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Researchers from Zurich win European grants

This content was published on Aug 27, 2010 The ERC Starting Grants are the most important European programme for innovative research. The funds will go towards interdisciplinary projects launched by researchers at the Federal Institute of Technology and Zurich University, according to a joint statement. They will all receive €1.5 million over the next five years for their projects in the fields of…

Switzerland complies as US tax deadline passes

This content was published on Aug 26, 2010 The State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF), issued a statement saying that the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) had “issued the corresponding conclusive decrees” on the cases, as it was obliged to do by an agreement signed last August between Switzerland and the US. Client data in about half the cases has already been supplied…

Economic cooperation with Russia to increase

This content was published on Aug 26, 2010 The agreement was signed by the Swiss economics minister, Doris Leuthard, who is also this year’s Swiss president, and her Russian counterpart Elvira Nabiullina, during a meeting with Russian president Dmitri Medvedev, the Swiss economics ministry said. It replaces and extends a previous agreement which is due to expire at the end of the year.…

Stargazers discover “richest” planetary system

This content was published on Aug 26, 2010 If confirmed, the discovery by a European team, led by Christophe Lovis from Geneva University, represents “the richest” system of exoplanets – planets outside our own solar system – ever found. “We have discovered what is probably the most populated planetary system known to date,” the lead researcher said in a statement on Wednesday. This…

Novartis moves a step closer to Alcon buyout

This content was published on Aug 26, 2010 Novartis, which now has a 77 per cent stake in Alcon and a majority on its board, has been trying to buy the remaining 23 per cent in Alcon since exercising its option to buy the food group’s stake in January. Alcon’s Independent Director Committee has dismissed the Novartis offer for the minority stake as…

Economy sees decline of GDP in 2009

This content was published on Aug 26, 2010 The Federal Statistics Office reported it fell by 1.6 per cent at current prices. In view of the slight rise in the general price level, GDP at the previous year’s prices fell 1.9%, after an increase of 1.9% in 2008. Household consumer spending grew by one per cent last year, which helped to curb the…

Swiss franc breaks new record against euro

This content was published on Aug 25, 2010 This latest appreciation of the franc against the euro follows the Swiss National Bank’s decision not to further intervene in the currency market for the moment. The central bank announced in July that it spent around SFr132 billion to keep the Swiss franc down by boosting the demand for euros. The money went largely to…

Scientists target super-massive black holes

This content was published on Aug 25, 2010 The discovery, published in Nature magazine, could help scientists understand how gravity and dark matter formed the universe. Black holes are objects in which the pull of gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. They are detected by the effect they have on their surroundings. Super-massive black holes can have masses…

Geneva private bankers targeted in attacks

This content was published on Aug 25, 2010 They confirmed a report of the attacks which appeared in the city’s Tribune de Genève newspaper. Geneva became a centre for private banking 200 years ago and the western Swiss city is now said to manage around ten per cent of international private savings. “I can confirm the information that appeared on Wednesday in the…

Burkhalter to hand over supercomputer in Brazil

This content was published on Aug 25, 2010 During his first official trip outside Europe, Burkhalter is due to meet senior ministers, top researchers and other officials to discuss cooperation between the two countries. He will also hand over a supercomputer. “Our main goal is to strengthen bilateral research cooperation with Brazil, which belongs to the group of eight non-European countries, alongside India…

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