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Nestlé swallows Chinese sweet shop

This content was published on Jul 11, 2011 The deal would give Nestlé 60 per cent ownership of the company. Hsu Fu Chi would retain 40 per cent, according to a statement published on Monday. “This suggested partnership would do a lot to increase our presence in China,” said Nestlé CEO Paul Bulcke. The Chinese company’s CEO, Hsu Chen, would remain in that…

How a Swiss scientist saved 20 million people

This content was published on Jul 11, 2011 Herren, the subject of a new biography, tells swissinfo.ch how he managed to naturally control the bug using a method that involved shooting the insect’s natural enemy, a type of wasp, from aeroplanes across huge swathes of Africa. The scientist was only 31 when he took a job in the middle of a crisis: the…

Components cause battle inside the watch sector

This content was published on Jul 10, 2011 The world’s largest watchmaking concern, which is based in Biel, has told the Swiss Competition Commission (Comco) for a long time it wants to reduce its supply of movements and movement blanks to other watchmakers. Comco has given permission for the Swatch Group to reduce its supplies to independent brands from January 2012, which not…

Modernising Russia presents risk and reward

This content was published on Jul 10, 2011 The highlight of the four-day visit will be talks with Russian President Dimitri Medvedev on the progress of a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) and a new commitment to boost Switzerland’s role in Russia’s modernisation drive. Russia is seen as a prime market for Swiss business thanks to its sheer size (142 million inhabitants) and…

Farming of the future takes root

This content was published on Jul 9, 2011 Swiss entrepreneurs Urban Farmers are pushing the concept of local production and have come up with a pioneering solution to many of the problems of conventional farming methods. Urban Farmers attended the International Federation of Landscape Architects’ World Congress at the end of June. The event drew around 850 participants from around the world to…

Deportation flights criticised after incident

This content was published on Jul 8, 2011 Footage of incidents on Thursday at Zurich airport marred the first day that special deportation flights from Switzerland to Nigeria had resumed in over a year. The flights had been suspended following the death of a Nigerian asylum seeker who was being extradited. Thursday’s German-language television news programme, 10 to 10, showed a video of…

‘White Masai’ rediscovers passion for Africa

This content was published on Jul 8, 2011 It tells of an arduous but glorious journey, her experiences visiting slums and her daughter’s first meeting with her Masai father. Hofmann made a name for herself with the bestselling The White Masai, which told the story of her marriage to a Masai warrior, which eventually broke down in 1990. Visiting Hofmann in her pretty…

Jobless rate remains low

This content was published on Jul 8, 2011 The seasonally unadjusted jobless rate slipped by 0.1 per cent to 2.8 per cent, according to a statement on Friday by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. The number of registered unemployed youths also dropped compared with figures in May. In total 110,378 people were out of a job last month. The number of job…

Two US presidents at the World Food Prize

This content was published on Jul 8, 2011 Two presidents at the World Food Prize Hans Rudolf Herren talks about the presence of Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.

Metal producer to cut jobs

This content was published on Jul 7, 2011 The metallurgic group blamed serious liquidity problems in announcing the planned closure of the raw materials depot in Dornach. Another facility in Reconvilier will continue operating. Swissmetal’s German factory will not be affected. Production was suspended at Dornach and staff sent home on Thursday. Management will be holding talks with unions to discuss the cuts,…

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