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Life for Lindt & Sprüngli is not so sweet

This content was published on Jan 19, 2010 In times of crisis demand turns more to cheaper brands of large discounters, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Lindt, which traces its origins to a Zurich confectionery shop in the 1840s, had previously tapped the growing appetite for premium and dark chocolates and benefited for several years from increased consumer spending on…

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Appeals for ex-UBS banker gather pace

This content was published on Jan 18, 2010 Birkenfeld blew the whistle on illegal practices by UBS, in which the bank helped Americans avoid paying taxes, but was himself sentenced after pleading guilty in 2008 to conspiring to defraud the US by helping a billionaire hide $200 million (SFr205.3 million) from tax authorities. He cooperated with investigators seeking to find other wealthy Americans…

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Chile repatriates tribal remains from Zurich

This content was published on Jan 18, 2010 The five Kawésqar from southern Chile were honoured at a ceremony in Chile on January 13 after their remains were flown back home. Documentary filmmakers found their bones at Zurich University in 2008. The story dates back to 1881 when 11 natives were kidnapped in Tierra del Fuego by German businessman Carl Hagenbeck, who took…

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Exhibition for Haiti plays to packed stadium

This content was published on Jan 17, 2010 Federer, in Melbourne for the Australian Open which starts on Monday, proposed the idea to the organisers and fellow competitors on Saturday morning. He brought together another seven players, including Rafael Nadal. Team Federer was made up of Serena Williams, Samantha Stosur and Lleyton Hewitt, while Team Nadal consisted of Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, and…

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Ammann widens World Cup lead

This content was published on Jan 17, 2010 Amman, who came fifth in the first jump, is now 143 points ahead of Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria, who did not compete in Japan. The overall World Cup is one of Ammann’s career goals. Last year he came second to Schlierenzauer. No Swiss has ever won the overall cup in the 30 years of the…

Federer aims to go fourth Down Under

This content was published on Jan 17, 2010 The top-seeded Wizard of Oz on Tuesday faces 26-year-old Russian Igor Andreev – ranked a challenging 36 in the world – and will be hoping to make his 22nd grand slam final on January 31. That could be a chance for revenge against Spanish nemesis Rafael Nadal, who last year reduced the 28-year-old Swiss to…

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Libya trial postponed again

This content was published on Jan 16, 2010 Max Göldi, who represented the engineering giant ABB in Libya, decided not to leave the Swiss embassy, where he has been living for several months, to present himself in court. The lawyer, Salah Zahaf, said that decision had prompted the judge to postpone the trial, originally scheduled for January 2. Although the court had provided…

Janka thrills at Lauberhorn

This content was published on Jan 16, 2010 He came in 0.66 seconds ahead of Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada; Marco Büchel of Liechtenstein was third, 0.82 seconds behind. Janka, who came second in Friday’s super-combined, is now back at the top of the overall World Cup rankings, replacing Benjamin Raich of Austria. But there was disappointment for Switzerland’s other two main podium hopes.…

Federer plays for Haiti

This content was published on Jan 16, 2010 The tournament will take place in Melbourne on Sunday, on the eve of the Australian Open. “I thought we could do something to help Haiti after the tragic earthquake. So I spoke to other top-ranking players, and they all agreed that we could put together an event,” he explained. “We shall play doubles or mixed…

Two Didiers carry Swiss hopes at historic race

This content was published on Jan 15, 2010 None is more important to the two Didiers than Switzerland’s signature sports event: the Lauberhorn downhill at Wengen on Saturday. Défago will defend his title down the historic two-and-a-half-minute run beneath the Eiger and Jungfrau mountains, the longest race on the World Cup circuit. Cuche, a two-time World Cup downhill champion who leads this season’s…

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