Archive – Banking & Fintech

Storm damage is higher than expected

This content was published on Jul 20, 2005 The damage to cars alone will cost insurers up to SFr70 million ($54 million), and the high winds and hail destroyed hundreds of hectares of vineyards. The Swiss Insurance Association said hailstones the size of golf balls damaged around 15,000 cars. Hardest hit of the vineyards carpeting the slopes above Lake Geneva was the Lavaux…

Chemistry at Roche is working well

This content was published on Jul 20, 2005 The company, which is the world’s largest maker of cancer drugs, reported first-half sales of SFr16.62 billion, up 14 per cent over the comparable period last year. The Basel-based group, with pharmaceuticals and diagnostics as core businesses, said that the pharma division was the “key growth driver” with sales increasing three times faster than the…

Health insurance premiums set to jump

This content was published on Jul 18, 2005 The speculation comes at a time of increasing debate over spiralling health costs in Switzerland and moves to reduce premiums for low-income families. A rise of between eight and ten per cent is “quite realistic”, says André Grandjean from Groupe Mutuel. This is a view shared by Visana, which is predicting a hike of eight…

Deiss wins pledges for more trade with China

This content was published on Jul 17, 2005 In an interview with swissinfo, he said the authorities in Beijing would consider a study into a possible free-trade accord. Deiss met the vice-prime minister, Zeng Peiyan, and the minister of commerce, Bo Xilai, during his official visit to China which began on Thursday. On the agenda were talks about a memorandum of understanding on…

Swiss gave more generously following tsunami

This content was published on Jul 14, 2005 A total of almost SFr39 million ($30 million) was donated in 2004 to the fundraising arm of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), swissinfo’s parent company. Until the tsunami on December 26, Swiss Solidarity said last year was “very average” with donations of SFr15.4 million, half the total amount spent on relief projects (SFr29.6 million). This…

Chips off the old EPFL block

This content was published on Jul 14, 2005 Innovative Silicon SA and Xceive Corp have both raised around $29.5 million (SFr38 million) in the past few weeks from high profile US-based venture firms. Lausanne-based Innovative Silicon, founded by EPFL professor Pierre Fazan three years ago, is developing a new memory technology that will be integrated into processors for computers and electronic devices. It…

Basel chemical industry comes under scrutiny

This content was published on Jul 13, 2005 It has leased a plot of land next to the Bonfol site in canton Jura on the French border and wants to pressure the Basel chemical industry into meeting the entire clean-up costs. In a statement on Wednesday, Greenpeace said that as the dumping ground’s new neighbour, it objects to harmful effects on its land…

Taxi strike could harm Zurich airport

This content was published on Jul 13, 2005 Passengers are becoming increasingly frustrated with transport delays to the city and a lack of information as the strike continues with no sign of a solution on the horizon. On Thursday, the fourth day of the strike, Unique said it would not renew its exclusive contract with IG Airport Taxi – the umbrella group for…

Swiss report progress in agriculture at WTO

This content was published on Jul 13, 2005 But the government’s trade delegate, ambassador Luzius Wasescha, who was at the talks in Dalian, said this hadn’t been followed by moves forward in the industrial domain. Swiss Economics Minister Joseph Deiss, who is leading a delegation to China, was cautious about the outcome of the mini ministerial conference. “The question is whether Kjartan Johannson…

Swiss telecom market stagnates

This content was published on Jul 13, 2005 The Federal Communications Office also announced on Wednesday that all calls to the emergency services from mobile phones would soon be traced and the location pinpointed. In its report into the Swiss telecoms market, the federal office found that growth in the domestic telecoms sector had increased by two per cent. This compared with a…

Page 971 of 1641

First … 969 970 971 972 973 … Last

Archive – Banking & Fintech

Popular Stories

Most Discussed

Archive – Banking & Fintech

More

Storm damage is higher than expected

More

Chemistry at Roche is working well

More

Health insurance premiums set to jump

More

Deiss wins pledges for more trade with China

More

Swiss gave more generously following tsunami

More

Chips off the old EPFL block

More

Basel chemical industry comes under scrutiny

More

Taxi strike could harm Zurich airport

More

Swiss report progress in agriculture at WTO

More

Swiss telecom market stagnates

Popular Stories

Most Discussed