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...four paintings stolen at gunpoint earlier this month from a Zurich museum were found in good condition Monday afternoon, the police reported on Tuesday. But efforts continue to catch the thieves and find the other two stolen masterpieces...
Part of the charm of Zurich's E.G. Bührle museum is its quiet residential neighborhood, far from the Swiss city's more crime-infested areas. But the off-the-beaten-track location didn't stop three armed thieves from pulling off what Zurich police called the most "spectacular" theft in Swiss history on Sunday, looting four of the museum's most prized paintings with an estimated value of $160 million...
...hangar outside Zurich, engineers are paring away at the obstacles to a very 21st century challenge: flying a plane around the world powered by nothing but the rays of the sun. If the Solar Impulse project goes to plan, in 2011 a gangly aircraft with the wingspan of an Airbus A380 and the weight of a compact car will attempt to circle the globe in about a month at an average speed of 43 m.p.h. (70 km/h), landing only five times along...
...winter there is skiing an hour's drive away at Unteragerei or Zugerberg. In summer the mountains are carpeted in wildflowers. The lake offers excellent sailing and is surrounded by highly ranked golf courses. Just half an hour away are the world-class opera, symphony and shopping of Zurich and Lucerne...
...companies but also an efficient, business-friendly infrastructure," says Franziska Holzgang, head of Zug's Economic Promotion Board. A company can be launched in Zug with little capital, registration fees are low, and the whole process can be completed within five days. The big banks and international airport of Zurich are only 14 miles to the north. And the work force in Zug is well educated and multilingual: its members hail from 96 countries...