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• Reading the fine print: since 2001, the market for structured investment products grew rapidly as investors lost faith in equities. Now, these so-called 'safe' retail investment products are fighting to salvage a reputation dented by financial chaos and customer losses. Below, we examine a variety of investment options currently available.

These structured investment products, or derivatives, with reassuring elements in their names like 'discount' and 'guarantee', allow investors to gain...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2009, Janvier 2009

• Top dogs: since 1887, when mountain dogs long associated with the Grand-Saint-Bernard Hospice in Valais became an official breed, the St. Bernard has been the Swiss National Dog. Swiss News journeys to Martigny for a little one-on-one time with these iconic pooches.

"St. Bernards are no longer used as mountain rescue dogs," says Nathalie Vouilloz, leading a visitor around the Music et Chiens du Saint-Bernard in Ma...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2011, Janvier 2011

• Biofuels and Wto Disciplines

Given the sharp rise in crude oil prices and growing awareness of climate change, the potential of biofuels, particularly of bioethanol, has become an ubiquitous topic of public debate and has induced ambitious policy initiatives. The latter are mostly paired with protectionist measures as the examples of the European Union and the United States show, where domestic producers of energy crops are put at an advantage thanks to subsidisation, direct payments and/or favourable tax schemes. Moreover, the EU is working out a mandatory certification scheme for ethanol imports, imposing social and environmental standards which constitute another hurdle for more efficiently produced ethanol originating in the Southern hemisphere. A similar path is taken by Switzerland's revised mineral oil tax l...

...2006). These have a combined capacity of 18.2 bio. litres annua...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 63 Num. 1, Mars 2008

• FIFA: the controversy continues: in December, FIFA's governing body surprised football fans when they looked to the east, awarding the 2018 & 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, respectively. Though FIFA executives hoped these votes would be well received, they were instead met with confusion, disappointment, and even derision from more than one quarter.

FIFA's decision to award Russia the honour of hosting the 2018 World Cup, and its even more surprising choice of Qatar for 2022, has shown that footba...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2011, Janvier 2011

• MBAs for the modern age: in today's tough economic conditions, the survival and success of many businesses depend on their embracing technology and getting creative. Likewise, if the next generation of managers are to face the challenge of business in the 21st century, they require IVIBA programmes that reflect these values.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Businesses worldwide felt the pain of the global economic slump. Some folded altogether, but even among the survivors, many c...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2011, Janvier 2011

• Eco-nomic investments: as soon as climate change began gaining recognition as the main challenge facing humanity, it was unexpectedly overshadowed by turmoil in the global economy. Now we face two huge hurdles. Could greener investing offer a ray of hope for both these problems?

Earlier this year, Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) stated that the renewable power industry could support 8.5 million jobs...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2011, Janvier 2011

• The modern armoured car: the asymmetric threat has spurred the demand for 4 x 4 light armoured vehicles capable of carrying from two to six persons far use by combat, combat support and combat service support units. Often these vehicles replace unarmoured light utility vehicles.

Two approaches have been adopted to meet the new demand: armouring existing vehicles and developing purpose-built armoured vehicles. The first solutio...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 4, Août 2008

• Photo-book fun on cold days: with digital photography, there are more possibilities than ever for showing off and sharing your photos. So, gather up your holiday snaps, follow these tips and get started on your own unique photo book.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Creating a great personal photo album is easy! Gone are the shoeboxes jam-packed with prints, or binders of plastic sleeves. ...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2011, Janvier 2011

• Engineering ingenuity: the Swiss have many admirable qualities, one of which is their talent for ingenious design and craftsmanship. You just have to look around you to see examples of these remarkable--and sometimes groundbreaking--feats of engineering.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When discussing typically Swiss characteristics, words like "creative" and "inventive" don't spring to mind with the same fre...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2011, Janvier 2011

• Minds reading Swiss style! In these difficult times, many of us are forced to find creative ways of filling the growing financial black holes. For one Swiss resident, overcoming this troubling situation is all in the mind ...

As an impoverished writer for Swiss News, I need other sources of income to keep the wolves from the door. Speaking of wolves (bears, lynx, and some b...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2010, Février 2010