Gold

• Putting a shine on your portfolio: the turbulent stock and currency markets have confirmed it's never too late to invest in gold. Most see this precious metal as a favourable component of any long-term investment portfolio, as well as a relatively safe haven--partly because it doesn't rely on an issuer's promise to pay. But gold isn't the only metal in demand among investors.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Evidence of mankind's mastery of gold dates back as far as 4,000 BC in Central Europe. Archaeologists presume that the gold w...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2011, Janvier 2011

• Swiss win gold in China.

A team of six architecture students from the ETH Zurich have won the international urban planning competition 'Vertical Cities Asia', hosted by the Ch...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2011, Janvier 2011

• Konzession für Radio Sunshine Gold (Konzession Radio Sunshine Gold)

• Bundesblatt num. 24, 20 juin 2000
• Seccion Unica

• Simon Ammann: soaring into the history books: Switzerland's Simon Ammann set ski jumping records and earned his place in his sport's history, after winning a further set of Olympic gold medals at the Vancouver games in February--doubling his overall Olympics gold tally. Swiss News talks to the champion as he prepares for the new winter season.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Einsiedeln is located southeast of Zurich and serves as the training camp for the Swiss national ski jumping team. The view f...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2010, Février 2010

• A golden opportunity? Switzerland's love affair with gold shows little sign of abating. The metal's rapid price increase in 2009 encouraged Swiss finance to develop new physical gold products, creating a bandwagon of investment opportunities. Gold is the obvious safe haven during tough economic times, but financial advisers recommend maintaining a diversified range of investment classes.

In December gold prices hit a new all-time high of US$1226 a troy ounce (around 31 grams) and the climb looks set to continue, according to market ana...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2010, Février 2010

• Concessione a Radio Sunshine Gold (Concessione Radio Sunshine Gold)

• Foglio Federale num. 24, 20 juin 2000
• Seccion Unica

• Commanding map.

... message exchange formats such as the OTHT-Gold or AdatP-3) to map-based information. The use of s...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 3, Juin 2011

• Swiss gold rush.

The World Gold panning Championships were held for the first time in Switzerland this August. When it comes to Switzerland's gold reserves, it is th...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2003, Juin 2003

• Playing It by Ear

Culturally something happens, you know," she continues. "I didn't live in Iceland during my formative years, but I've had access to so many nationalities I find myself at home everywhere. The familiarity of the American culture is quite clear though - I know how it works and what I need to do. I'm the most efficient here. "But my Mom was my model and she practiced, and my sister pushed me. In fact we played these... games until we were teenagers, where she'd ask me how long I'd practiced and if I said '15 minutes' she'd say 'Well, I practiced for an hour!' and so on." Today [Judith Ingolfsson] has a flourishing worldwide career. In 1998 she won the Gold Medal at the prestigious International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, and she has performed at the La Jolla Chamber Music Societ...

• Nordic Reach
• Vol. 19 Num. 19, Novembre 2006
• Culture Shock

• Concession octroyée à Radio Sunshine Gold

• Feuille Fédérale num. 24, 20 juin 2000
• Seccion Unica