swiss back China-based development bank

This content was published on Mar 20, 2015 Britain, France, Italy and Germany have also decided to take this step. The bank’s foundation was first proposed by China, and there are currently 27 signatory countries, particularly from the region. A statement from the cabinet on Friday External linksaid the move meant Switzerland would “enable Switzerland to be well positioned in the new institution…

Why a central bank hates a safe haven

This content was published on Mar 20, 2015 The banking crash of 2008 plunged several countries into stagnation or recession. Investors looked for a place that would preserve what assets they had left. People scrambled out of the euro and the US dollar and into the Swiss franc. This quickly had a dramatic effect on exchange rates. By the end of 2009 the…

Holcim and Lafarge agree on new merger terms

This content was published on Mar 20, 2015 In a joint statement issued from Zurich and Paris, both parties said they had agreed on a new exchange ratio of nine Holcim shares for ten Lafarge shares. Originally the “merger of equals” was meant to be based on a 1-to-1 exchange of shares but Holcim had largely outperformed Lafarge since the plan was first…

SNB outlines life without franc-euro peg

This content was published on Mar 19, 2015 Switzerland's central bank defends its monetary policy reversal in January and forecasts conditions in Switzerland with a stronger franc.

Watch firms in a ‘high-level consolidation phase’

This content was published on Mar 19, 2015 swissinfo.ch: Despite a record year for Swiss watch exports, several firms have reported job cuts or having to resort to short-time work during the second half of 2014. Surely these are worrying signs for the watch sector? Jean-Daniel Pasche: Growth was relatively weak last year which led to difficulties for some firms. But that doesn’t…

Discreet charm eases Chinese qualms to lift global sales

This content was published on Mar 19, 2015 But one category of luxury has withstood the upheavals better than many others: fine jewellery. Over the past 12 months, sales by the leading groups have grown in the high single digits – compared with low single-digit growth in the luxury watch market. “High-end jewellery has captured the imagination of luxury goods clients,” says Jon…

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