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Company created to offset effects of job cuts at Swisscom

This content was published on Nov 1, 2000 Swisscom is in the process of a restructuring programme and has announced it is cutting staff numbers by 3,000 on top of outsourcing a further 3,000 positions. The joint venture, Work Link, will try to find “new perspectives for collaborators of a certain age, touched by the restructuring,” a joint statement said on Wednesday. Swisscom…

Swiss give in to EU pressure on 40-tonne trucks

This content was published on Nov 1, 2000 The two measures were effectively linked in a series of bilateral accords between Switzerland and the European Union. However, Switzerland wanted to introduce the tax before the accords were fully ratified, while delaying the entry of the heavy trucks until the process was completed. They are expected to be ratified by mid-2001. The government said…

GretagMacbeth acquires US group

This content was published on Nov 1, 2000 GretagMacbeth’s business includes the production and distribution of hardware and software for graphic arts, imaging and the ink industry. McMahan, based in Triangle Park, North Carolina, specialises in light measurement instruments and services used for system development and integration, software development and measuring equipment. swissinfo with agencies

Swiss troops being withdrawn from Bosnia

This content was published on Nov 1, 2000 The soldiers, known as yellow berets, have been in Bosnia since 1996 under the auspices of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Swiss government on Wednesday said the defence ministry could leave any material which would be too expensive to transport back to Switzerland to the Swiss Development Agency in Bosnia…

Revenues climb at SGS

This content was published on Nov 1, 2000 However, a statement from its headquarters in Geneva, said that excluding gains from those divestments, revenues declined by 23.8 per cent or SFr558.4 million. The positive exchange rate effect also had a favourable impact on overall revenues by some SFr81 million. Revenues in Core Businesses excluding SGS Global Trade Solutions have grown strongly in the…

Union seeks heavy trucks access to Swiss roads in January

This content was published on Nov 1, 2000 The IRU argued that all elements of Switzerland’s bilateral agreements with the European Union should be applied simultaneously. Sören Rasmussen, head of the union’s delegation at the EU, opposed what he said was the Swiss government’s decision to apply the different elements of the bilateral accords with the EU in a piecemeal fashion. The IRU…

Swissquote receives online banking licence

This content was published on Oct 31, 2000 Swissquote will be one of the first purely Internet based banks working within Switzerland. The group said in a statement that it would concentrate on providing electronic banking services with a special emphasis on online securities trading and distribution of mutual funds. Swissquote Group holds 51 per cent of the capital and voting rights of…

One in three Swiss play the stock market

This content was published on Oct 31, 2000 The Swiss Banking Institute of Zurich University said 1,660,000 Swiss own shares. They are among the leaders in terms of playing the stock market. The number of investors has doubled in the last three years, with transactions no longer reserved for the elite. The upward trend is the result of “the very good performance of…

Eight alpine countries sign accord to curb traffic

This content was published on Oct 31, 2000 Along with ministers from seven other alpine countries, Switzerland approved the traffic protocol on the second and final day of the Alpine Conference in Lucerne. The transport agreement means no new transalpine roads can be built. Austria had expressed reservations about the accord. The agreement also obliges signatories to keep traffic below levels where it…

“Karate cow” gets the chop

This content was published on Oct 31, 2000 The Federal Court in Lausanne on Tuesday ordered the suspension of the controversial advertising campaign pending the outcome of a court action brought by the interior ministry. The karate cow started appearing in adverts during the second half of last year, where it was featured smashing up a paving stone with a karate chop. The…

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