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Star producer zooms in on Hollywood

This content was published on Mar 24, 2003 He has a record six Oscars under his belt and is the only foreign producer to have a star on the celebrated “Walk of Fame”. His prize-winning back catalogue includes “Black and White in Colour”, a story criticising war in the Ivory Coast, and “Central Station”, which looks at the poverty-stricken lives of those living…

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War overshadows New York festival

This content was published on Mar 24, 2003 The eight-week “swisspeaks” festival is designed to strengthen business ties and promote Swiss arts, culture and tourism in the city. A member of the board and the head of corporate fundraising for the swisspeaks festival, Fabienne Abrecht, admits the event could not have been held at a worse time. But she says it is too…

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Nano solar and other world-changing Swiss tech

This content was published on Mar 23, 2003 Mechatronics, nano solar cells, and quantum cryptography are the areas where Switzerland’s leading edge is cited. Each year, the journal tries to identify new technologies that “could transform industries that are fundamental to daily life”, including computing, medicine, manufacturing, transportation and energy. It is an influential publication, read “assiduously” by “inventors and their bankrollers”, according…

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Swiss neutrality comes under the spotlight

This content was published on Mar 20, 2003 But opinions differ in Switzerland over how that neutrality should be interpreted in the light of the conflict. On Thursday the president, Pascal Couchepin, said he regretted the United States-led military action against Iraq, which had not been authorised by the United Nations Security Council. He said Switzerland would remain neutral in what he referred…

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Rival steps in for Centerpulse

This content was published on Mar 20, 2003 The deal, which has the backing of Centerpulse’s board, will create the world’s third largest orthopaedics company. Centerpulse on Thursday also announced that it had been on a “dynamic growth path” in 2002, making a net profit of SFr337 million. A joint statement said that the deal would be made by a new holding company…

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Swiss venture funding stabilised

This content was published on Mar 20, 2003 In 2002, some 52 firms raised €260 million ($382 million), while slightly more was invested, €276 in 49 companies in 2001, according to statistics drawn from Tornado Insider’s “Deals in Europe” database. The amount invested in 2000 was similar. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, such as Cytos Biotechnology, Axovan, Speedel and Addex, attracted the most capital…

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Switzerland’s tourism industry braces for war

This content was published on Mar 19, 2003 Travel firms have reported a sharp decline in bookings as holidaymakers delay making decisions on their summer vacations. “Consumers are holding back,” said Hans Peter Nehmer, a spokesman for the Swiss Hotelplan group, one of Europe’s biggest tour operators. The war in Iraq comes at a bad time for the industry, which has shown remarkable…

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Holcim remains positive despite drop in profit

This content was published on Mar 19, 2003 The canton St Gallen-based company said one-off factors were to blame for the fall in profit, which was in line with expectations. It predicted “robust results” for 2003. In a statement on Wednesday, Holcim said 2002 sales fell to SFr13 billion from SFr13.6 billion the year before. Operating profit dropped to SFr1.9 billion from SFr1.95…

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Holcim remains positive despite drop in profit

This content was published on Mar 19, 2003 The canton St Gallen-based company said one-off factors were to blame for the fall in profit, which was in line with expectations. It predicted “robust results” for 2003. In a statement on Wednesday, Holcim said 2002 sales fell to SFr13 billion from SFr13.6 billion the year before. Operating profit dropped to SFr1.9 billion from SFr1.95…

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Holcim remains positive despite drop in profit

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