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Damaged solar car withdraws from race

This content was published on Oct 25, 2009 Switzerland’s entry in the 3,000km race, the world’s toughest test for solar cars, incurred serious damage to the front wheel, engine and steering system. The team had been working to fix the problems. The week-long World Solar Challenge started on Sunday. After discovering the damage, the Swisspirit team was on Friday given another 24 hours…

A new home for Bern’s mascots

This content was published on Oct 25, 2009

Damaged solar car expected to race

This content was published on Oct 23, 2009 Switzerland’s entry in the 3,000km race, the world’s toughest test for solar cars, incurred serious damage to the front wheel, engine and steering system in transit, but the team has done its best to fix it. The World Solar Challenge starts on Sunday, and the Swisspirit team was on Friday given another 24 hours until…

Justice minister “tops” visit to Shanghai

This content was published on Oct 23, 2009 Widmer-Schlumpf stressed the importance of Expo 2010’s theme of “Better City, Better Life” against the background of the challenge of achieving sustainable urban development. The topping off event – placing the final beam on the roof of the pavilion – was attended by Chinese authorities and more than 200 invited guests including a Swiss parliamentary…

“Aggressive” Italian tax tactics anger Swiss

This content was published on Oct 22, 2009 Switzerland has complained about being singled out for tougher treatment and resents Italian police “spying” on the border. Italy says it has had enough of Switzerland encouraging citizens to dodge taxes. This is not the first time Italy has launched a tax amnesty aimed at repatriating hidden funds back home – in fact it’s the…

All birth control pills said to carry same risks

This content was published on Oct 22, 2009 Those are the findings of a review of birth control pills conducted by Swissmedic, the country’s medicines supervisory authority, after a 16-year-old woman who took the oral contraceptive Yasmin became severely disabled. Nine women in Switzerland have died from complications connected to oral contraceptives since 1990, including a woman in September who had been taking…

Credit Suisse reforms pay amid bonus blowout

This content was published on Oct 22, 2009 It made the announcement on Tuesday, less than two weeks before Switzerland’s financial regulator, Finma, will release new rules governing pay within the financial services industry. Across the Atlantic, Wall Street is set for another pre-crisis bonus season months after some of its most venerable institutions were either rescued by taxpayers or went bust. Pressure…

Credit Suisse beats expectations with big win

This content was published on Oct 22, 2009 The net profit during the three months amounts to a 50 per cent increase over second-quarter results and is the best return this year for what is now Switzerland’s biggest bank. Credit Suisse had posted a SFr1.26 billion loss for the same quarter last year. A Reuters poll of analysts had expected Credit Suisse to…

Human-research law takes shape

This content was published on Oct 21, 2009 It has sent a draft law to parliament for approval. The proposal spells out how the principles of a new constitutional article on human research are to be implemented. Lawmakers approved the article in September. However, this change to the constitution is subject to a nationwide referendum due to take place in March 2010. The…

Cash substitute greases business wheels

This content was published on Oct 21, 2009 The current economic downturn reveals that the “WIR” credit system has evolved over the decades into a means of attracting new business as opposed to counteracting money supply shortages. WIR was launched in Zurich in October 1934 as thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) struggled to cope with the consequences of the great global…

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