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Franc hits 30-month high against dollar

This content was published on Sep 24, 2010 A currency trader told the Reuters news agency that disappointing economic data from the US and Europe had revived fears among investors. However, in its quarterly bulletin published on Friday, the Swiss National Bank said that more than half the companies it surveyed in July and August reported that the strong franc had not had…

Daily life of the unemployed

This content was published on Sep 24, 2010 Job centres, job interviews, work assignment programmes – all part of the daily life of the unemployed.

Trends threaten wellbeing of workers

This content was published on Sep 24, 2010 Suva, the Swiss accident insurer, commissioned the report to see what kinds of issues could have a detrimental effect on the workforce and general public in 2029. In consultation with businesses the research team identified 21 trends to watch out for. “Preventive health protection depends on identifying risks early and assessing them correctly. Our rapidly…

Doctors bring new life to dead human heart

This content was published on Sep 24, 2010 A team from Bern University hospital has developed a method to reanimate a human heart as long as 40 minutes after it has stopped beating, even when it has been kept at room temperature. The researchers, led by Hendrik Tevaearai, have been awarded the annual prize of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery in Geneva…

Expo pavilion hangs on despite shut chairlift

This content was published on Sep 24, 2010 The Expo finishes in less than a month. It being the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Swiss-Sino diplomatic ties, Switzerland had a strong presence at the Expo. The chairlifts at the Swiss pavilion were meant to “demonstrate once again that Switzerland not only excels in chocolate, cheese and watches, but more importantly is able…

Regulators red faced as Vekselberg acquitted

This content was published on Sep 23, 2010 A court ruled that there was no proof to justify record SFr40 million ($40.6 million) fines levied by the Swiss finance ministry for each of the trio after the takeover of industrial company Oerlikon. The reputation of the finance ministry was further battered by its failure to send a lawyer to the two-day hearing in…

New discovery excites Cern scientists

This content was published on Sep 23, 2010 Researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) say the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) appears to have produced a small amount of the matter that existed in the first moments of the universe. They said colliding particles seem to be creating “hot dense matter” that would have existed microseconds after the Big Bang and…

Russian billionaire Vekselberg acquitted

This content was published on Sep 23, 2010 The federal criminal court in Bellinzona announced on Thursday that Vekselberg and his associates had not violated stock exchange rules when they acquired shares in Oerlikon in 2006. Last December the three men had been found guilty by the Swiss finance ministry of secretly – and illegally – conspiring to take over Oerlikon by breaching…

Disney lab in Zurich wins Tell award

This content was published on Sep 23, 2010 The Tell Awards, named after Swiss national hero William Tell, recognise investment projects directed into Switzerland by North American firms. They are organised by Switzerland Trade and Investment Promotion. The award announced on Thursday is considered a mark of recognition to the Walt Disney Company of Los Angeles for successfully launching operations of Disney Research…

Big Bang scientists herald success

This content was published on Sep 22, 2010 Researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) say the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) appears to have produced a small amount of the matter that existed in the first moments of the universe. They said colliding particles seem to be creating “hot dense matter” that would have existed microseconds after the Big Bang and…

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