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Switzerland faces a lack of IT professionals

This content was published on Nov 20, 2010 Two studies commissioned by the training association ICT Switzerland (ICTS) show that there is a desperate need for new talent in the field of ICT. According to ICTS, there will be 32,000 vacant ICT jobs in 2017. This is despite the fact that the industry accounts for five per cent of gross domestic product, or…

Household wealth returns to pre-crisis level

This content was published on Nov 19, 2010 In 2009, the net worth of households rose by 6.5 per cent to SFr2,595 billion ($2,615 billion), once again reaching its 2007 level. In addition to savings, the main reasons for the increase were a recovery in share prices and the continued rise in real estate prices, according to the SNB. The net worth per…

Spiders find their way on to the web

This content was published on Nov 18, 2010 For those who are not so squeamish, the internet site says spiders are “an important part of our biodiversity”, with 4,000 species found in Europe out of a total of 40,000 worldwide. They show unique features such as web spinning and venom glands, the authors said in a statement on Thursday. The new website, Spiders…

Anti-matter finally caught

This content was published on Nov 18, 2010 In an article in the journal Nature, Cern said it had produced anti-hydrogen atoms – the opposite of a hydrogen atom – in a vacuum and kept them viable for about a tenth of a second: “Long enough to study them,” it said. Some 38 anti-hydrogen atoms have now been trapped long enough for scientists…

Roche cuts six per cent of workforce

This content was published on Nov 17, 2010 The posts – equal to six per cent of the group’s workforce – will be axed between 2011 and 2012, Roche said in a statement on Wednesday. In other staff movements, 800 jobs will be transferred to other Roche sites and 700 posts will be outsourced. The initiative is expected to result in annual cost…

Swiss gain from offshore company reshuffle

This content was published on Nov 16, 2010 Weatherford International starts trading on the Swiss stock exchange on Wednesday after moving operations from Bermuda and Houston last year. Besides tax breaks, Switzerland’s strengths in insurance and commodities are a strong magnet. Small offshore islands, such as Bermuda and the Caymans, have been the first tax havens targeted in a vigorous crackdown by US…

Wine bottle fetches record price at auction

This content was published on Nov 16, 2010 “We are absolutely delighted at the result obtained for this bottle of the legendary 1947 Château Cheval Blanc, sold for $304,375 (SFr 300,996),” said wine expert Michael Ganne, from the Christie’s auction house, which made the sale. Before the sale, Christie’s had put an estimated price of between $150,000 and 200,000 on the imperial –…

David Bennett of Sothebys explains why the pink diamond is such a draw

This content was published on Nov 16, 2010

Emissions lie at heart of climate change remedy

This content was published on Nov 16, 2010 Politicians are still unwilling to tackle the issue head-on, and in the meantime harmful CO2 levels continue to build up in the earth’s atmosphere, where they will remain for hundreds of years, Fortunat Joos tells swissinfo.ch. According to Joos, who heads the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research in Bern, the world needs to urgently…

John Doe summons against UBS withdrawn

This content was published on Nov 16, 2010 In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said the withdrawal followed the substantial delivery of administrative assistance cases by Switzerland. By the end of August, the Federal Tax Administration had examined about 4,450 UBS client accounts under the agreement with the US. The delivery of data by Switzerland was largely completed by mid-November after expiry…

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