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Satisfying sweet tooth to become more expensive

This content was published on Dec 11, 2011 The head of the Zurich-based company, Jürgen Steinemann, says the cocoa supply has not been able to keep up with global demand. “If we don’t have any cocoa in the long-term, than we will not be able to produce chocolate,” he told the Sonntag newspaper. Steinemann said this would lead to higher prices for the…

Railway stations to have free toilets again

This content was published on Dec 11, 2011 The Swiss Federal Railways CEO, Andreas Meyer, told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper that the adaptations required to make access free of charge will begin in 2012. Meyer told the paper that numerous passengers who refuse to pay up to SFr2 ($2.16) for access to the public bathrooms use the toilets on stationary trains. “In…

“Significant progress” for climate talks, say Swiss

This content was published on Dec 11, 2011 According to the resolution – negotiated over the past two weeks in Durban, South Africa – countries will no longer be split into industrialised and developing nations. “Thanks to this paradigm change, it was possible to achieve significant progress at the international climate negotiations,” Swiss negotiator and Environment Office director Bruno Oberle said. The package…

Lindt & Sprüngli bunny ruling upheld

This content was published on Dec 9, 2011 The court upheld an earlier ruling by the commerce court in Vienna which ordered Austrian rival Hauswirth to stop producing chocolate bunnies in a gold foil wrapping. The firm must immediately cease production and distribution of the products across the European Union territory. Lindt applied for and received a trademark for its gold tinfoil-wrapped bunny…

New railway timetable comes with extra costs

This content was published on Dec 9, 2011 Paris will be only four hours from Zurich, 30 minutes less than now with the new TGV line. Basel will also be connected with the French capital six times a day in both directions. It will be possible to travel five times a day between Interlaken and the German cities of Frankfurt, Cologne and Hamburg.…

Letter bomb addressed to Deutsche Bank chief

This content was published on Dec 9, 2011 Initial investigations showed the device was a viable bomb and could have caused serious injury, according to the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office and Hessen criminal office. Frankfurt police earlier said the bomb was home made. An Italian anarchist group has claimed responsibility for the letter bomb, and may have sent two more packages, investigators added on Thursday. The…

Cocaine addicts given hope

This content was published on Dec 8, 2011 They have developed a method that erases a trace left by the drug in the brains of mice and reverses addict behaviour to normal. Cocaine is highly addictive; it gives users a buzz but the comedown leaves people wanting more. It is known to leave a trace on the brain, meaning that a relapse could…

Nestlé’s $1.7 billion Chinese deal approved

This content was published on Dec 8, 2011 Nestlé says it will proceed with its plan to buy 60 per cent of Hsu Fu Chi in a deal valued at about $1.7 billion (SFr1.58 billion). The Hsu family will retain the remaining 40 per cent stake. Nestlé said on Thursday it expected Hsu Fu Chi to delist from the Singapore stock exchange by…

Unemployment remains big worry of the Swiss

This content was published on Dec 8, 2011 But unemployment remains the biggest concern, notes the report, which was published on Thursday. Worries about joblessness – including unemployed young people – have traditionally topped the barometer. This year is no exception, despite Switzerland’s relatively low rate of unemployment, measured at 2.8 per cent from June to September. Ranking second on the worry barometer…

Energy balance sheet gives new climate clues

This content was published on Dec 7, 2011 The work by Professor Reto Knutti and doctoral student Markus Huber of the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science of the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich is published in the latest edition of the journal Nature Geoscience. Their method involves drawing up a balance sheet of the energy entering and leaving the Earth –…

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