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Breaking bad publicity in the chemistry lab

This content was published on Dec 4, 2011 Why are fireworks blue, green, yellow and red? How on earth can a double-wall coffee mug warm up when shaken? By what miracle are the insides of Christmas baubles covered in silver? This is what Chimiscope aims to explain and demonstrate. As the International Year of Chemistry comes to an end – and three years…

Tunisian asylum seekers face image problem

This content was published on Dec 2, 2011 But has this group of Tunisians really earned a reputation as troublemakers and if so, what is going wrong? Unofficial police statistics from Zurich, published this week in the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper, backed up the alarming headline: “Number of criminal North Africans set to double by the end of the year”. Swiss Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga…

UBS cuts economic growth forecast

This content was published on Dec 2, 2011 Releasing latest estimates on Friday, the bank also revised down its forecast for Swiss GDP growth in 2013 from two per cent to 1.7 per cent. The bank said the Swiss economy was showing clear signs of fatigue, citing weak third-quarter GDP figures and the further drop in the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) below the…

The rich go on getting richer

This content was published on Dec 2, 2011 That’s SFr11 billion more than in 2010 and is roughly equivalent to Switzerland’s gross domestic product. Were they to divide it equally between all Swiss residents, everyone (including babies) would receive more than SFr60,000. The figures, drawn up by the business journal Bilanz and published on Friday, show that wealth is not equally distributed even…

Government mulls green tax reforms

This content was published on Dec 1, 2011 The hope is that such tax reforms could help reduce energy consumption and eliminate Switzerland’s dependence on nuclear energy by 2050. As Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told the media in Bern on Thursday, the goal is not to increase tax volume. Rather, the idea is to reform the tax system without creating a tax burden…

“Euro-Rabatt” is the word of the year

This content was published on Dec 1, 2011 A five-member German-speaking jury commissioned by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation chose the 2011 word from among more than 1,000 suggestions. The winning word, announced on Thursday, is a pithy abbreviation indicating how Swiss consumers profit from comparatively low prices on goods imported from the eurozone. It is also an expression used by Swiss travelling over…

Frustration mounts within Swiss dairy industry

This content was published on Dec 1, 2011 That surplus amounted to 10,000 tons back in August, but was whittled down to 5,000 tons by late November, the milk branch organisation announced at a special assembly in Bern earlier this week. Yet the melting heap of butter was one of the only bright spots at the assembly, where the focus was on problems…

UBS sack risk officer after rogue trades

This content was published on Dec 1, 2011 The bank was rocked by a series of unauthorised trades that came to light in September, costing some SFr2 billion. Chief executive Oswald Grübel resigned the same month as a result of the debacle. In October, the two co-heads of UBS’s Global Equities Division also handed in their notice. Observers had predicted that more heads…

Swiss Air Force to get Swedish jets

This content was published on Dec 1, 2011 The decision, based on the recommendation of Defence Minister Ueli Maurer, has drawn fire in the Thursday newspapers. One of the main criticisms is that the jet, which is still a prototype, might not get enough takers to ensure that it and its parts are actually available when needed. “One is bound to a manufacturer…

Mild weather fools trees

This content was published on Nov 30, 2011 The trees on the Treille promenade by the old city, including the “official chestnut” have put out leaves for the second time this year, the city council official charged with monitoring the tree said on Wednesday. Every year since 1818 the appearance of the first leaves on the official chestnut has been used to decide…

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