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Barry Callebaut expands its gourmet position

This content was published on Feb 17, 2003 The Zurich-based company announced on Monday it had acquired the Dutch-Belgian Luijckx group for an undisclosed price. In a statement, Barry Callebaut said Luijckx had sales last year of more than €33 million (SFr48.6 million) and was the world leader in sophisticated chocolate decorations for professional users. Luijckx has a staff of 240. Luijckx will…

US students in Switzerland call for peace

This content was published on Feb 16, 2003 swissinfo gauged the mood of a group of American teenagers at an international school in the alpine resort of Leysin. The result was surprising considering a previous poll carried out by swissinfo (see related item), which found that Americans working in Switzerland were divided along party lines over Washington’s policy on Iraq. Americans represent the…

Brainwave technology offers new hope for disabled

This content was published on Feb 15, 2003 Researchers in Switzerland are developing cutting-edge technology that uses human brainwaves to tell computers what to do. Last autumn, scientists at the Dalle Molle Institute for Perceptual Artificial Intelligence (Idiap) in canton Valais began experimenting with ways of harnessing brainwaves via electrodes to send simple commands to a computer. According to director Jean-Albert Ferrez, the…

Swissair chiefs “ignored warnings” of collapse

This content was published on Feb 12, 2003 The report was leaked to the “Tages Anzeiger” newspaper as creditors learned they would receive only a fraction of the SFr22.7 billion they claim they are owed. The Ernst & Young report was due to be issued on Wednesday to Swissair creditors, who were told on the same day that they would receive just SFr472…

“King” of Stonehenge may have been Swiss

This content was published on Feb 11, 2003 Archaeologists say that the remains of a wealthy archer – dubbed the King of Stonehenge – found near the site were from the Alps region. Tony Trueman, a Wessex Archaeology spokesman, said tests on the chemical components of the archer’s tooth enamel confirmed that he had come from an area which is most probably modern-day…

Rock falls call tunnel safety into question

This content was published on Feb 11, 2003 The nationwide investigation follows two recent incidents when falling rocks blocked main roads, closing them to traffic for days. Although no one was injured, the fact that the protection tunnels and open-sided tunnels – known as galleries – failed to do their job has raised safety fears. Tunnels are an important feature of the mountainous…

Clariant posts 2002 loss

This content was published on Feb 11, 2003 In a statement on Tuesday, Clariant said it had run up losses of SFr648 million ($476 million) in 2002, following losses of SFr1.2 billion in 2001. The firm, based in Muttenz near Basel, said turnover for 2002 was also down 3.3 per cent at SFr9.33 billion. Clariant said the 2002 losses resulted from the company…

Swiss take stock of oil needs as war looms

This content was published on Feb 11, 2003 But the chairman of the Central Bank, Jean-Pierre Roth, warned on Tuesday that war could push up the value of the franc, leading to a risk of deflation. Speaking in Geneva, Roth said the Swiss “currency could come under pressure in the case of large geopolitical instability” caused by a war in Iraq. He added…

Start-up bridges Internet and home entertainment

This content was published on Feb 11, 2003 Its chips enable streaming media and MP3 files, normally limited to the PC and its tinny-sounding speakers, to play on newer, high-quality audio and video systems. The two-year-old start-up company demonstrated a handful of products that are based on its chips at the Consumer Electronics Show – a major industry event – in California last…

Switzerland fails on children’s rights

This content was published on Feb 10, 2003 Children want more of a say at school and within the local community. While 48 per cent of children questioned felt they had a say in family matters, only 39 per cent thought their views mattered at school and just seven per cent at the community level. Reinhard Fatke, an education specialist at the University…

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