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Record catfish caught in Lake Constance

This content was published on Aug 31, 2011 The fish, which is 2.40 metres long, featured on the front page of the St Galler Tagblatt paper and it apparently took the fisherman a good hour to haul it into his boat. Fredi Fehr, a fish warden in St Gallen for more than 30 years, said he had never heard of such a catch.…

SGS takes over US testing laboratory

This content was published on Aug 31, 2011 The price of the takeover was not disclosed. ETC, a vehicle and emission laboratory based in Colorado, had a turnover of more than $10 million (SFr8.1 million) and 35 staff at the end of last year. The acquisition of ETC, the latest in a series of SGS takeovers this year, marks an extension of the…

Money talks

This content was published on Aug 31, 2011 Money makes the world go round. Schwartz looks at money as a physical and virtual resource.

SMEs pessimistic about business prospects

This content was published on Aug 30, 2011 A survey published on Tuesday found 64 per cent of respondents saying they expected the economic situation to deteriorate – an increase of more than 50 per cent over July. Three out of five firms said they felt the ill effects of the strength of the Swiss franc, but only 13 per cent considered it…

Social assistance cases rise slightly

This content was published on Aug 30, 2011 Lausanne and Biel remain the hotspots for social assistance with one in ten residents needing help from the local authorities to make ends meet. The overall increase of two per cent was lower than feared after the financial crisis and the reform of the disability insurance system, a representative of the Cities Initiative body, which…

Organic chemist receives Latsis Prize

This content was published on Aug 30, 2011 The 39-year-old researcher is described as being at the “crossroads of chemistry and biology”. “By isolating and synthesising natural materials he discovers surprising relationships which open up new research fields,” said a statement by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), which awards the prize annually to a research scientist under the age of 40 working…

Potentially life-supporting planet found

This content was published on Aug 29, 2011 The planet – known as HD 85512 b – and its star – HD 85512 – are some 36 light years away from our solar system, according to an article published in the specialist magazine “Astronomy & Astrophysics”. It is 3.6 times heavier than Earth and takes just 54 days to orbit its sun. The…

France avoids Swiss tax deal – for now

This content was published on Aug 29, 2011 The French budget minister says France has not excluded a similar accord, but observers say reasons of principle and electoral pressures are preventing them from inking a deal. So far Paris has resisted the Swiss “Rubik” project. And there is no question of giving up the fight against tax evasion – at least not for…

Exporters hold the Alamo against the odds

This content was published on Aug 29, 2011 The sector still warns of collapse in the coming months as the growth of exports slows and consumer power in many markets declines. But company results in the first half of the year have proved resilient. Georg Fischer, a manufacturer of automotive parts and piping systems, has managed to turn its performance around in spectacular…

Hurricane Irene disrupts Swiss flights

This content was published on Aug 28, 2011 A Swiss spokeswoman said two flights to and from Zurich and one to and from Geneva were cancelled on Saturday, and five round-trips were grounded on Sunday. An additional ten flights from US airlines were cancelled to Zurich. On Sunday Irene weakened to a tropical storm but the huge weather system remained dangerous as it…

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