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Einstein tops list of leading Swiss

This content was published on Jan 4, 2009 Albert Einstein (1879-1955) beat such greats as Red Cross founder Henry Dunant and educationalist Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi in a survey conducted for the SonntagsZeitung newspaper, whose results are published in this Sunday’s issue. Einstein, who is best known for the theory of relativity which he developed in 1905 when employed by the patent office in…

Phone operators profit from “Happy New Year”

This content was published on Jan 2, 2009 The biggest phone company, Swisscom, led the way with 47.6 million messages, followed by about 29 million each for operators, Sunrise and Orange. However, Sunrise was the only company that saw a significant rise in figures, registering about 2 million more than last year. The numbers also show that mobile phones are used nearly twice…

Political outlook moderate to stormy in 2009

This content was published on Jan 2, 2009 The February 8 referendum on prolonging the agreement with the European Union on the free movement of people and extending it to Bulgaria and Romania is the key vote of the year, Lausanne University political scientist Georg Lutz told swissinfo. A great deal would be on the line if the electorate rejected the deal, in…

CS sells chunk of asset management firm

This content was published on Dec 31, 2008 Switzerland’s second-largest bank said in a statement on Wednesday that the stake was valued at about SFr381 million ($361.15 million). The sale includes SFr75 billion of assets under management. Under the terms of the deal, Credit Suisse will have a seat on the board of Aberdeen. The deal will see Aberdeen, which currently has $160…

Kestrel soars in public affection

This content was published on Dec 30, 2008 The bird protection organisation SVS/BirdLife Switzerland said on Tuesday that a webcam had made a breeding pair with five young famous well beyond the Swiss borders. Internet users were able to follow events in the nest in Muttenz, near the German border, for several months. Up to 9,000 people visited the website per day. The…

Seriously ill youth more prone to bad habits

This content was published on Dec 30, 2008 The findings by a Lausanne University-led team have been published in the United States-based Pediatrics medical journal. The team drew on data compiled from the 2002 Swiss Multicenter Adolescent Survey on Health, a nationally representative study of 7,548 young people aged 16 to 20 in the three language areas of Switzerland. Among the participants were…

German minister calls for tax cooperation

This content was published on Dec 30, 2008 He said the €130 million (SFr194 million) withholding tax paid by Switzerland to Germany was a “joke”, considering experts estimate German taxpayers hold up to €300 billion in Swiss accounts. In an interview with the German Ruhr-Nachrichten newspaper Steinbrück said tax evasion was not a trivial offence. “We will support Switzerland when it wants to…

Economic barometer hits five-year low

This content was published on Dec 29, 2008 The indicator, which is produced by the KOF Swiss Economic Institute and points to the economy’s likely performance in six months, dropped to -0.39, the lowest level since April 2003 and down from an upwardly revised -0.04 in November. “Swiss gross domestic product in the first quarter of 2009 can be expected to be lower…

Financial storm leaves economy reeling

This content was published on Dec 28, 2008 After years of growth, economists are predicting a recession as huge banking losses and a strong franc affect businesses, exports, jobs and consumer spending. The only question is how hard and long it will be. The start of the malaise could be detected at the end of 2007 when Switzerland’s largest banks, UBS and Credit…

Augmented reality

This content was published on Dec 26, 2008 Journalist Justin Häne travels to the city of Basel, where a cross-disciplinary team has created a system that merges the visions of artists, architects and archaeologists with the real world.

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