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This content was published on Jan 14, 2001 Luxury goods group, Financier Richemont, is set to reveal its final sales numbers for 2000. After what was a good year in 1999, initial predictions are for a continued improvement in 2000. Analysts say the strong performance of rival luxury goods group, LVMH Tiffany, suggests that good numbers are in store for Richemont, too. Market…

Swiss relief agencies rush aid to Central America after earthquake

This content was published on Jan 14, 2001 A Swiss Red Cross official, Karl Schuler, said a suburb of the capital was one of the worst affected areas, after being hit by a landslide. Schuler added that Pacific coast and mountain regions were also badly affected, and several areas had still not been reached. Swiss aid groups, including the Red Cross, have been…

Switzerland placed fourth in globalisation poll

This content was published on Jan 14, 2001 Switzerland was behind Singapore, The Netherlands and Sweden in the survey. The United States was placed 12th. Researchers took four factors into account: goods and services, finance, personal contacts and technology. Switzerland’s strength lay in the goods and services and finance sectors. Among the criteria taken into consideration were trade as a percentage of the…

The week in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 13, 2001 After initially playing down the possibility that Swiss troops could have fallen ill as a result of their deployment in Bosnia-Herzegovina or Kosovo, the army was forced to act on Sunday. The revelation that one soldier had died of leukaemia in 1998 after spending time in Bosnia prompted the army to offer medical tests to…

Basel port sees major rise in goods traffic

This content was published on Jan 13, 2001 The amount of goods transported rose to 8.5 million tonnes – an increase of nearly 15 per cent over 1999. Container and departure traffic also reached record levels in 2000, the port said in a statement on Saturday. Container transport was up by 11 per cent. Nonetheless, the amount of goods leaving Basel last month…

The business week in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 13, 2001 The government’s unemployment figures on Tuesday revealed a slight rise in the jobless rate in December to 1.9 per cent, compared to 1.8 per cent the previous month. However, the rise is attributed to seasonal factors and the authorities are forecasting an average unemployment rate of 1.8 per cent for 2001 as a whole. Signs…

Resurgent watchmakers in need of new blood

This content was published on Jan 13, 2001 Opinion is divided about the labour situation in Switzerland’s watchmaking industry. Some believe urgent action is needed to address the shortage of skilled personnel; others say the problem will resolve itself in the years ahead. What is agreed is that the number of graduates from Switzerland’s six watchmaking schools is far from sufficient to cope…

Switzerland records SMS boom

This content was published on Jan 12, 2001 The largest operator, Swisscom, said on Friday it had transmitted 16.3 million short text messages – or SMS – between December 31 and January 1. The volume of messages over the New Year period was so high that the system became overloaded. Orange and diAx/Sunrise reported that they had handled 1.5 million messages each over…

Mysteries of the stars deepen

This content was published on Jan 12, 2001 Astrophysicists at the Paul Scherrer Institute near Zurich have made a baffling discovery while examining stars, some 37 light years away. Contrary to all expectations, the composition of the stars’ atmosphere appears to be totally unlike that of the sun. “We found a composition that is very different from what we expected,” says project leader,…

Dreifuss warns against surfeit of medication on market

This content was published on Jan 12, 2001 Dreifuss said on Friday that the initiative would threaten public health, infringe international trade rules and restrict doctors’ rights. The initiative is aimed at restricting health insurance coverage to the cheapest medication available on the market. It also demands that medicines already on the market in Switzerland be made available for sale to neighbouring countries.…

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