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Where’s the optimism?

This content was published on Jan 23, 2013 According to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers survey of 1,330 CEOs, there is greater pessimism about short term economic conditions than last year – when Greece was about to explode with debt. The report contains more statistics than a government review of statistical data compiled by statisticians. But the general takeaway is that only 36 per cent of global…

Third gender fights for recognition

This content was published on Jan 23, 2013 “Imagine what it’s like when the midwife can’t tell you if your baby is a boy or a girl. What should you call it? How do you announce the birth to your friends or to the registrar’s office? ‘He was born with a male XY chromosome, but also a uterus, a sort of penis or a…

Davos dispatches

This content was published on Jan 23, 2013

Vasella to step down as Novartis chairman

This content was published on Jan 23, 2013 The board has proposed Bayer healthcare head Jörg Reinhardt to replace him as chairman. Reinhardt, a German, is a former Novartis executive who had once been tipped as a possible successor to Vasella, but left in 2010 after American Joe Jimenez was given the CEO position. “I am confident in the leadership of Joe Jimenez…

Artistic dig at resort hosting World Economic Forum

This content was published on Jan 22, 2013 Thomas Hirschhorn, one of Switzerland’s most controversial artists, has portrayed the eastern ski destination as a village under siege in his exhibition, ‘The Economic landscape of Davos.’ He explains the significance of the work. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

Turning around the Swiss organ shortage

This content was published on Jan 21, 2013 The study, initiated by the Federal Health Office and overseen by the National Committee for Organ Donation (CNDO), was designed to evaluate factors that contribute to the low donation rate. And a partnership with Facebook has demonstrated that it is possible to motivate people to order donor cards. In 2011 the Federal Health Office launched…

“Mommy, it’s Zurich! They have a heart for you!”

This content was published on Jan 21, 2013 Heart transplantation was in its infancy when Anne was a child in the 1960s, and diagnostic procedures that are standard today – such as echocardiography and sonograms – didn’t exist. In 1995, four years after the Swiss-American moved to Bern, she developed a problem with the rate and rhythm of her heart, and her extremities…

New e-licencing platform highlights patent debate

This content was published on Jan 21, 2013 Syngenta on Friday launched TraitAbility, an e-licensing platform offering access to the company’s patented vegetable characteristics and enabling technologies via the internet. While the multinational company says that it will be a boon for innovation, critics call it a strategy to protect misappropriated intellectual property (IP). From a longer shelf life and protection from temperature…

Unemployment remains low in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 20, 2013

Employees under 55 fare better in mass layoffs

This content was published on Jan 20, 2013 Switzerland has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Europe – 2.9 per cent on average in 2012. But that does not mean that factory closures and outsourcing do not happen in Switzerland. Around 10,000 employees lost their jobs in mass layoffs last year. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) asked two Lausanne researchers…

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