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Experts debate role of agriculture in aid

This content was published on Nov 9, 2007 The authors of a report into the issue said that more investment in agriculture in developing countries was needed if the international community was to achieve its goal of halving the number of the world’s poor by 2015. This target has been set out by the United Nations as the first of its Millennium Development…

Oil prices not yet at Swiss pain threshold

This content was published on Nov 9, 2007 US crude for December delivery stood at $96.23 a barrel on Friday morning, reversing the previous day’s 91-cent drop but down on its record high of $98.62 earlier in the week. Abdullah al-Badri, the secretary-general of Opec, the group of oil-producing countries, has called for tighter regulation of the oil markets to counter the speculative…

Swiss struggle to achieve gender parity

This content was published on Nov 8, 2007 Switzerland fell back 12 places compared with last year, coming 40th out of 128 countries, mainly because of the way in which Swiss salaries were calculated. The report, published on Thursday by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum, provides an insight into gender gaps between women and men in over 90 per cent of the world’s…

Forests seen as vital to quality of life

This content was published on Nov 8, 2007 Switzerland, a third of which is covered in forest, was one of 46 European countries at the three-day “Forests for quality of life” conference, held in the Polish capital, Warsaw. A final declaration on Wednesday stressed the importance of forests in maintaining and enhancing water quality and in mitigating natural hazards. Two resolutions called for…

Swiss bank staff implicated in Brazil fraud

This content was published on Nov 7, 2007 The two employees are currently in jail in São Paulo. The sum involved in the fraud is reported to be around $500 million (SFr665 million). Brazilian police arrested 19 people on Tuesday on suspicion of money laundering and making illegal currency remittances. “We have taken note of the fact that an employee from UBS Switzerland…

Low Swiss abortion rate runs counter to norm

This content was published on Nov 7, 2007 The Swiss abortion law was relaxed in 2002. Until then it had been one of the most restrictive on the continent. According to the Federal Statistics Office, there were 10,500 abortions in Switzerland in 2006. This is equivalent to 6.8 terminations per 1,000 women aged 15-44. This is below the rate of neighbouring countries Germany…

Swiss Life to sell Banca del Gottardo

This content was published on Nov 7, 2007 BSI and Gottardo will be merged to become one of the leading Swiss private banking institutions with SFr100 billion in assets under management. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2008, Swiss Life said in a statement on Wednesday. The headquarters of the new entity will remain…

Callebaut targets growth of chocolate market

This content was published on Nov 6, 2007 The group said on Tuesday that it was raising its mid-term goals despite high commodity prices. Patrick De Maeseneire, Barry Callebaut’s chief executive, said the company grew “more than twice as fast as the global chocolate market”, and will continue to do so. Because of a write-down on the sale of its United States Brach’s…

Piccard unveils Solar Impulse prototype

This content was published on Nov 5, 2007 Speaking at Dübendorf military airport just outside Zurich, Piccard said the aim of the project was to demonstrate the role of renewable energy sources in sustainable development. After four years of research, calculations and simulations, the Solar Impulse project has entered a concrete phase with the construction of an initial prototype with a 61-metre wingspan…

Looking for the real taste of Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 5, 2007 swissinfo worked up an appetite and visited the taste and regions fair in the western city of Bulle to find out what really appeals to the Swiss palate. Taste, according to the scientists, is one of our five senses and refers to our ability to detect the flavour of substances such as food and poisons.…

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