Nov 19th, 2008 · From the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado, a gifted flutist embraces a Swiss ballade, a 16-year-old violinist tosses off a devilish sonata and a 14-year-old pianist tackles Liszt's Mephisto Waltz.
Nov 13th, 2008 · Renee Montagne has business news.
Aug 27th, 2008 · A study in Nature shows that egalitarianism begins to appear in most kids between ages 3 and 8. Scientists who studied 229 Swiss children found that at age 3, 9 percent were willing to share candy with another person. But by age 8, about 45 percent did.
Jul 21st, 2008 · Deborah Amos has this morning's business news.
Jul 18th, 2008 · Illegal tax shelters cost the U.S. government an estimated $100 billion a year. That's according to a Senate subcommittee that has been investigating the matter. Representatives of the Swiss bank UBS told lawmakers Thursday that they have taken steps to prevent illegal activity.
Jul 15th, 2008 · A Swiss entrepreneur plans to harvest sturgeon caviar in the middle of the Swiss Alps. After the Swiss built the world's longest land tunnel, warm water seeping through the rocks had to be collected and artificially cooled. But Samuel Moser is now cooling that water naturally at his sturgeon farm. He hopes to produce two to three million tons of caviar in the next five years.
Jul 2nd, 2008 · Switzerland's health care system could be the perfect political compromise for the U.S. Those who can afford to buy insurance are required by law. For those who can't, the government provides subsidies. Swiss citizens, like Cecile Crettol-Rappaz, say they wouldn't trade it for any other system.
Jul 1st, 2008 · Co-host Renee Montagne has this morning's business news.