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Canadian broadcaster criticised for film about Swiss plane crash

This content was published on Oct 18, 2000 “Blessed Stranger” is a fictionalised account of a friendship which develops between a local fisherman and a wealthy American woman whose teenage daughter was one of the victims of the crash off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. CTV describes the film as “the moving story of two strangers brought together by tragedy” after the…

Mövenpick buying back shares

This content was published on Oct 18, 2000 Mövenpick also announced on Wednesday that it would ask shareholders at the next general meeting in 2001 to approve a reduction in its capital by the amount of shares repurchased. The move will increase the value of shares held by investors in the company. The group said the buyback would be conducted via a public…

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Chemical industry assumes responsibility for Bonfol clearance

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 An agreement between Basel Chemical Industries, which owns the site at Bonfol, near the French border, and the cantonal authorities was signed on Tuesday. But the details of how the site will be cleaned up are still far from clear. Bonfol stopped receiving waste in 1976 after a 15-year period of service. It contains around…

Potential for healthy lives not reached in Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 Public health experts who presented the findings on Tuesday said Switzerland was falling behind in its goal of developing the population’s consciousness of public health and ecological matters, thereby reducing environmental and health hazards. They were presenting the mid-term results of an action plan set up in 1997 by the health office and the Swiss…

Underground rail system offers eco-friendly alternative

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 One of the three studies carried out under a Swiss national research programme found that a Europe-wide underground railway would be at least five times more environmentally friendly than medium-haul air traffic. It said it would also use half as much energy as current high-speed rail networks such as Germany’s ICE or the French TGV.…

Sales climb 10 per cent at Roche

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 However, this improvement was achieved only after fragrance and flavours unit Givaudan, which was spun off in June, was stripped out of the 1999 figure of SFr20.6 billion. This was restated at SFr18.5 billion. Roche repeated forecasts of an increase in full-year net profit of 10 per cent. This figure excludes special income from the…

The man behind the picture postcards of Lucerne

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 Sipping a large café au lait on the Rathausquai, I take a last chance to go over a few of the countless articles about Kurt Illi, who many Swiss consider to be as much a city monument as Lucerne’s Chapel Bridge or Water Tower. Mist hangs over the city on the morning we meet. Illi…

Ticino braces for further flooding

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 The rising waters of Lake Maggiore, which have already flooded the Piazza Grande in the centre of Locarno, are now threatening the city’s fuel supplies. The local authorities are warning that the city’s fuel tanks are at risk of being dislodged by the sodden earth. The emergency services are on a state of high alert.…

Credit Suisse expands in Britain

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 Credit Suisse said the deal would further strengthen Credit Suisse Private Banking’s (CSPB) global position in private banking. Both JO Hambro and Credit Suisse have agreed not to reveal the purchase price. JO Hambro will retain its name and current location and operate as an autonomous unit under the umbrella of CSPB. JO Hambro is…

Swisscom cuts interconnection rates

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 The move follows the introduction of the new Long-Run Incremental Cost (LRIC) calculation method, which came into force this year. Swisscom said the reduction brings its rates into line with the European average and represented a “fair, transparent and consistent implementation of the regulatory requirements”. Swisscom’s latest move opens the way for more price competitiveness…

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