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Government stops to ponder universe origins

This content was published on Jul 7, 2011 The cabinet visited the Atlas Experiment, one of the detectors of particle movement in the Large Hadron Collider. The machine, which aims to understand the make-up of matter and the Big Bang, has been temporarily suspended for a review. After a tour by Cern director general Rolf Heuer, Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, who also holds…

Enlarged ski area to boost Andermatt resort

This content was published on Jul 7, 2011 The new ski area would offer 100 kilometres of runs and connect Uri’s Andermatt with Sedrun across the Oberalp pass in Graubünden. The authorities of Uri said the project was economically and environmentally justifiable and had the necessary acceptance within the local communities. They added that the ski area upgrade was essential for the tourist…

Tax assistance move wins few friends

This content was published on Jul 7, 2011 Critics fear so-called “fishing” expeditions, in which investigators trawl through masses of data of innocent people in the hope of netting someone who might be committing a crime. On Wednesday Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said the bill – for parliament to discuss – was aimed at enshrining rules on the exchange of information pertaining to…

World bullish on Swiss semen

This content was published on Jul 7, 2011 Swissgenetics said the amount of semen it exports has quintupled over the past ten years. Most in demand is semen from the breeds Simmental, Red Holstein and Brown Swiss. The company said the export market has taken on great importance since the domestic market fell into decline. Swissgenetics has an annual turnover of around SFr50…

Novartis among Russian pharma offices raided

This content was published on Jul 6, 2011 It was one of four pharmaceutical companies in Moscow to be searched, according to the Russian business daily Vedomosti. A police source had told the newspaper the searches were part of an investigation into an alleged carve-up of the market for supplying the state healthcare system with essential drugs. An investigation into the government’s system…

Scientists fear pressure for quick results

This content was published on Jul 6, 2011 But important as it is, education has never had a ministry of its own. Last week, however, after more than ten years of discussion, responsibility for higher education and research was switched from the interior to the economics ministry, which already looked after professional training. The move to bring the two closely related areas together…

Growing pains at Swiss as pilots win increase

This content was published on Jul 5, 2011 The last-minute deal, agreed on Saturday, headed off rumours that pilots were planning to call a strike to coincide with Swiss summer holidays starting next week. A spokesman for Swiss, Jean-Claude Donzel, said the company had agreed to increase the pilots’ overall salary package – including holidays, days off, pension contributions and salary – by…

Banking ombudsman faces fewer complaints

This content was published on Jul 5, 2011 The number of requests submitted to the banking mediator in 2010 was 1,984, compared with 4,757 a year before. After the two extreme years of 2008 and 2009, Häni reported at a news conference in Zurich on Tuesday that the number of requests for help had stabilised. However, he admitted that the nearly 2,000 cases…

Newell Rubbermaid makes 150 jobs in Geneva

This content was published on Jul 5, 2011 The US company, based in Atlanta, markets brands in three areas: home and family, office products, and tools and hardware. “It was an easy decision to take,” Eduardo Senf, president of Newell Rubbermaid International, said on Tuesday. “Geneva has a significant international community, a central position in Europe, a pleasant atmosphere.” Geneva will also become…

New UBS chairman faces tough decisions

This content was published on Jul 5, 2011 Subject to shareholder approval, Weber will start as understudy to current chairman Kaspar Villiger next year as vice-chairman before replacing the former Swiss finance minister in 2013. The appointment of Weber – who until April was President of the German central bank (Deutsche Bundesbank) – has been widely praised, particularly as he was snatched from…

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