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Women only in Lady’s First hotel

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 A picture hanging over the sofa in the lobby shows a sinister looking man ringing a doorbell. Although he could symbolise an unwanted man trying to gain entry to the hotel, the director, Yael Schneider, sees the painting differently. “When we first saw it, we thought it was so funny because the man looks like…

Decisive week for SAirGroup and Sabena

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 Last-minute brinkmanship will continue this week as the SAirGroup and the Belgian government meet to consider a capital injection programme aimed at saving the airline whose losses are mounting. Under the plan, the SAirGroup and the Belgian government are to invest SFr386 million ($239 million) into the carrier. But the investment is conditional on cost-cutting…

Lugging a log through Appenzell

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 The custom goes back about 200 years, and is believed to have originated from the tradition whereby woodcutters would receive a log as a gift from the landholder at the end of the logging season. The best-known procession is held in Urnäsch every two years on the Monday (February 26) before Ash Wednesday. Boys dressed…

Pleasing numbers at Publigroupe

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 The Lausanne-based company said on Monday that net profit for 2000 would come in at around SFr130 million – SFr5 million more than it forecast two months ago. The company said in a statement that it expected growth in all business segments this year. PubliGroupe, formerly known as Publicitas, was founded in 1890, and sells…

Investment firm makes surprise bid for Sulzer

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 Shares in Sulzer, under pressure of late, were given a boost by the news, moving 6.6 per cent higher at one stage on the Zurich bourse. Under the deal, announced on Monday, InCentive will bid for all the shares it doesn’t yet control. Currently it is Sulzer’s largest shareholder with 15 per cent of Sulzer’s…

Nazi web platform blocked by Swiss Internet service providers

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 After lobbying from the organisation, three of Switzerland’s largest Internet Service Providers have announced they will block access to a web platform containing 754 racist and anti-semitic sites. Swisscom, Sunrise/Diax and Tiscalinet have announced that anyone surfing the web via their servers will be denied access to the sites, which contravene Swiss laws against racism.…

Helsana signs agreement with Swiss Pharmacists’ Society

This content was published on Feb 18, 2001 Helsana has said it will compensate pharmacists who sell cheaper generic medicines, instead of the branded, original ones. The agreement stipulates that prescribed medicine can only be replaced by a generic substitute if the doctor agrees to it. Helsana pays the pharmacy 45 per cent of the difference between the price of the original medication…

Sabena pilots accept airline rescue package

This content was published on Feb 18, 2001 At an extraordinary meeting, the airline’s 1,100 pilots voted to accept a deal with management on a SFr79 million ($47 million) restructuring plan. Sabena’s owners say the plan is essential if Sabena is to stay airborne. Up until Saturday, the pilots had rejected the savings plan proposed by the management of the airline. If the…

Crossair ends year 2000 on a deficit

This content was published on Feb 16, 2001 For the first time in eight years, SAirGroup’s subsidiary will not be able to pay its shareholders any dividend. The rise in fuel costs and the exchange rate with the dollar increased the company’s expenses by SFr100 million. However, Crossair’s turnover increased by 9.5 per cent, to SFr1,275 billion, and its passenger traffic went up…

Swiss public believe Swissair needs change of direction

This content was published on Feb 16, 2001 Ever since SAirGroup’s announcement last month of the departure of its chief executive, Philippe Bruggisser, speculation has been rife over the direction the owners of Swissair will now take. On the streets of Zurich, most people seem to agree that the company, which had been pursuing a host of tie-ups with smaller, sometimes loss-making airlines,…

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