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Nestlé scoops rights to Häagen-Dazs

This content was published on Dec 27, 2001 Nestlé is paying $641 million in cash to Häagen-Dazs’ current owners, General Mills. The Vevey-based firm is able to buy the brand because of a deal it signed in 1999 with Pillsbury to form a 50-50 joint venture combining their ice-cream brands in the US. That deal gave Nestlé an option to buy Pillsbury’s ice-cream…

Zurich airport steps up security at US request

This content was published on Dec 27, 2001 The move is in response to an incident at the weekend, in which a man smuggled explosives on to an American Airlines plane and attempted to detonate them when the aircraft was in flight. Zurich airport announced that, as of Tuesday, all US-bound passengers would have to remove their shoes and have them x-rayed before…

Celebrating New Year on Lake Lucerne

This content was published on Dec 26, 2001 For the third year in a row, the paddle steamer Uri, which normally operates only in summer, has been put into service on Lake Lucerne between Christmas and New Year’s (December 25 to January 2). The oldest working paddle steamer in Switzerland, it is celebrating a centenary of service. Diners can choose between meat or…

Zurich lifestyle keeps expatriates happy

This content was published on Dec 26, 2001 Many have taken a leading place in the Swiss business world and among them is United States-born Anne Shaughnessy, a project manager with Switzerland’s biggest bank, UBS. Born in 1964 and raised in Massachusetts, Shaughnessy studied in the mid-western metropolis of Chicago. After working for a couple of years in Austria, she returned to New…

Waiter, there’s “dal” in my rösti

This content was published on Dec 25, 2001 “I’m seriously thinking about it,” said Jeffery Sandragesan, who opened Switzerland’s first Indian restaurant 20 years ago. “You could have fondue with crushed coriander leaves and with cumin seeds. You can also dip some local vegetables in fondue and we can make a fondue chinois with Indian marinated meat.” “If they make rösti with potatoes,…

Hunt-free Geneva combats wild boar population

This content was published on Dec 24, 2001 “Things have got out of hand,” says Gottlieb Dandliker, Cantonal Inspector for Fauna. The problem of the burgeoning wild boar population is not confined to Geneva, or to Switzerland. For the past 20 years, it has been a Europe-wide phenomenon. But Geneva offers an interesting model for the management of this species. “Just because hunting…

Swissair sells catering units to Compass

This content was published on Dec 24, 2001 Under the deal, announced on Monday, Compass will pay SFr96.8 million in cash for Restorama and Rail Gourmet Holding. The sale will also include parts of Swissair’s Gourmet Nova business, which operates airport restaurants. Restorama provides catering for businesses in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, while Rail Gourmet produces on-board catering for rail passengers throughout Europe.…

Crossair jet skids off runway in Sarajevo

This content was published on Dec 24, 2001 The Avro-RJ85 was arriving from Zurich with 82 passengers and six crew when it slid off the runway at 1625 Central European Time. A Crossair spokesman, Patrick Gendrain, said no one was injured and the passengers and crew were able to leave the aircraft. He said the pilot had applied the brakes but the plane…

Swiss fortunes tied to the euro

This content was published on Dec 24, 2001 The new European single currency was first introduced as a tradable unit on financial markets back in 1999. However, it won’t be until January 1, 2002 that the euro actually becomes legal tender, with notes and coins replacing former national currencies in the 12 participating EU countries. Stefan Hoffman, head of economic research at the…

Tunnel disasters provide new impetus for move to rail

This content was published on Dec 22, 2001 The deadly inferno which erupted in the tunnel two months ago, claiming 11 lives, came just weeks after the European Union approved its White Paper on transport policy. The thrust of its strategy is simple: to move as much freight off the roads and on to the rails as possible. The Gotthard was the third…

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