ZURICH (Reuters) - A small aeroplane has crashed in the southern Swiss canton of Valais, killing several people, local news agency ATS reported on Wednesday, citing local police. The cantonal police confirmed that a small plane...
ZURICH (AFP) - Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse returned to the black for the second quarter, posting on Thursday a net profit of 1.215 billion Swiss francs (736.7 million euros) and & quot;immaterial & quot; asset writedowns.
ZURICH (MarketWatch) -- ABB Ltd. Thursday reported a 34% increase in second-quarter net profit on buoyant demand for power transmission and automation equipment, and gave a more upbeat growth outlook. The Zurich-based...
ZURICH, July 24 (Reuters) - Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta posted a better-than-expected 25 percent rise in first-half net profit and raised its guidance for 2008 and 2009, citing buoyant agricultural markets...
Wednesday July 23, 1:35 pm ET ZURICH, Switzerland, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- AFIAA, a Zurich-based foundation investing in international real estate, has added another US asset to its global portfolio with the acquisition of the...
Posted 30 min ago by Bob Ewing in Food | 37 views Consumers have largely grown to accept nanotechnology in nutrition for packaging and, to a lesser extent, even the food itself. A study from ETH Zurich’s Institute for...
YT: A gold/nickel microrobot of 300x300x70 micrometer (10^-6 m) dashing through a maze of photoresist walls. The robot is controlled by visual servoing, i.e. the user clicks a spot and the computer steers it there. The robot...
PARIS, 7 January 2008 - The new Relais & Châteaux 2008 Guide will be presented to the press in Brussels (8 January), Zurich (14 January), Geneva (15 January), Vienna (16 January), Lisbon (17 January), Milan (21 January) and...
ZURICH, July 23 (Reuters) - By Andrew Thompson ZURICH, July 23 (Reuters) - Swiss drugs industry supplier Lonza reported a better-than-forecast 83 percent rise in first-half net profit on Wednesday, boosted by a one-off gain,...