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SBC to use polls again after minaret debacle

This content was published on Apr 24, 2010 SRG SSR idée suisse, swissinfo.ch’s parent company, and the polling institute gfs.bern said they would take special precautions to avoid the massive miscalculations that predicted a ban on the construction of new minarets would fail by 53 per cent. Instead, the referendum passed in November 2009 with 57 per cent of the vote. An external…

Measles is still a sore spot for the Swiss

This content was published on Apr 24, 2010 As the country takes part in European Immunisation Week, Virginie Masserey, head of the vaccination section at the Federal Health Office, tells swissinfo.ch there are still many misconceptions about the measles jab. A World Health Organization (WHO) initiative that starts on Saturday is highlighting the importance of immunisation against measles, which is highly infectious. Switzerland…

Swiss fall short of ambitious biodiversity goal

This content was published on Apr 23, 2010 Dashing Swiss hopes of a turnaround by this year is a research project led by the Swiss Biodiversity Forum and involving more than 80 scientists and specialists in the field. The main conclusion: biodiversity continues to be under threat and diminishing in Switzerland. Switzerland was one of several European nations to make the commitment at…

Kuoni counts cost of volcano turmoil

This content was published on Apr 23, 2010 Switzerland closed its airspace for several days to protect aircraft from the cloud of volcanic ash spreading across Europe from Iceland. Even after it was reopened on Tuesday, a number of flights still had to be cancelled. The costs will be incorporated into Kuoni’s quarterly figures. Kuoni said almost all its 7,500 clients with a…

Salaries show strong increases in 2009

This content was published on Apr 23, 2010 The increase is the highest recorded in eight years but the statistics office points out that salaries for 2009 were agreed during the previous autumn when the effects of the economic crisis had not fully been felt. The figure in real terms takes into account a negative inflation rate of 0.5 per cent. Commenting on…

Group seeks to curb risks posed by banks

This content was published on Apr 22, 2010 The report published on Thursday establishes broad guidelines to limit risks that banks that are “too big to fail” could pose for the overall Swiss economy. The report has yet to be finalised but the suggestions include regulating a bank’s equity, liquidity, risk allocation and organisational structure. The final report is due out in the…

Nestlé sales show healthy growth

This content was published on Apr 22, 2010 The company said it was confident about prospects for the rest of 2010 as the economic recovery began to make itself felt. First-quarter revenues were higher than analysts’ expectations and included real internal growth of 4.8 per cent. Nestlé, which has a stable of brands that include Nescafé and Nespresso coffee, Gerber baby food and…

Bank profits frustrate out of pocket clients

This content was published on Apr 22, 2010 The plaintiffs claim they were poorly advised on being sold Lehman Brothers products before the United States bank collapsed. Credit Suisse pointed out that it made an SFr150 million ($140 million) settlement last year. Credit Suisse reported on Thursday net income of SFr2.1 billion for the first three months of 2010, on top of a…

Foreign trade shows recovery

This content was published on Apr 22, 2010 The balance of trade showed a SFr 5.7 billion ($5.34 billion) surplus. Exports made significant gains, despite the strong franc, with the watch and metallurgical industries each exporting about a third more, and the chemical industry up by a quarter. Demand for Swiss exports rose in all continents, with the greatest increase to countries of…

Orange and Sunrise are banned from hooking up

This content was published on Apr 22, 2010 The decision was described as a “sensational victory” for consumers by the secretary general of the consumer federation in western Switzerland, Mathieu Fleury. The Competition Commission argued that the company resulting from the deal would have had a dominant position in the mobile telephone market alongside rival Swisscom. In a statement, the commission said a…

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