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Swiss author ladles up genetically modified recipes

This content was published on Aug 14, 2001 Author Beda Stadler, deputy head of the immunology Department at Bern’s university hospital, and an energetic champion of genetically modified, (GM) foods, tells swissinfo that some 3,500 copies of his book are now available online. The modified foods are “safer, tastier and more ecological” than their organic counterparts, he says, and his book aims to…

Search called off for missing Swiss swimmer

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 The 37-year-old athlete, who was Liechtenstein’s national triathlon coach, was only 1.5 kilometres short of the French coast when his escort boat, whose crew included his father, lost sight of him in three-metre high waves. The French authorities immediately launched a search and rescue operation, but this was called off on Monday morning after finding…

CERN joins forces with IBM to build successor to the Web

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 CERN has been at the forefront of the computer revolution since the early 1990s when a team, led by Tim Berners-Lee, came up with the idea of the Web, making the Internet available to a wider public. The impetus for DataGrid is the CERN’s Large Hadron Collider – a huge new particle accelerator, which is…

Neuchatel faces further jobs gloom

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 Metalor, which specialises in precious metals, said it had taken the decision partly because it had changed its pension fund, but it also blamed the economic slowdown. A spokesman said the 61 people affected would probably take early retirement. The new pension accord allows employees to retire at 57. The workers concerned are employed at…

Bluewin considers porn services in bid to boost revenues

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 The plan has already raised eyebrows, not least because the government is still the majority shareholder in the former state-owned monopoly. Bluewin believes supplying web surfers with erotic content will be good for business. “We are considering launching an erotic portal because of the strong demand for this kind of content,” spokeswoman, Melanie Schnieder, told…

Novartis unit faces legal action over cartel claims

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 The controversy centres on the development of generic drug treatments in the US. It’s alleged that Geneva Pharmaceuticals stifled competition in the drugs industry by failing to develop a generic treatment for high blood pressure. Geneva Pharmaceuticals was the first company given approval by the US authorities to copy Hytrin, which generates annual sales of…

ABB wins Algerian order

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 The new station will increase the capacity of the gas pipeline between Algeria and Europe from 8 to 11 cubic metres. The compressor station will serve the 1400-kilometre pipeline that runs from Algeria to Europe through Gibraltar. The joint venture set up by ABB and Sonatrach will construct the station. Sonatrach also hired ABB to…

Marking glacial change on Grindelwald’s trail

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 Climbing the trail to the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, Hans-Peter Holzhauser, a leading glaciologist from the University of Zurich, notes the alarming rate at which the Grindelwald is retreating. For the layman venturing along the trail on a hot summer day, the deep gorge and high moraine walls carved out by the glacier confirm headlines that…

Driving through Switzerland on rails – sweaty but successful

This content was published on Aug 12, 2001 Hupac, a Swiss company sub-contracted by the Swiss federal railways, operates the scheme between Freiburg, 40 kilometres north of the Swiss border in Basel, and Novara, in Italy, 410 kilometres to the south. Five trains a day carry a maximum of 170 lorries across Switzerland in both directions. “The good thing is that the wares…

4M Technologies at an all-time low

This content was published on Aug 10, 2001 The company, based at Yverdon in canton Vaud, had asked for the suspension because long negotiations with the banks and the search for new investors to secure financing had not succeeded. In a statement on Friday, the company said that its board of directors would meet again on Monday to decide on “appropriate measures”. A…

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