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Concerns over global economy to top Davos agenda

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 This year’s summit will concentrate on how to maintain global economic growth and how to alleviate inequalities between rich and poor. With the title “Sustaining Growth and Bridging the Divides”, the Forum will try to answer critics who dismiss it as little more than a rich men’s club. The summit will discuss the recent economic…

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Swisscom ups stake in Germany’s debitel

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 The shares, owned by DaimlerChrysler Services, will increase Swisscom’s stake in debitel, Europe’s largest network-independent service provider, to 84 per cent. In a statement on Friday, Swisscom, it was exercising an option agreed in 1999, when it bought 74 per cent of debitel’s shares. Swisscom views debitel as a strategically important growth engine. With a…

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Insider traders profited from Nestlé pet food deal

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington said it believed traders had profited by using advance knowledge of Nestlé’s plans to purchase Ralston Purina for $10.3 billion (SFr16.89 billion). Nestlé confirmed the deal on Wednesday. The SEC added that it does not yet know who is involved because insider trading was carried out anonymously…

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New system to help ski resorts face uncertain future

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 Many alpine areas depend on winter tourism for their survival. There are more than 40,000 groomed ski slopes in the Alps, covering about 1,000 square kilometres. They attract millions of skiers every year and more than 10,000 ski lifts and mountain railways have been built to accommodate them. But increasingly global warming is threatening the…

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Pioneer of glacier theory a very local hero

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 Lourtier, all closely-huddled houses and narrow streets, sits in a beautiful green valley below the resort of Verbier. It would be completely unremarkable if it wasn’t for the fact that Jean-Pierre Perraudin was born and lived here. Perraudin is the village’s most famous son but he is not as well known as he deserves to…

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Government seeks to privatise heroin distribution programme

This content was published on Jan 18, 2001 Officials from the Swiss Public Health Office said now that the programme’s clinical trial phase is over, it should be privatised. The government first started experimenting with the distribution of medically controlled heroin and methadone in Zurich in 1993. Health office spokesman, Paul Dietschy, said tenders were being sought from private pharmaceutical companies which are…

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Government seeks to privatise heroin distribution programme

This content was published on Jan 18, 2001 Officials from the Swiss Public Health Office said now that the programme’s clinical trial phase is over, it should be privatised. The government first started experimenting with the distribution of medically controlled heroin and methadone in Zurich in 1993. Health office spokesman, Paul Dietschy, said tenders were being sought from private pharmaceutical companies which are…

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Government seeks to privatise heroin distribution programme

This content was published on Jan 18, 2001 Officials from the Swiss Public Health Office said now that the programme’s clinical trial phase is over, it should be privatised. The government first started experimenting with the distribution of medically controlled heroin and methadone in Zurich in 1993. Health office spokesman, Paul Dietschy, said tenders were being sought from private pharmaceutical companies which are…

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Wavre begins home stretch

This content was published on Jan 18, 2001 “I can’t say for sure, but I hope this will be my only Vendee Globe race,” he told swissinfo from the cabin of his boat. “You have to be a little bit crazy to compete in this race, and I’m hoping to be a little bit less crazy when I finish.” Wavre still has some…

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“Other Davos” calls for alternative debate on world order

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Concerns over global economy to top Davos agenda

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Swisscom ups stake in Germany’s debitel

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Insider traders profited from Nestlé pet food deal

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New system to help ski resorts face uncertain future

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Government seeks to privatise heroin distribution programme

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Government seeks to privatise heroin distribution programme

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