http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 22:15:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44009/swiss-legalize-heroin-injections.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSwiss voters overwhelmingly approved a safe-injection program for heroin addicts today, BBC reports. The referendum, backed by 68% of voters, makes permanent a 14-year-old Swiss program that allows doctors to shoot up heroin users while attending to their medical and mental health needs. Switzerland will be the first nation to make such a program official policy.http://www.newser.com/story/44009/swiss-legalize-heroin-injections.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 30 Nov 2008 12:24:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40625/watchmakers-anti-fakery-technique-is-so-money.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA Swiss watchmaker has broken new ground in the effort to fight fakery, Portfolio reports, using techniques designed to foil currency counterfeiters on a new line of timepieces that run to $50,000. Vacheron Constantin uses laser engraving on tiny components, and coats dials with transparent film printed with tiny characters. “You have to secure a person's investment,” the firm’s CEO says.http://www.newser.com/story/40625/watchmakers-anti-fakery-technique-is-so-money.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 24 Oct 2008 15:50:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40111/swiss-offer-ubs-60b-bailout.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSwitzerland became the latest nation to shore up struggling banks, reports the Telegraph , as it bailed out UBS to the tune of $60 billion today. The Swiss central bank will offer UBS a capital injection of $6 billion in exchange for 9% of the company, and it will allow UBS to offload billions in illiquid assets into a specially created fund. Another top Swiss bank, Credit Suisse, also received a lifeline after raising $10 billion from Mideast investors.http://www.newser.com/story/40111/swiss-offer-ubs-60b-bailout.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 16 Oct 2008 6:39:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39595/sensitive-swiss-ban-plant-humiliation.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSwiss scientists eager to carry out genetic experiments on plants can’t be rash—they must first consider the how their actions make that tulip feel. Government-backed ethicists studied the effects of such experimentation on plants’ dignity; they found that it was wrong to hurt plants for no reason, or to genetically render them sterile, the Wall Street Journal reports. The finding sparked new rules, based on a constitutional amendment.http://www.newser.com/story/39595/sensitive-swiss-ban-plant-humiliation.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 10 Oct 2008 6:01:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38862/fraud-case-breaches-venerable-swiss-secrecy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSwiss authorities are cooperating with an American investigation into a tax fraud scandal, dealing a major blow to the nation's tradition of banking secrecy. Swiss bank UBS is alleged to have helped up to 20,000 American clients evade taxes by stashing their fortunes—collectively worth $20 billion—in undeclared accounts. Now, after initial resistance, Switzerland has agreed to hand over confidential data to the Justice Department, reports the New York Times .http://www.newser.com/story/38862/fraud-case-breaches-venerable-swiss-secrecy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 01 Oct 2008 5:24:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36754/alps-artifacts-offer-clues-to-climate-change.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA melting glacier in the Swiss Alps has revealed hundreds of ancient artifacts, providing valuable information about both history and climate change through the ages, AFP reports. The area was walkable only during warm periods when the glacier receded. “The site itself is the most important find because we have this correlation between climate change and archaeological objects,” says a researcher.http://www.newser.com/story/36754/alps-artifacts-offer-clues-to-climate-change.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 06 Sep 2008 9:08:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36011/swiss-pardon-europes-last-executed-witch.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIt's 226 years too late to restore her head to her body but the Swiss have decided to restore the good name of convicted witch Anna Goeldi, the Independent reports. Goeldi, the last person in Europe to be executed for witchcraft, was tortured and killed after being accused of casting spells to make a young girl convulse and spit pins.http://www.newser.com/story/36011/swiss-pardon-europes-last-executed-witch.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 28 Aug 2008 0:50:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29285/art-basel-brisk-sales-but-no-frenzy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultArt Basel, the world's most prestigious (and most expensive) art fair, opened Tuesday in Switzerland amid grumbles that works for sale were of middling quality and overpriced. "Now there are just too many art fairs," said a director of PaceWildenstein, one of New York's biggest galleries. As the New York Times writes, this year's Art Basel is loaded with well-known names at the expense of new discoveries.http://www.newser.com/story/29285/art-basel-brisk-sales-but-no-frenzy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 05 Jun 2008 5:11:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25511/credit-suisse-posts-21b-loss.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCredit Suisse has announced it lost a mammoth $2.1 billion in the first quarter, reports the Financial Times. The Swiss banking group, which until recently appeared to have escaped the worst of the credit crunch, continued to post strong earnings from its private banking sector—but that wasn't enough to outweigh writedowns of $5.2 billion.http://www.newser.com/story/25511/credit-suisse-posts-21b-loss.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 24 Apr 2008 3:55:29 CDT