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Swiss so-so on train service satisfaction

This content was published on Feb 9, 2010 The results of an annual survey of 20,000 people showed that overall satisfaction among railway passengers dropped to 75.6 points in 2009, down 0.1 points from the year before. Price-to-performance remains a sore spot for many, the survey showed, with satisfaction in that category ranking 61.3 points out of a possible 100. That is better…

Illegal medicine imports on the rise

This content was published on Feb 9, 2010 The Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products (Swissmedic) said custom checks had been stepped up at borders in response to a growing trend among the public to order medicine online. The resulting checks uncovered 1,045 suspicious and potentially illegal imports last year. Proceedings have been launched against their producers. The shipments came from 64 different countries,…

Customs and excise collect SFr21.3 billion

This content was published on Feb 9, 2010 At a media conference on Tuesday the Federal Customs Administration (FCA) said officials investigated 6,100 cases of organised smuggling, down from 7,000 in 2008 and 8,000 in 2007. In most cases the aim was to avoid value-added tax. The total taken by the FCA is equivalent to around a third of the annual federal income.…

ART: Destroy Design

This content was published on Feb 9, 2010 A selection of works on loan from France’s FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais allows visitors to compare creations by internationally renowned artists with those of leading designers. Destroy Design comprises works by thirty-one artists including Switzerland’s John Armleder, Sylvie Fleury and the Turin brothers.

Sheep walking

This content was published on Feb 9, 2010 Rudy Canonica is one of the few Swiss who still spend the winters leading their herds of sheep from pasture to pasture. (All pictures: Marzio Pescia)

Swatch 2009 profit beats forecasts

This content was published on Feb 9, 2010 The Swiss group, owners of brands including Omega and Tissot, said on Tuesday that net profit fell nine per cent to SFr763 million ($710 million). The result beat an average estimate of SFr698 million in a Reuters poll. The impressive profit number adds to growing signs that the watch industry may be emerging from its…

CS wants to build asset management in US

This content was published on Feb 9, 2010 The Swiss bank plans to create a network of 700 consultants in 18 to 20 branches, according to Anthony DeChellis, its head of retail banking in the US. Currently 407 consultants work in 15 branches in the US. DeChellis explained that dealing with ultra-rich clients – those with at least $10 million (SFr10.7 million) –…

Climate remains top priority

This content was published on Feb 8, 2010 The Federal Environment Office said Switzerland would be revising its CO2 law and – during the United Nations Year of Biodiversity – focus efforts on stopping species and habitat loss. Environment Office director Bruno Oberle said on Monday that the new biodiversity strategy should be signed off by the government by mid-year. A 2007 report…

ART: Shifting landscapes

This content was published on Feb 8, 2010 Urban sprawl spreads though the countryside, creeping along valleys and up mountains. With idyllic and utopian portrayals from the 19th century till now, the artist’s works show how concrete and steel buildings transform our landscapes.

Numbered accounts profit from bank crisis

This content was published on Feb 8, 2010 Bankers shut up like clams at the mere mention of these accounts, as swissinfo.ch discovered. Questions about how many there might be, or what kind of person opens one, get short shrift in Geneva, Zurich or Lugano. In the public imagination they are associated with spies, scandals and slush funds – quite undeservedly so, according…

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