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Greenhouse sceptics confounded by solar study

This content was published on Jul 11, 2007 Experts say the findings add to a growing body of evidence that human activity and not natural causes lies behind rising average world temperatures, which are this year expected to reach their second-highest level since records began in the 1860s. If anything, solar variations over the past 20 years should have had a cooling effect,…

Judges confirm tax on digital music players

This content was published on Jul 11, 2007 The Federal Court rejected complaints by consumer and user groups which had described new tariffs for authors’ rights as too high or too low. A court statement on Wednesday said the federal arbitration commission was justified in introducing the new tax in response to a request by a group of collecting societies including Suisa, the…

The hills are alive with the rumble of trains

This content was published on Jul 11, 2007 With just over a year to go before the grand opening of the new Lausanne underground railway, trains have started testing part of the six-kilometre north-south line. swissinfo checks out preparations on the fledgling network. London, New York, Paris… Lausanne. Underground systems are generally designed for cities of at least one million inhabitants, but Lausanne…

Geothermal power is earth-shattering

This content was published on Jul 11, 2007 The Deep Heat Mining project in Basel was ambitious: geothermal energy produced by it was to have provided heat for nearly 3,000 homes and electricity for 10,000 others starting in 2009. While small heat pumps that transfer the constant warm temperatures not far below the earth’s surface are becoming more common in Swiss households and…

Grim weather puts damper on holidays

This content was published on Jul 10, 2007 While the mixed weather appears to have had no major impact on tourism, the authorities issued warnings as the levels of several lakes reached a critical point. Several weeks of bad weather with violent thunderstorms and intermittently heavy rain have filled up many riverbeds and lakes, particularly in the region around the capital, Bern, as…

Converium enters French hands

This content was published on Jul 10, 2007 Converium is the latest in a string of Swiss companies to fall into foreign hands. Scor snapped up more than half of its shares at SFr22.80 ($18.80) each after having an improved takeover offer accepted in May. Scor will extend its offer for the remaining shares between July 13-26. Scor upped its takeover offer to…

Lausanne says “no” to drug injection centre

This content was published on Jul 9, 2007 They claim similar projects in other major Swiss cities have substantially cut drug-related deaths and HIV cases. The injection room, which was backed by the city authorities, was designed to meet the health needs of Lausanne’s estimated 1,000-1,500 heroin addicts and to counter the city’s open drug scene. But an aggressive campaign by centre-right and…

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New bank targets moderately wealthy clients

This content was published on Jul 9, 2007 The collaboration will pool 235,000 existing clients and SFr8 billion of assets, with plans to expand into eastern Europe. The new bank, as yet without a name or location, could be running by the end of 2008. Basel-based Sarasin will own 57.5 per cent and AIG 42.5 per cent in the new venture, which requires…

Intelligent clothing tracks health

This content was published on Jul 9, 2007 The Biotex programme, funded by the European Union, involves researchers from eight institutions as well as private companies interested in implementing the technology. Self-monitoring of some vital functions, such as heart rate, has been common for some time. You might have come across joggers wearing a strap round their chest to measure their pulse, or…

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