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Anti-doping official denies Armstrong charge

This content was published on Jan 11, 2013 Martial Saugy called a news conference on Friday to deal with the claim made by Travis Tygart, head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), on the US television programme “60 Minutes Sports” two days earlier. Tygart maintained that Saugy had acknowledged giving Armstrong and his team manager Johan Bruyneel “the keys to beating EPO…

Asian demand fuels record Swatch sales

This content was published on Jan 10, 2013 The Biel-based maker of timepieces, jewellery and watch parts said nearly all of its 19 brands had experienced double-digit growth. It also said it had increased its market share in the world watch sector, which is set to reach $47 billion in 2017 according to market researcher Global Industry Analysts. Sales were fuelled by the…

Female drivers now considered worse than men

This content was published on Jan 9, 2013 Female drivers shouldn’t be considered more dangerous though warned Suva. In fact, they are less likely to have an accident than a decade ago, but men have managed to do even better over the same period. For working men between the ages of 18 and 64, the chances of having an accident has dropped 26…

Tax probe targets French budget minister

This content was published on Jan 8, 2013 In a French television debate on Monday evening, Cahuzac was accused of doing too little to combat tax evasion by rich French citizens. He was also accused of maintaining an account with Swiss bank UBS until 2010, as reported by a French news website. The website, Mediapart, also cited a telephone recording where Cahuzac mentioned…

Jobless rate low but creeping upwards

This content was published on Jan 8, 2013 This year ended at a rate of 3.3 per cent with 142,309 people registered as unemployed in December, in a population of eight million. The equivalent eurozone figure for November was 11.8 per cent. “Despite a particularly demanding international market environment and the strong franc, the Swiss employment market has managed to hold up pleasantly…

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Post office “bank” inches closer to dream

This content was published on Jan 7, 2013 If all goes to plan, PostFinance will spin off from its mother company, Swiss Post, next summer and obtain a banking licence, marking a significant step in the company’s evolution. But customers will barely notice the difference – for the time being at least. Business has been booming for PostFinance since the financial crisis broke…

Fewer letters yield new ventures

This content was published on Jan 7, 2013 Although the July 2012 merger of Swiss Post International (SPI) and the global division of France’s La Poste has been finalised on paper, there is a lot to be hashed out, says Ulrich Hurni, the director of PostMail (the Post unit responsible for letter and newspaper processing) and the president of the board of the…

You’ve got mail!

This content was published on Jan 7, 2013 In the next few months new machines will be installed in Switzerland’s 39 sorting offices able not merely to sort by post code but to organise the letters in the order in which the postman will deliver them. But despite increased automation, human beings will still play an essential role. A report from the centre…

How the law protects rare species – or not

This content was published on Jan 4, 2013 Lörtscher is head of conservation of species at the Swiss Federal Veterinary Office, and since 2004 he has been one of the scientific experts on the Animals Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites). swissinfo.ch: What was the most shocking thing you have had to deal with…

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