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This content was published on Dec 3, 2000 Until then a mood of uncertainty is likely prevail over the equity and currency markets. If the Swiss National Bank fails to increase interest rates on Friday, the franc will continue to languish against the US dollar. The markets will also be focusing in the auction of four third-generation UMTS mobile telecommunications licences. The auction…

The week in business

This content was published on Dec 2, 2000 On Monday the Swiss Bankers’ Association named Urs Roth, currently head of legal affairs at Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS, as its new chief executive. The 53-year old lawyer will replace Niklaus Blattner, who was recently elected to the board of the Swiss National Bank. Roth’s appointment came as something of a surprise as the Swiss…

Air fares to rise at Swiss airlines

This content was published on Dec 1, 2000 The company said in a statement on Friday that the increase would affect the upper segment of the fares on international flights, and was agreed to by all scheduled airlines, during an International Air Transport Association (IATA) fare conference held in Geneva in November. Swisscargo, the air cargo unit of the SAirGroup, raised its prices…

Crossair chief wins award

This content was published on Dec 1, 2000 Suter was awarded the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at a ceremony in London on Thursday for his work in the regional airline industry. The magazine said he was chosen for the award by its readers because he constantly set high standards, both for Crossair and the airline industry in general. Suter has already been elected as…

UBS sells property unit to foreign buyer

This content was published on Dec 1, 2000 The buyer is the investment fund, Whitehall, which is owned by the United States broker, Goldman Sachs. No financial details were released, but UBS said it would lighten its balance and free up capital, as it acquires US-based broker, Paine Webber, in a cash and share deal worth $11.8 billion. Founded in 1999 with its…

Zellweger sets up e-market place

This content was published on Dec 1, 2000 The platform is being created together with Ariba, a US-based developer of business-to-business (B2B) platforms. Also taking a stake in the new B2B platform is Switzerland’s Gherzi Textil and Germany’s Intex Consulting. The new Internet based marketplace, known as “Textilio.com”, will be the first fully integrated on-line trading market for the global textile industry. Zellweger…

Swiss firm to recycle Senegalese rubbish

This content was published on Dec 1, 2000 The Alcyon group, based in canton Vaud, won the contract to produce fertiliser and compost from some 390,000 tonnes of household waste collected annually in Dakar. “A provisional contract has been signed between the Swiss company and Senegal to make use of rubbish collected in the capital,” said an official at the West African country’s…

UMTS auction to go ahead on Wednesday

This content was published on Dec 1, 2000 With just four companies bidding for the four licences, the auction is unlikely to yield anything close to the billions of francs in revenue that the federal government was hoping for. The Federal Communications Commission announced on Thursday that the opening bids would remain at a set minimum of SFr50 million ($29 million) per licence.…

Rising energy costs prompt revision of inflation calculation

This content was published on Nov 30, 2000 Revisions to the way the Swiss consumer price index is calculated resulted in a headline inflation rate for November of just 1.9 per cent year-on-year, according to the Federal Statistics Office on Thursday. Compared with October, consumer prices were up 0.5 per cent in November. The year-on-year increase was less than the 2.5 to 3.0…

Novartis to out-source key functions

This content was published on Nov 30, 2000 From January, the Swiss firm, Johnson Controls, and Valorac – a subsidiary of the French company, Vivendi – will take over the running of Novartis’ infrastructure. Johnson will be responsible for “technical services” and “facility management” in all of Novartis’ premises, including offices, laboratories and production plants. Around 900 Novartis employees will be transferred on…

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