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Robots jockey for position in camel races

This content was published on Apr 25, 2005 K-team was commissioned to build the robots by the state of Qatar, which earlier this year prohibited children under 16 from being used as jockeys. Team member Alexandre Colot was recently in the capital Doha to assess the performance of a robot called Kamel. He said the trials had been very successful and that the…

Asbestos turns ABB profit into loss

This content was published on Apr 22, 2005 ABB announced on Friday that it had revised its 2004 annual report to show a loss of $35 million (SFr41 million) instead of the previously stated profit of $201 million (SFr238 million). The company said last month that it had clinched a deal to settle all outstanding asbestos-related claims. But it warned that it would…

Institute celebrates 150 years of science

This content was published on Apr 21, 2005 Swiss President Samuel Schmid, who attended the launch, took the opportunity to remind the nation’s scientists of their ethical responsibility and warned them to remain “humble”. Speaking in Zurich on Thursday, Schmid called the institute “perhaps the most pioneering project of 19th century Switzerland.” He also thanked the university’s professors and students for their high…

Tourism industry looks forward to better times

This content was published on Apr 21, 2005 Switzerland Tourism, the national tourist board, is hoping to build on last year’s upswing and expects to attract even more visitors from abroad. Although the number of foreign tourists was up, the number of overnight stays remained virtually unchanged in 2004 – down 0.3 per cent – with fewer Swiss holidaying at home. But this…

Online tsunami test finds large echo

This content was published on Apr 21, 2005 The test, developed by Zurich University and completed by 3,740 people, has found that six out of ten of them ought to seek help. About 15,000 people have visited the special site that contains the questionnaire. The anonymous test has 44 questions and is designed to detect if people are suffering from psychological problems and…

Swiss life is sweetest in Basel suburb

This content was published on Apr 21, 2005 The top 25 towns were all in the German part of the country. The highest-placed city in French-speaking Switzerland was Fribourg (26). Lugano was the top city in Italian-speaking Ticino, at 54. The study was published in Thursday’s edition of the weekly business newspaper Cash. It was compiled by Idheap, the Swiss Graduate School of…

Insurers find drug prices hard to swallow

This content was published on Apr 20, 2005 According to a study carried out for the insurers’ association, Santésuisse, such a measure could cut SFr600 million ($507.3 million) from the nation’s healthcare bill each year. The insurers add that the knock-on effect would be a reduction in the cost of insurance premiums. “We could reduce the average premium by three per cent,” said…

Raiffeisen banks make record profit

This content was published on Apr 20, 2005 Raiffeisen said on Wednesday that it had managed to consolidate its position on the market despite the harsher economic climate. The group said it was the first time ever that its consolidated result, which is up 11.6 per cent on 2003, had surpassed the half a billion franc mark. It added that the figures confirmed…

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Swiss farmers cry over cheap milk

This content was published on Apr 20, 2005 They are not prepared to accept the 2.7 centimes ($0.02) drop in the price of milk announced by Emmi, which for them would equal a ten per cent salary reduction. At the peaceful protest on Wednesday morning, farmers from all over Switzerland made it clear that they would not just sit back and let Emmi…

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