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Rail traffic to Italy crippled by fatal accident

This content was published on Feb 22, 2002 Swiss Railways spokesman Ruedi Estermann said the track between Como in Italy and Chiasso in Switzerland would remain closed for several days. Travellers are being offered an alternative bus service linking Como and Mendrisio in Switzerland. A key alternative route, between Bellinzona and Luino in Italy, has also been closed, following a rockslide on the…

High costs drive Swiss away from buying own homes

This content was published on Feb 21, 2002 Real estate analysts at Switzerland’s largest bank, Credit Suisse, said they were “surprised” by a dip in building applications for single- and multi-family dwellings. The Swiss typically tend to rent rather than buy property, but low interest rates in the mid-1990s made investing in real estate an attractive option. However, homeownership has been dropping off…

Swiss shy away from buying own homes

This content was published on Feb 21, 2002 Real estate analysts at Switzerland’s largest bank, Credit Suisse, said they were “surprised” by a dip in building applications for single-family dwellings. The Swiss typically tend to rent rather than buy property, but low interest rates in the mid-1990s made investing in real estate an attractive option. However, homeownership has been dropping off recently. The…

ABB chiefs ready to return some cash

This content was published on Feb 21, 2002 A source at the Swiss-Swedish group told the British news agency Reuters that both Percy Barnevik and Goran Lindhal were ready pay back some of their money in a bid to defuse a public scandal. “Both gentleman have called to express their willingness to find a compromise,” the source explained. The supervisory board of ABB…

Insurance giants plan special cover for terror attacks

This content was published on Feb 21, 2002 German insurer Allianz along with its Swiss counterparts said on Thursday that they were in talks to set up a company to take on the risks, which insurers have refused to accept since the attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center. But the three companies repeated their calls for state involvement in providing cover for…

Xstrata details Glencore coal deal

This content was published on Feb 21, 2002 The company’s results, released on Thursday, showed net profit slump to $11.3 million (SFr19.2 million) last year from $170 million in 2000. The Swiss-based company also released details on Thursday of its planned purchase of Australian and South African coal businesses from its majority owner Glencore International for cash and stock in a deal worth…

SIG strengthens its position in Britain

This content was published on Feb 21, 2002 SIG, which already controls a 30 per cent stake in Rexam Combibloc, announced on Thursday the acquisition of the entire shareholding of the beverage carton maker. The group said in a statement that the take-over is in line with an on-going strategy to develop its British-based unit, SIG Combibloc. SIG Combibloc has been active in…

Swiss back global aviation safety plan

This content was published on Feb 21, 2002 At a two-day conference in Montreal, aviation ministers from 187 nations approved a mandatory global audit of airport and aircraft security, to be carried out by the United Nations’s International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Switzerland and the other member states also endorsed proposals to tighten security, including the strengthening of cockpit doors and the screening…

Swisscom seeks growth abroad, plays safe with cash

This content was published on Feb 20, 2002 After failing to find something worth buying so far, the former state monopoly is using its huge cash surplus to buy back ten per cent of its share capital and return up to SFr 4.3 billion ($2.55 billion) to investors. But chief executive, Jens Alder, says the company is still on the lookout for foreign…

swiss introduces airline to America

This content was published on Feb 20, 2002 During a meeting with American media representatives on Tuesday night “swiss” chief executive, André Dosé, said the new airline was financially secure as it had a backing of SFr2.7 billion ($1.6 billion). In October, last year, both industry and government decided to pump SFr4.24 billion ($2.57 billion) into setting up a new national airline after…

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