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This content was published on Aug 19, 2009 Google Street View cameras have photographed and mapped out several major cities in Switzerland. The service, which is part of Google Earth and Google Maps, added Switzerland on August 18.

Zurich workers “undisputed” wage champions

This content was published on Aug 19, 2009 Geneva workers also do well. UBS figures show that net wages of people employed in Switzerland’s two largest cities are higher than anywhere else. But Zurich and Geneva – along with Oslo, Copenhagen and Tokyo – are also the world’s priciest. Manila, Delhi, Jakarta and Mumbai found themselves among the bottom in terms of wage…

swissinfo – About us – Link to us

This content was published on Aug 19, 2009 Link your website to swissinfo and give your visitors direct access to www.swissinfo.ch, the Swiss news and information platform of swissinfo available in nine languages. Here is the information you need: Link to swissinfo.ch home page:http://www.swissinfo.ch This link leads straight to the English-language edition of swissinfo.ch:https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ Description 1 www.swissinfo.ch – the Swiss news and information…

US reveals UBS client investigation

This content was published on Aug 18, 2009 The figures are contained in a legal motion filed by the US Justice Department to the federal court in Fort Lauderdale, calling for leniency in the sentence due to be imposed on former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld on Friday. Birkenfeld, who in 2008 pleaded guilty to fraud conspiracy charges, subsequently cooperated with the US authorities…

Russian billionaire strengthens hold on Sulzer

This content was published on Aug 18, 2009 Jürgen Dormann, a former chairman of the ABB engineering concern, received 97.44 per cent of the vote at an extraordinary general meeting on Tuesday. It was announced ahead of the vote that if elected, he would automatically become chairman. Another candidate backed by Vekselberg, the Austrian Klaus Sturany, was also voted onto the seven-strong board…

Farms and farmers down, cattle and poultry up

This content was published on Aug 18, 2009 In 2008 there were 60,894 farms in the country as a whole, down by around 870, or 1.4 per cent, from 2007. In 1984 there were still nearly 100,000. The average size of farms is growing, although about one-third are less than 10 ha, and one-third are between 10 and 20 ha. Despite the fact…

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Banker found guilty of securities fraud in US

This content was published on Aug 18, 2009 A jury in Brooklyn, New York, found the 37-year-old guilty of securities fraud and two charges of conspiracy that allowed him to generate higher commissions. Losses for the clients totalled around $1 billion (SFr1.08 billion). A co-defendant, who was returned to New York from Spain after fleeing prosecution, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud and…

Swiss research unlocks mummy secrets

This content was published on Aug 18, 2009 Frank Rühli, who has also examined the King Tutankhamun CT (computed tomography) scans and the Ötzi iceman mummy, is looking at how human tissue reacts during mummification, in what is a unique project. Rühli’s laboratory is set in the depths of Zurich University’s Irchel campus. In one corner stands a wooden box, filled with salt,…

Improved transport boosts Basel business appeal

This content was published on Aug 17, 2009 The latest Credit Suisse business attractiveness survey unsurprisingly places Zug and Zurich at the pinnacle. But Basel has dashed up the rankings thanks to the “business potential” of its tram stops. The report, published every five years, takes account of a number of factors that attract companies to particular cantons: the taxation of people and…

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