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OSEC faces up to new challenges

This content was published on Oct 21, 2000 Under its new head, Balz Hösly, OSEC is streamlining its bureaucracy and is aiming to become far more proactive in encouraging small and medium-sized businesses to plunge into the export market. Founded in 1927, the Swiss Office for Trade Promotion has faced criticism for being out of touch with the needs of the country’s business…

One Swiss company makes it into global top 20

This content was published on Oct 20, 2000 The private Bank Sarasin in Basel is included in the top 20, with its funds managed increasing by an average 25 per cent over the past three years and now totalling US$23 billion (nearly SFr41 billion). “Forbes Global” picked the top 200 out of a total of 20,000 small and medium-sized companies worldwide, with the…

Major re-think urged in key elements of Swiss foreign policy

This content was published on Oct 20, 2000 The scientists’ comments, on Friday, come after a four-year study funded by the National Science Foundation to determine the scope and scale of Swiss foreign policy. They focused on two key concepts – Swiss neutrality, and the perception that Switzerland’s small size is a limiting factor in its foreign policy aspirations. The scientist in charge…

New system to help ski resorts face uncertain future

This content was published on Oct 20, 2000 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…

Berne museum adopts “hands on” approach to new exhibition

This content was published on Oct 20, 2000 The reason for this hands-on approach is an interactive exhibition aimed especially at children between the ages of six and 14. Entitled “Always and Everywhere”, it takes a light-hearted look at the ways people and animals communicate. For example, one section is devoted to gestures as a form of communication, and examines facial expressions and…

Roche plans new vitamin plant in Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 20, 2000 In a statement, Roche said the new facility, with an annual production capacity of 25,000 tonnes, would incorporate the latest technologies and production processes. It added that the project was part of a global plan aimed at upgrading production facilities to the latest technological standards and ensuring that manufacturing operations were located as strategically as…

Swisscom delays Bluewin entry on the stock exchange

This content was published on Oct 20, 2000 In a statement on Friday, Swisscom said the initial public offering (IPO) would have to wait until next year because of recent global stock market falls, particularly in technology shares. Swisscom, which has a 92 per cent stake in Bluewin, said recent developments could jeopardise the success of Bluewin’s IPO, which it planned to complete…

Rising demand boosts Nestlé sales

This content was published on Oct 20, 2000 The world’s largest food company, Nestlé, is upbeat about the prospects for sales and profits this year, following strong nine-month results. Nestlé announced on Tuesday that sales for the nine months reached SFr59.5 billion ($33 billion), up 9.5 per cent over the same period last year. In a statement from its headquarters at Vevey on…

New study says electrosmog is for real

This content was published on Oct 20, 2000 But they said their research does not allow any conclusions to be drawn on whether such radiation is a health hazard. Announcing the findings of Project Nemesis in Zurich on Tuesday, Professor Helmut Krueger said people who claim to be sensitive to electrosmog are not making it up. The two-part project studied 60 people between…

Zurich group unveils new online bank

This content was published on Oct 19, 2000 The group said on Thursday that thanks to a strategic partnership with Swiss software producer, Think Tools, y-o-u would be able to combine traditional private banking with the latest information and communications technology. A statement said that, once licensed, y-o-u will not be just another financial platform of an existing bank, but a fully independent…

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