swisster - euro 2008.

posted on June 4, 2008 at 5:33 pm.

This article appeared on Swisster on 4 June, 2008.

Traditional rivals Austria, Switzerland united for Euro 2008

Tom Armitage – Zurich and Vienna

The jokes are legion and the rivalry runs back for hundreds of years: Switzerland and Austria have, however, put their differences behind them for the Euro 2008 championships that they will host between them over the next three weeks. Just how similar are these two Alpine nations?
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swisster - transfer.

posted on at 2:10 pm.

This article first appeared on Swisster on June 4, 2008

Zurich’s ETH accelerates technology transfer

Tom Armitage - Zurich

Bringing the products of scientific research to the market can be a difficult job but the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology’s (ETH) Transfer programme is proving that it can be done successfully. The number of spin-offs emerging from the Zurich-based university’s labs is increasing steadily.
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swisster - mobility.

posted on June 3, 2008 at 10:04 am.

This article first appeared on Swisster on June 3, 2008

Mobility targets more companies, students and expats

Tom Armitage - Zurich

If anything defines the Zeitgeist, then car-sharing might be it: concerns about CO2 emissions, surging petrol prices and a trend towards downsizing among motorists is driving user figures higher at pioneering Swiss car-sharing cooperative Mobility. Small and medium-sized businesses and students are increasingly seeing the green benefits of the bright red pool cars.
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