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Registered Rep. November 12, 2008 John Churchill |
UBS Executive Indicted, Faces Up To Five-Years Jail Time The U.S. Government's investigation of cross-border business by UBS has resulted in an indictment of Raoul Weil, Chairman and CEO of UBS Global Wealth Management and Business Banking. |
Scientific American September 2008 Lizzie Buchen |
Swiss Primate Legislation Could End Some Brain Research Neuroscientists in Switzerland might soon be unable to conduct basic research on rhesus macaques. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2008 Sally Adee |
CERN to Start Up the Large Hadron Collider. Now Here's How It Plans to Stop It How the LHC stops a proton beam that can melt a half ton of copper |
Lucire June 27, 2008 Elyse Glickman |
Basel dazzle Though best known as an international meeting place for business executives, there is a fun to be had and elegance to be savored in this sophisticated "border town." |
Chemistry World February 2008 Yfke Hager |
A Town Called Science An ambitious project in Switzerland aims to create the world's first fully integrated science city. |
Geotimes September 2004 Jay Chapman |
Warming up to Rock Falls Last summer climbers became stranded on the slopes of the Matterhorn when the mountain literally began to crumble under their feet. Now, researchers are blaming record-breaking summer temperatures in 2003 for the destabilization of the Alps. |
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 David Fairlamb |
Switzerland: In The EU's Tentacles? There is a creeping, semi-hostile takeover of Switzerland by the European Union occuring. More and more, Brussels is the boss, even forcing its rules on Zurich's banks. |
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 |
A New Turn In Switzerland? After years of trying, right-wing politician Christoph Blocher won a seat on Dec. 10 on Switzerland's seven-member Federal Council, which administers government. The question is whether Blocher, a billionaire businessman, will tone down his fiery populism now that he has joined the political Establishment. |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Jack Ewing |
Switzerland: A Hard-Right Kick In The Pants With a toehold in government, expect Christoph Blocher to shake up Switzerland. |
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 |
A Turn To The Right In Switzerland The hard right's victory in Swiss elections on Oct. 19 is likely to spell the end of Switzerland's consensus politics and to complicate the country's relations with the European Union. |
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