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SECO predicts brighter outlook for Swiss economy

This content was published on Sep 19, 2013 But it warned that a dramatic recovery in the export industry, which has proven to be relatively crisis-resistant in recent years, was still slow in coming. The Swiss economy is likely to achieve a “pleasing” 1.8 per cent growth during 2013, said economists at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). This was up from…

House rejects support for paedophilia initiative

This content was published on Sep 18, 2013 The initiative, brought by the Marche Blanche (White March) group, would amend the Swiss constitution to ensure that “persons who are convicted because they have affected the sexual integrity of a child or a dependent person permanently lose the right to pursue a professional or volunteer activity with minors or dependents.” Critics of the amendment…

Swisscom embarrassed by sensitive data leak

This content was published on Sep 18, 2013 The Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper said on Wednesday that it had received four files of information. Names and contact details of Swisscom clients and the status of various projects were contained amid more mundane internal emails arranging barbeques and company cars, the NZZ reported. Swisscom said it could not yet rule out the possibility that…

Giving advice and pleasure to the disabled

This content was published on Sep 18, 2013 “Can I give you a hug?” asks the tall, blond man. This irritates – and even frightens – the women he approaches on the street. The young man is a stranger to them, and he’s mentally impaired. Does he want more than hugs? Or is this just an awkward attempt to make friends? The anecdote…

Lufthansa CEO Christoph Franz to pilot Roche

This content was published on Sep 16, 2013 Humer, who has been working for the Swiss pharmaceutical company since 1995, announced at the last shareholder meeting that he would not be standing for re-election. From 1998 until 2008 he was Roche’s CEO, and from 2001 onwards he took on the role of chairman. “With Christoph Franz, Roche is getting a chairman with outstanding…

Banks choosing more capital over less credit

This content was published on Sep 15, 2013 The Basel III accord stipulating capital and credit requirements set to take effect in 2019 is already having an impact on banks, according to the study – the largest banks increased their capital by 34 per cent and their capital ratios (the amount of capital a bank holds versus its risk) from 5.7 to 8.5…

From blackened hillside to colourful diversity

This content was published on Sep 13, 2013 This year, the Swiss have been recalling one of the country’s biggest forest fires in living memory: the 2003 fire above the village of Leuk in the southern canton of Valais. Switzerland is a small country, which means that its forests are also tiny in international comparison. The Leuk fire destroyed “only” 300 hectares. But…

Climate models clouded by uncertainty

This content was published on Sep 12, 2013 Climate models are never right. Like most scientific theories, they can never give the complete picture. And it’s not just the climate sceptics who say this, but also the researchers studying the climate. But there is no inherent contradiction, reckon the experts. “The results from climate modeling give us important indications. They help us understand…

Expert says climate change is up to us

This content was published on Sep 12, 2013 Although the fight against global warming has not yet been lost, it becomes more and more difficult with every year that passes without reducing emissions, Stocker told swissinfo.ch. A physicist at the University of Bern, Stocker serves on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is head of IPCC’s Working Group I, which compiles the…

Re-establishing protein activity could slow cancers

This content was published on Sep 11, 2013 Cells have the capacity to literally renovate themselves. The process is known as autophagy, a form of self-digestion that can help healthy cells survive by removing debris. “There are constantly proteins or organelles that are damaged in cells due to exposure from toxins or inflammatory responses, for example,” said Hans-Uwe Simon, professor of pharmacology at…

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