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Louis-Jeantet Prize winners chosen

This content was published on Jan 10, 2001 The Louis-Jeantet Foundation, based in Geneva, has named Alain Fischer, an immunologist, Iain Mattaj, a molecular biologist, and Alfred Wittinghofer, a biochemist, as this year’s winners. Fischer is professor of paediatric immunology at the Necker Hospital in Paris; Dr Iain Mattaj is scientific coordinator at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, and Alfred Wittinghofer…

Switzerland builds world’s largest solar powered boat

This content was published on Jan 10, 2001 The catamaran MobiCat, which will be able to transport 200 passengers, is to play a central role in Switzerland’s national exhibition, Expo.02. On Tuesday, a special convoy transported one of the boat’s hulls, which measured 33 metres and weighed 18 tonnes, from Langenthal to Nidau. The mission was accomplished without any hitches, confirmed spokesman Sabastien…

Schaffner names new CEO

This content was published on Jan 10, 2001 Gantert will take over from Alex Oechslin who will remain a member of the board. The company also said that it would pay a gross dividend of SFr5 and net dividend of SFr3.25 a share on earnings for the year 1999/2000. Schaffner paid a gross dividend of SFr4 the previous year. The group disclosed in…

Holderbank cool as Lafarge cements top spot

This content was published on Jan 10, 2001 Holderbank’s fall from the top spot appears to have been sealed on Monday when the French group Lafarge, announced it was to buy the British company, Blue Circle Industries for SFr7.45 billion ($4.6 billion). If the merger goes through, the new company will dwarf Holderbank. The deal has been a long time coming and finally…

A chilly stroll in Zurich Zoo

This content was published on Jan 10, 2001 The half hour walk from the bird’s enclosure to the “elephant house” and back is an important distraction from daily zoo life, and an additional attraction for visitors. There are currently 14 king penguins in Zurich, and all but two have come from other European zoos. Zurich’s breeding programme has had moderate success. More than…

Retail sales slip

This content was published on Jan 9, 2001 The decline continued a downward trend that began in October. But the Federal Statistics Office said it believed sales had picked up towards the end of the year. “Positive reports on Christmas business lead one to expect a strong final spurt in retail sales in December 2000,” it said. The office said unseasonably warm weather…

One year on: cause of Crossair crash unknown

This content was published on Jan 9, 2001 The second preliminary report into the accident, released on Tuesday, did not shed any further light on what caused the crash of the Saab 340B, two minutes after it left Kloten airport for Dresden in Germany. Investigators only ruled out the possibility that a fire on board caused the plane to crash. The report came…

Huber and Suhner show record profits

This content was published on Jan 9, 2001 Turnover rose to a record SFr908 million ($565 million) on the back of a sharp upswing in communications technologies. Incoming orders increased by 39 per cent to more than SFr1 billion. No profit figures were released. Sales of data and signal communications technologies jumped more than 45 per cent as mobile phone and internet transmission…

Tecan sharpens focus on proteomics

This content was published on Jan 9, 2001 Proteomics is the study of how information contained in genes is translated into proteins and how they then interact to foster health or trigger disease. “Proteomics could be the single biggest opportunity for our company in the coming years,” said CEO Emile Sutcliffe. “The total available market for Tecan in proteomics is estimated at SFr725…

Geneva remains Switzerland’s unemployment blackspot

This content was published on Jan 9, 2001 The new figures show that the Swiss unemployment rate for 2000 stood at 1.9 per cent. In Geneva the figure was 4.4 per cent. Economic experts agree that there is no single reason for the canton’s stubbornly high jobless rate, rather there are a host of factors. Chief among these is the fact that Geneva…

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