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Workers run risk of burnout

This content was published on Mar 9, 2006 Thursday’s conference in Fribourg in western Switzerland heard that teachers, health workers and call centre workers were most at risk. Special training is needed in the workplace to make people aware of the symptoms of burnout, Peter Richter, professor of work and organisational psychology at Dresden University and a key speaker at the conference told…

Swiss stock up for times of crisis

This content was published on Mar 9, 2006 The country has a longstanding disaster preparedness strategy, which includes stocking up on rice, sugar, petrol and medicines to ensure that its citizens never go short. Stockpiling is the job of the Federal Office for National Economic Supply. Currently it has SFr6 billion ($4.6 billion) worth of goods in its warehouses. The supplies are meant…

New Swisscom strategy toes government line

This content was published on Mar 8, 2006 Switzerland’s largest telecommunications firm intends to consolidate its core business, expand into healthcare and banking and exploit underdeveloped markets in emerging European economies. Professor Matthias Finger of the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne believes all three pillars of the plan are logical steps, but he warned that it concentrates too much on services at…

Life sciences flourish in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 8, 2006 Zurich is also well positioned in international comparisons, having built up very respectable potential in the field of medical devices. The report from the BAK Basel Economics research group, “Monitoring Life Sciences Locations”, links information on the performance of life sciences locations in 16 regions and 15 countries. Of the regions surveyed, average financial growth…

Career women should plan early

This content was published on Mar 8, 2006 Siegel says attitudes are changing in Switzerland – with more women in managerial positions – but adds that getting women to climb the professional ladder needs to be taken far more seriously. Among the newer faces leading Swiss firms are Inge Beale at reinsurer Converium, Jasmin Staiblin at ABB Switzerland and Miriam Meyer Stutz at…

swissinfo upgrade 05

This content was published on Mar 8, 2006 swissinfo lent an ear to an editor of a guidebook on Zurich for parents and a classical musician with a penchant for the works of former Zurich resident, James Joyce. Andrea Bader Rusch is aghast when I suggest that Tibits – the vegetarian restaurant where we meet at her suggestion – is the Swiss version…

Profit jumps but revenue falls at Swisscom

This content was published on Mar 8, 2006 But sales at Switzerland’s leading telecommunications company declined by 3.2 per cent, mainly because of two one-off charges, to SFr9.732 billion. The company’s fortunes have been much in focus in recent weeks after the Swiss government – the major stakeholder in the company – crushed Swisscom plans to expand abroad, notably in Ireland. The dispute…

Holcim cements groundbreaking China deal

This content was published on Mar 7, 2006 Holcim will be the first to use a pilot scheme that lets foreign companies take controlling stakes in listed firms by buying shares mostly limited to domestic investors. Holcim, the world’s second-largest cement maker, will expand its stake in the mid-sized Huaxin Cement to more 50.3 per cent from 26.1 per cent. The deal will…

School uniforms carry little sway with Swiss

This content was published on Mar 7, 2006 But they are virtually unknown in Swiss culture and there is strong opposition to the notion of children and teenagers wearing them to school. A Basel newspaper, the Basler Zeitung, has opened up an internet debate forum on the issue. “The idea is well-intentioned but I have… some difficulty with school uniforms. It has something…

Jobless rate dips after seven months

This content was published on Mar 7, 2006 The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) reported on Tuesday that the non-seasonally adjusted figure was down from 3.9 per cent the previous month. The figure of 150,099 unemployed was 4,105 fewer than the previous month. Seco said in a statement from its headquarters in Bern that the number of job seekers fell by 3,431…

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