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Switzerland sails on in sea of competitiveness

This content was published on May 10, 2007 According to the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007, Switzerland is among the countries most successful in catching up with the number one competitive nation, the United States. But the IMD questions how long Switzerland will be able to ride the favourable seas to keep among the leaders of the pack. Hard on the heels of the…

Swiss boat ends first solar Atlantic crossing

This content was published on May 9, 2007 The catamaran reached New York on Wednesday after sailing 13,000 kilometres from Chipiona in Spain to the Caribbean island of Martinique and along the East Coast of the United States. The team behind the feat, Transatlantic21, said the 14-metre boat produced 2,000-kilowatt hours of solar energy. “This proves that in our modern society it is…

Leuthard boosts business with South Africa

This content was published on May 8, 2007 On the second day of her visit to Pretoria, she signed a revised accord aimed at avoiding double taxation and an extended agreement on air transport between the two countries. The double taxation accord, signed during a meeting with the South African finance minister, Trevor Manuel, replaces a 1967 deal and is in line with…

Rail network enlarged for train-friendly Swiss

This content was published on May 8, 2007 New lines and modifications to the network will help cut journey times across Switzerland and to neighbouring countries, it announced on Tuesday. Since the introduction of the Rail 2000 project in December 2004, which was intended to attract new customers in Switzerland to public transport, the network has enjoyed a sizeable rise in passenger numbers.…

Oerlikon chief in shock exit

This content was published on May 8, 2007 Limberger courted controversy earlier this year when details of his SFr26 million ($21.4 million) remuneration package were revealed. He subsequently handed back 40,000 options to reduce his compensation to SFr7.7 million. He was appointed CEO months after the company, formerly known as Unaxis, was bought out by Austrian investment group Victory in 2005, ending an…

Swiss open first business hub in Africa

This content was published on May 7, 2007 It is the first such platform for Swiss businesses in the region and comes at the beginning of a visit by Economics Minister Doris Leuthard to South Africa and Tanzania this week. At the hub’s official opening on Monday, Leuthard said that South Africa played a crucial role in Switzerland’s international business strategy, pointing out…

Swiss car sharing continues its expansion

This content was published on May 7, 2007 The most successful car-sharing scheme in Switzerland, the Mobility cooperative that boasts over 70,000 members, is celebrating its tenth birthday this month. Car sharing has developed considerably in Switzerland over the past 20 years ever since the first two car co-ops, AutoTeilet Genossenschaft and ShareCom, were set up with 25 members and two cars in…

Trading scandal topples Zurich bank CEO

This content was published on May 7, 2007 ZKB had come under fire following complaints by one of its clients, the Sulzer engineering group, that rivals secretly built up a stake in the company using options sold by the bank. Switzerland’s third-largest bank said on Monday that Martin Scholl would take over on June 1 from Vögeli, who was due to retire at…

Wil puts its stamp on world of philately

This content was published on May 6, 2007 Coming under the hammer are several significant collections as well as rare stamps from Switzerland issued before the country had a national post service. The event, which began on Monday and is organised by the Rapp auction house, lasts for four days and will see stamps with an estimated total value of SFr15 million ($12.38…

Swiss want green and efficient farming

This content was published on May 4, 2007 But the results of the poll conducted by the Federal Agriculture Office and released on Friday also reveal that the country’s farmers should not hold their breath for more money. The aim of the office’s study was to ascertain whether the constitutional mandate from 1996, which apportions SFr3.5 billion ($2.9 billion) a year to agriculture,…

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