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Swiss trade visit to Argentina overshadowed by general strike

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 Couchepin’s visit comes as workers across Argentina are about to strike in protest at austerity measures imposed as a condition of an IMF bail-out package. The country is labouring under massive debts of $150 billion (SFr270 billion). Workers are expected to down tools on Thursday, bringing to country to a virtual standstill until the strike…

Syngenta axes 130 Swiss jobs

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 The company’s site in Basel will lose 100 jobs out of a current workforce of 500. As part of its restructuring plans, Syngenta announced on Wednesday that Basel will in the future concentrate on chemical plant protection. Another 30 jobs are to go at the group’s site in Stein in canton Aargau. The plans are…

Machine exports soar on back of strong economic growth

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 Latest figures released on Wednesday from the industry’s association, Swissmem, show third quarter sales up 17.8 per cent on the same period last year. Over the entire nine-month period sales are up almost 11 per cent on 1999. Orders have grown by 20 per cent. The healthy picture is attributed to the continuing economic boom…

4M Technologies delays results

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 The company’s board said the results would now be released next Thursday to allow more time for negotiations to agree more financing. The board said it would also be in a position next week to present details of its restructuring plans The producer of CD manufacturing equipment intends to cut around a fifth of its…

No decision on future of Swissair

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 After meeting on Wednesday, the board issued a statement saying it was weighing various options and that it wanted to consider them in greater depth. Rumours of an impending sale have been mounting as the group struggles to reverse a disappointing performance caused partly by soaring oil prices as well as over-capacity in the industry.…

Swiss insurer leads western advance into China

This content was published on Nov 21, 2000 Winterthur said on Tuesday that it had bought into China’s fifth largest life insurer, Tai Kang Life. The size of its investment has not been revealed, but the company said it would be joining Tai Kang’s board of directors. Winterthur added that the deal was the first such alliance to be struck by a western…

Study says GMOs can cohabit with conventional and organic agriculture

This content was published on Nov 21, 2000 Internutrition, an association grouping 14 companies said that different methods could be used side-by-side. After carrying out research into the health and environmental effects of the different methods, the association said that the authorities should treat them equally. Security measures imposed on the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture should also be applied…

Belgian royals visit Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 21, 2000 King Albert and his wife are were given a reception with full military honours in Bern. They will also meet a delegation of Belgian expatriates living in Switzerland. On Wednesday, the Swiss president, Adolf Ogi, will accompany King Albert on a visit to a building site for a new railway tunnel through the Alps in…

Anti-trust authorities probe Coke deal

This content was published on Nov 21, 2000 The Commission said in a statement on Tuesday that it was probing claims that the section on supplying hotels, restaurants and cafes could be anti-competitive. The investigation will examine in particular whether competitors’ products were being sold on discriminating terms. The Commission noted that Coca-Cola’s Sprite, Fanta and Coke brands had a strong market position…

Farming is more competitive but consumers fail to benefit

This content was published on Nov 21, 2000 In its annual report, the office said on Tuesday that the government’s aim to make farming more competitive was bearing fruit. It said the cost of producing agricultural goods in 1999 was on average 23 per cent lower than in the period 1990-92. The report notes that before the agricultural reforms in the 1990s, milk…

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