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Geneva-led team discovers ‘mega-Earth’

This content was published on Jun 2, 2014 Xavier Dumusque of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, who was involved in the research, said in a statement on Monday, “we were all very surprised when it became clear what we had found”, adding that it amounted to a new type of planet. Previously, astronomers thought that planets with a similar mass – such as…

DIY pocketknife

This content was published on Jun 2, 2014 Members of the public are invited to create their own Swiss Army Knife at an exhibition at the Château de Prangins, near Geneva, to mark the 125th anniversary of the Victorinox firm. swissinfo.ch’s Simon Bradley went along to find out how it is done. (Simon Bradley swissinfo.ch)

Luxury alpine hotel runs out of money

This content was published on Jun 2, 2014 The board of the managing company on Monday confirmed it had to turn over their financial statements to a district court. The Davos-based company Weriwald is to take over the lease of the hotel and will continue all staff contracts. The Davos Intercontinental, known as the Golden Egg because of its special architectural form and…

Solar Impulse 2 takes off

This content was published on Jun 2, 2014 The Si2 took its inaugural flight in Payerne, western Switzerland in June 2014.

Limits renewed for eastern European job seekers

This content was published on May 28, 2014 The move means that Swiss people and immigrants already living in the country will be given preference in a job application process over Romanians and Bulgarians entering Switzerland. The free movement of people accord allows European Union citizens to work and live in different countries. Switzerland negotiates agreements with countries individually and signed a deal…

Gender equality has only been partly achieved

This content was published on May 27, 2014 Researchers said on Tuesday that it remains difficult to combine family life and a career in Switzerland because of a lack of affordable care options. Women still earn lower wages than men doing the same work, there is a lack of security for older women with lower means, and gender stereotypes prevail, the study found.…

Swiss firms enjoy World Cup bonanza in Brazil

This content was published on May 27, 2014 There are currently some 350 Swiss companies active in Brazil. They provide jobs for 106,000 people and have a combined annual turnover of $10 billion (CHF9 billion). Some, such as Nestlé, have a long history in the country; others, such as Sulzer, are more recent arrivals. In many cases Swiss firms can bring something to…

Dougan says he, and his bank, played by the rules

This content was published on May 25, 2014 Dougan, who is American, said in an interview with the SonntagsBlick newspaper that he feels frustrated by the lack of recognition that Credit Suisse held itself to strict rules related to US clients and participated fully in all investigations. “The investigations lasted three and a half years. Everything was on the table. Many lawyers and…

‘Closing the gap’ in growing female-run business

This content was published on May 23, 2014 “I realised there was a gap in helping women’s businesses to grow and get a larger client base,” Chuma says ahead of the 2014 event. “An expo is a great way for them to focus on their marketing for one day, a day that they put aside for this purpose, to grow their database in…

Swiss debate allowing government spyware

This content was published on May 23, 2014 “Until ten years ago it would have been impossible to imagine that governments of democratically-run countries would develop computer viruses that would be deployed against other democratic countries or even their own citizens. Yet exactly this is happening today,” said Mikko Hypponen, one of the foremost computer security experts in the world, at the 2014…

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