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Start-ups find growth in software-as-service biz

This content was published on May 27, 2005 Applic8 SA is a Nyon-based firm whose software is used to manage payroll and human resources administrative tasks for medium- and large-sized business. In a related part of the market, but not competing, Umantis, owned by BrainsToVentures AG, offers software to executive search firms and businesses to manage placing and management of personnel. These companies…

Orbit combines innovation with interactivity

This content was published on May 26, 2005 The largest ICT fair in Switzerland brings together business providers and technological applications. One of the fair’s “specials” is Mac Swiss, which provides a platform for companies showing off Apple products and services. “We have a very broad spectrum of products,” Rolf Lehmann, Apple product manager in Switzerland, told swissinfo. “Of course the iPod has…

Swiss greet appointment of new WTO chief

This content was published on May 26, 2005 The Frenchman had been the preferred candidate of Switzerland and the European Union since the first round of consultations. Lamy – the only candidate left in the running for the prestigious position – was endorsed by the 148 WTO members at a meeting behind closed doors on Thursday. “He is a personality who is attached…

Alternative medicine catches a cold

This content was published on May 26, 2005 Interior Minister Pascal Couchepin, who has the health portfolio, announced on Friday that five types of complementary medicine would no longer be covered by basic health insurance. The interior ministry said the five therapies failed to meet the criteria on efficacy, suitability and cost-effectiveness laid down in Switzerland’s health-insurance law. The ministry stressed, however, that…

Kalam visit cements Swiss-Indian relations

This content was published on May 26, 2005 The Swiss have traditionally benefited most from commercial ties between the two countries, but India is catching up in sectors such as information technology and pharmaceuticals. In 2004 Swiss exports to India rose by more than 37 per cent to reach SFr1.02 billion ($0.83 billion), while imports rose by just under ten per cent to…

“Hidden majority” tackle economic priorities

This content was published on May 26, 2005 Keynote speakers at the Swiss Economic Forum event include easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou and Swiss National Bank director Jean-Pierre Roth. Mention the words “Switzerland” and “economic forum” and most people will think of the annual WEF meeting in Davos, whose huge international guest-list is outnumbered only by the riot police needed to fend off protestors.…

Indian president visits “Ancient Republic”

This content was published on May 25, 2005 Accompanied by Interior Minister Pascal Couchepin, Kalam visited the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne on Thursday morning. Swiss officials see increasing economic ties with India, which is currently Switzerland’s eighth largest trade partner in Asia, as a priority goal in years to come. The subcontinent, home to well over a billion people, is projected…

Couchepin chooses slow road to pension reform

This content was published on May 24, 2005 A meeting called this week to discuss how to shore up the scheme was more notable for the lack of participants – two major political parties boycotted the event – than for its achievements. Couchepin made it clear that the two-day event, which wrapped up on Tuesday, was never intended to be a decisive moment…

Power giant warns of coming “energy crunch”

This content was published on May 24, 2005 The firm unveiled proposals at a news conference to invest more than SFr5 billion ($4 billion) in measures including the construction of new gas-fired power plants – and tentative longer-term plans for a new nuclear plant. The announcement comes shortly after the head of the federal energy office, Walter Steinmann, said he favoured building gas-fired…

Government learns from heatwave mistakes

This content was published on May 24, 2005 To ensure that there is no repeat, the government has issued guidelines on coping with extreme heat. The advice is aimed mainly at the elderly. On Tuesday officials released a study showing that the number of deaths between June and August 2003 was seven per cent higher than normal. Initially the authorities believed 300 people…

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