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Engineering branch bolsters recruitment strategy after immigration vote

This content was published on Aug 20, 2014 The Swiss engineering industry is turning to young people, women and older workers to meet a dire need for employees in the coming years.

Swiss dairy exports profit from Russian embargo

This content was published on Aug 20, 2014 Dutch Gouda, Italian Parmesan and other cheeses have been banned from Russian supermarkets. Swiss cheeses are filling some of the gaps.

US fine provisions hit Swiss private banks

This content was published on Aug 20, 2014 The reportExternal link by the University of St Gallen and the global tax firm KPMG published on Wednesday said 59 out of 94 banks analysed showed declining performances or had only managed to stabilise their downward trend in 2013. This compared with one in five banks in 2012. “Declining profitability and simultaneously low growth in…

Foreign banks pack their bags in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 20, 2014 Numbers of foreign-owned banks in Switzerland have declined from 162 at their peak in 2009 to 121 at the end of May this year with the likes of Lloyds, ABN Amro, Santander and ING packing their bags. The trend continued in July with the Israeli-owned Bank Leumi agreeing to sell to Julius Baer and Portugal’s…

Zurich researchers explain global warming hiatus

This content was published on Aug 19, 2014 Researchers at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich have discovered factors responsible for the hiatus in global warming since 1998.

Pro-life group fails to win support for initiative

This content was published on Aug 19, 2014 The initiators of a popular initiative demanding the prohibition of abortions in Switzerland have failed to collect a sufficient number of signatures.

Quotas create dilemma for rightwing employers

This content was published on Aug 19, 2014 “No system is free. There is always a price to pay,” warns Urs Meister of the think tank Avenir Suisse. However, entrepreneurs from the rightwing Swiss People’s Party, which pushed through quotas at the ballot box, seem unfazed. Members of the People’s Party who run their own business and are, or have been, parliamentarians are…

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An independent country? Scotland and direct democracy

This content was published on Aug 19, 2014 Whatever the result, the Scottish example shows it is possible for a nation to debate fundamental questions of national identity in an intelligent, informed and inclusive way.

The sponge that can fight oil pollution

This content was published on Aug 17, 2014 Empa researchers Tanja Zimmermann and Philippe Tingaut, in collaboration with Gilles Sèbe from the University of Bordeaux, have succeeded in developing a highly absorbent material which separates oil from water. Once soaked it can be easily recovered. The sponge is produced in an environmentally friendly manner from recycled paper, wood or agricultural by-products. Made of…

Bhutan – turning happiness into money

This content was published on Aug 16, 2014 Bhutan – a region of green valleys where money doesn’t matter, where fashion doesn’t dictate the rules, and where the destructive technology of the Occident is held at a distance by a spiritual force stronger than any material desire.

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