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Euro business jets start tricky climb

This content was published on May 5, 2010 Some 12,000 visitors are expected to attend the tenth European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (Ebace) in Geneva, which opened on Tuesday. Brian Humphries, president and chief executive officer of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), has a smile on his face. “We’re beginning to see the signs of recovery and good figures,” he told…

Informal climate meeting proposed for Geneva

This content was published on May 4, 2010 Swiss Environment Minister Moritz Leuenberger, who was attending a climate dialogue in Bonn, informed his Mexican counterpart, Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, of Switzerland’s willingness on Tuesday. Leuenberger said the meeting in Geneva would focus on the financial aspects of climate protection and speedy financial help for developing countries. These are central questions if confidence is…

Door opens to a digital future

This content was published on May 4, 2010 SuisseID is a password-protected card, also available as a USB stick, which makes the use of multiple passwords unnecessary and saves time and money with a safe system for electronic transactions. “Today is a groundbreaking day for the security of e-commerce,” Jean-Daniel Gerber, head of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco), said at Monday’s…

Kosovars demand pension pay at home

This content was published on May 4, 2010 As of April 1, Kosovars have been unable to have their retirement and disability insurance payments sent to Kosovo. Instead, the workers must remain in Switzerland to receive those funds. The Swiss government cancelled the payments over concerns of fraud and abuse, which prompted an inquiry in 2008. It failed after investigators received death threats.…

The train that defies gravity

This content was published on May 4, 2010 The famous Rhaetian Railway red train also takes you on a historic journey to the natural beauties of the eastern canton of Graubünden. Passengers leaving Tirano get the message almost immediately: the Bernina Express is a train with a difference. The moment it pulls out of the station of this little Italian town, the train…

How a piece of Africa came to be in Ticino

This content was published on May 4, 2010 The mountain is regarded as the best place for studying fossil marine life from the mid-Triassic period and is believed to have once been part of Africa. It has been a Unesco World Heritage site since 2003. More than a thousand metres above sea level, Monte San Giorgio rises like a pyramid on the southern…

Swiss Life posts healthy first-quarter returns

This content was published on May 4, 2010 The Zurich-based insurance group posted a 23 per cent leap in premiums to SFr7.87 billion ($7.24 billion) for the first quarter compared with the same period last year. “We are very pleased,” CEO Bruno Pfister said. “Premium growth in almost all markets gives us confidence for the next months.” Switzerland’s largest insurer reported an overall…

Historic Bernina line looks to the future

This content was published on May 4, 2010 The line has been a Unesco World Heritage site since 2008, but very nearly didn’t make it. Railway bosses were only convinced following a campaign by locals. Opening celebrations were held on July 5, 1910. A train rumbled by, marking the first time St Moritz in Switzerland and Tirano in Italy were connected by a…

UBS beats forecasts with official figures

This content was published on May 4, 2010 Analysts had been expecting profits of around SFr2 billion. Preliminary figures released in April had predicted first-quarter pre-tax profit of at least SFr2.5 billion compared with SFr1.2 billion for the last quarter of 2009. Instead, the bank’s updated figures show pre-tax earnings topped SFr2.8 billion. “We are well positioned to meet our medium-term goals,” CEO…

Stress in pregnancy could produce bigger babies

This content was published on May 4, 2010 The results, published in the American Psychosomatic Society journal, are the first to tie common stress factors experienced by pregnant women, such as money worries or relationship problems, to greater growth in babies. Similar studies in the past have looked at the impact of severe stress, such as natural disasters or the death of a…

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