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Date with death: Swiss develop crystal ball

This content was published on Sep 18, 2010 Adrian Spörri, project manager of the Swiss National Cohort (SNC), tells swissinfo.ch what censuses are revealing about health, disease and life expectancy of the Swiss population. This week, an SNC study using data from the 2000 census found that Catholics commit suicide less often than Protestants, and Protestants less often than people with no religious…

UBS client gets one year prison sentence

This content was published on Sep 18, 2010 The US Department of Justice said on Friday that this was the longest prison sentence to be handed down for using a “secret” UBS account in Switzerland. The offender is part of a group of seven tax-dodgers who pleaded guilty of tax evasion in Switzerland in April. The man, a New York financial advisor, was…

Aviation biofuels hold “great promise”

This content was published on Sep 17, 2010 Executives say that by 2050 advanced technologies, including biofuels, should go 50 per cent of the way towards halving emissions from planes from 2005 levels – their declared aim. “Aviation biofuels hold great promise,” Paul Steele, head of the Air Transport Action Group, a joint lobby for airlines, airports and aircraft makers, told swissinfo.ch on…

Armenian award for Swiss astronomer

This content was published on Sep 17, 2010 Mayor was awarded the prize along with two of his colleagues, Garik Israelian and Nuno Santos, for their research into planets outside the solar system – so-called exoplanets. He was the first person ever to demonstrate the existence of such planets, 15 years ago. Although many more have since been discovered, the formation of such…

Swiss electric vehicle takes home the prize

This content was published on Sep 17, 2010 The firm received its award on Thursday after a competition involving 111 teams and 136 vehicles in a series of road and laboratory tests. The Winterthur-based company was the winner of the Alternative Class-tandem category. It shared the $10 million prize (SFr 10.18 million), with the American winners of two other categories. Besides receiving $2.5…

Danes sell Sunrise for SFr3.3 billion

This content was published on Sep 17, 2010 The deal should be concluded during the final quarter of 2010 if the Swiss competition authorities approve the sale. “We are very pleased with this merger,” Sunrise CEO Oliver Steil said in a statement. “With CVC we are getting the support of a strong, long-term financial partner.” Sunrise has been owned by the Danish TDC…

من أجل الفقراء

This content was published on Sep 17, 2010 تسعى مؤسسة دروسوس السويسرية منذ نشأتها بزيورخ في عام 2003 إلى تمكين الأشخاص الذين يعانون من أوضاع صعبة عبر العالم من العيش بكرامة، ومن تحمل المسؤولية تجاه أنفسهم وتجاه مجتمعاتهم. ولتحقيق ذلك تدعم هذه المؤسسات العشرات من المشروعات الإنسانية المنتشرة عبر العالم خاصة في البلدان العربية.

Central bank ponders repeat franc rescue act

This content was published on Sep 16, 2010 With the global economic recovery cooling off and the franc again rising against both the euro and the dollar, the central bank said on Thursday that it was poised to act if the twin deflationary threats worsened. The SNB recently came under heavy criticism after revealing that it had accrued a paper loss of SFr14.3…

Economic growth likely to stall in 2011

This content was published on Sep 16, 2010 The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) said on Thursday that overall the prospects for next year were “less positive than recently assumed”. “As a consequence of the lively economic revival up to the middle of the year in Switzerland, the [Seco] expert group has increased the government’s growth forecast for 2010 to 2.7 per…

Economic crisis clips Swiss wings

This content was published on Sep 15, 2010 According to the Federal Civil Aviation Office (FOCA), there were 410,000 flight movements (take offs and landings) in 2009. That is 21,000 fewer than in 2008. However, the 2009 figure for scheduled and charter air traffic is significantly lower than the record high reached in 2000 when there were 538,000 movements. The bankruptcy of the…

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