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Most Swiss favour limits on executive pay

This content was published on May 17, 2009 A survey conducted by the gfs polling and research institute in Zurich found that 75 per cent of Swiss would approve an initiative to limit manager salaries and strengthen shareholder rights if the issue came to a vote today. Nine per cent said they would vote against it. The issue is at least one year…

Swiss lab kept busy by swine flu

This content was published on May 15, 2009 Laurent Kaiser and his team at the lab, which is the national reference centre for flu, have developed a fast test for the virus. But while the A/H1N1 strain of swine flu is causing concern, the professor warns that potentially more deadly bird flu must not be forgotten. Kaiser was a guest speaker on the…

Politicians smoke “peace pipe” in tax tiff

This content was published on May 14, 2009 Steinbrück, who has made headlines over various remarks comparing his country’s smaller neighbour to both American Indians and Burkina Faso, struck a more conciliatory tone during a meeting on Thursday. “Mr Steinbrück assured us that he will keep his language in check from now on,” said Maximilian Reimann, a Swiss senator who had donned a…

Herschel telescope starts its star trek

This content was published on May 14, 2009 Scientists hope that the instrument, which has just been launched into the cosmos from French Guiana, will help increase our understanding of how planets are formed and how the universe works. After several delays over the past months, Herschel and its sister telescope Planck finally blasted off from the Kourou spaceport on board the Ariane…

Fribourg cow dies a second death

This content was published on May 14, 2009 The ProSpecieRara organisation, which promotes cultural and genetic diversity among animals and plants, announced on Thursday that tests on blood samples from cows found in Chile proved that they were not, after all, descended from animals imported from Switzerland in the 1930s. It was widely reported at the beginning of 2008 that the Fribourg cow,…

Europe’s new space telescope

This content was published on May 14, 2009 Two new space telescopes launched by the European Space Agency on May 14, are designed peer into deep space for at least the next three years. One of the telescopes, Herschel, has a primary mirror that is four times larger than that on any previous space telescope.

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Credit Suisse attacked over luxury-resort flop

This content was published on May 14, 2009 The Yellowstone Club is one of six high-profile real-estate projects in the US to which Credit Suisse granted similar loans. All are in financial difficulty. The golf and ski resort, with greens and slopes reserved for millionaires, had attracted homebuyers including Microsoft’s Bill Gates and former US Vice President Dan Quayle. After a week of…

Richemont sees luxury sales hit by downturn

This content was published on May 14, 2009 Net profit was €1.075 million (SFr1.62 million) for the year ending March 2009, according to the audited results published on Thursday. Richemont said good growth of ten per cent in the first six months was largely offset by a five per cent drop in sales in the second six months. Overall sales increased by two…

Banking secrecy spices up Indian elections

This content was published on May 14, 2009 As the final votes were cast in national elections on Wednesday, accusations that the ruling elite had squirreled billions of dollars away in Swiss bank accounts continued to fill Indian newspapers. The Swiss Bankers Association has dismissed claims that up to $1.4 trillion (SFr1.55 trillion) in Indian money is held in Switzerland as “at best…

Man exhumes remains to find his father

This content was published on May 13, 2009 Scientists hope to run DNA tests on the tibia bones of the deceased man but they are not sure how conclusive the results will be. The tests will take several weeks. This is the first such case in Switzerland. The man, who was previously named as Andreas Jäggi, has been fighting since 1999 to have…

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