<p>Swiss biotechnology group Actelion said Wednesday that it would appeal against $547 million in damages awarded by a California court to Japanese company Asahi Kasei Pharma.</p>
<p>Switzerland is considering abandoning nuclear power, President Micheline Calmy-Rey said Monday following talks with her Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer in Vienna.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland says the Alpine country’s checks on food imports are over-the-top.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A letter bomb has exploded at the offices of the Swiss nuclear energy association, injuring two people, police have said.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small; white-space: pre;">Owners of sushi bars in Zürich have told worried customers that their food is not sourced in Japan, amid fears that they may be put of </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Swiss defence minister Ueli Maurer has said he sees no reason to reassess Switzerland's attitude to nuclear power following the Fukushima crisis.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">Watchmakers gave upbeat forecasts for 2011 at the industry's largest fair on Wednesday, although the Japan earthquake and instability in the Middle East cast a shadow.<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Two Swiss border regions on Tuesday urged</span> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">France to shut down its Fessenheim nuclear plant, saying that it required</span> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">intensive checks following Japan's crisis.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">Reinsurance giant Swiss Re estimated on Monday that Japan's earthquake and tsunami have cost it some $1.2 billion, but said this figure could be revised upwards.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; border-collapse: collapse;">Swiss authorities said Sunday their embassy in Tokyo will temporarily move to Osaka amid fears that wind changes could carry more radioactive particles from Japan's stricken nuclear plant to the capital.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">Switzerland on Monday suspended plans to replace its ageing nuclear power plants amid fears of a nuclear disaster in Japan, stressing that safety was an aboslute priority.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">Reinsurance giant Swiss Re said Monday that damage to Japan's nuclear facilities in last week's devastating earthquake is unlikely have a significant impact on the property and casualty insurers.</span></p>
