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Weak dollar won’t mean cheaper goods

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 But the weak dollar – also hitting record lows against the euro and yen – is unlikely to translate into lower prices for imported goods, according to one of the country’s major business associations. The dollar has lost SFr0.14 against the franc since the beginning of the year, trading on Tuesday at around SFr0.98. The…

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Women take to “the beautiful game”

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 Football researcher Marianne Meier explains how attitudes have changed to women involved in the sport and why more women are getting interested in football. Meier plays football, has advised the federal police on security at Euro 2008 and has written a book on women’s football in Switzerland. She also works for the Swiss Academy for…

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Zurich workers have highest take-home pay

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 While the highest gross wages are paid in Copenhagen and Oslo, workers in Zurich take home the most pay after tax and social security deductions, according to the bank’s Prices and Earnings 2008 study of 71 cities worldwide. Geneva workers are the next highest net earners, followed by Luxembourg, Berlin and Dublin. Those in Jakarta…

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Roman footballs

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 To make balls that bounced, the Romans used different sources: pig or swollen cow bladders covered with animal skin; cats’ intestines and guts minced in the shape of a sphere and covered with leather or skin; sponges enveloped in tissues or wrapped in rope. Until the end of the 20th century, certain villages in Turkey…

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Football – war or peace?

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 “Sport shouldn’t be considered a repetition of war, rather a substitution for war. In fact, I believe that as long as there is a World Cup and the Olympics, a lot of violence and maybe even wars will be avoided,” wrote French philosopher Michael Serres in L’Equipe magazine in 2005. It was a point of…

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A game or an X-rated film?

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 The marketing bosses in charge of International Soccer League for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) games console have invented an original test. Organised by Addiction Test, it consists of comparing physical reactions such as the acceleration of cardiac rhythms in PS2 players with those sustained while watching an X-rated film. The result: more or less the…

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Chocolatier records strong profit

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 The company said on Tuesday that it had posted sales of almost SFr3 billion despite a “highly competitive and challenging” market. The result was roughly in line with analysts’ predictions. Lindt attributed its growth in part to its marketing strategy, and said that it had gained market share around the world. It announced that it…

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IMF praises strong economy but issues warning

This content was published on Mar 17, 2008 In a report presented in Bern on Monday, the IMF attributed Switzerland’s performance to the strength of its financial sector, but added that “consistent and forward-looking” policies played a role. “Switzerland’s position as a major global financial centre was reinforced,” it said in its concluding statement. However, the IMF also warned that the current turbulence…

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Bear Stearns collapse rocks stock markets

This content was published on Mar 17, 2008 The latest event to affect share prices was the sale on Sunday of the United States investment bank, Bear Stearns, to JP Morgan Chase for $236.2 million – a small fraction of its earlier value. The move, along with the US Federal Reserve’s decision to extend lending to a wider range of financial firms –…

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