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Ciba sees double-digit growth

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 The company reported on Tuesday that net profit rose to SFr329 million ($185 million). The strong earnings came on sales of nearly SFr6 billion, an increase of 12 per cent in Swiss francs and five per cent in local currencies. The company said in a statement that sales increased in all divisions and in all…

Rescuers still struggling to reach trapped woman

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 Police said on Tuesday that rescuers were digging a tunnel through the rubble of a building to try and reach the woman. Soldiers and rescuers with sniffer dogs were alerted to the woman’s location after they heard knocking and cries. A police spokesman in Sion said rescuers were advancing slowly, using saws, shovels and their…

Novartis sells FLINT range to Germany’s Bayer

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 The sale to the German group includes production facilities in Muttenz, Switzerland, as well as all associated intellectual property rights, product trademarks, registrations and know-how. The sale was ordered by regulators in order to gain approval for the merger of Novartis Agribusiness with Zeneca Agrochemicals. The two companies will form a new crop protection group,…

Valais floods bring industry to a halt

This content was published on Oct 16, 2000 Swiss aluminium firm, Algroup, and chemical company, Lonza, halted production at sites which were badly hit by storms. Floods made several areas impassable, and severed rail and road connections. “The Lonza site in Visp has no water damage but we evacuated the factory out of precaution and production has been diminished since Friday,” said Stephane…

Survivor located in devastated village in Valais

This content was published on Oct 16, 2000 Police said rescuers with sniffer dogs located the woman under two metres of debris, after the search resumed on Monday in the mountain village of Gondo, which was devastated by a mudslide two days ago. Her discovery has rekindled hopes that some of the 13 people missing from Gondo may still be alive. The woman…

Rising energy costs fuel increase in producer/import prices

This content was published on Oct 16, 2000 The figures, released by the Federal Statistics Office on Monday, underline the rising price pressures facing the Swiss economy. The combined index was unchanged on a monthly basis in August. The Federal Statistics Office said higher heating oil and fuel prices accounted for around half of the year-on-year rise in import prices. The latest figures…

World Health Organisation seeks to stub out cigarette smoking

This content was published on Oct 16, 2000 The options being considered range from a total ban on advertising and sponsorship by tobacco companies, to measures to dissuade young people from taking up smoking. Other strategies listed in the proposed treaty include a ban on smoking in public places and tax increases to make cigarettes more expensive. Tobacco manufacturers fiercely oppose the plan,…

Canton Valais: Floods ease after weekend disaster

This content was published on Oct 16, 2000 A cantonal police spokesman said the woman was found in a car which had been washed away by floodwaters near Martigny on the road leading to the Great St-Bernard pass. Rescue work resumed in the devastated mountain village of Gondo, close to the Italian border, where 13 people are still missing after Saturday’s mudslide. No…

ABB takes plunge into new underwater venture

This content was published on Oct 16, 2000 The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop new technologies and services. Goran Lindahl, president and chief executive of ABB, said the two companies were well placed to work together. “We will combine Schlumberger reservoir evaluation, development and management experience… with ABB’s sub-sea knowledge expertise. No financial details of…

Federal commission proposes reform of family allowance system

This content was published on Oct 16, 2000 The Federal Coordination Commission on Family Questions on Monday proposed a standardised programme to replace the existing system, which varies in all of Switzerland’s 26 cantons. “Each canton has its own system and there are big differences among them. It’s not very efficient,” said commission president, Jürg Krummenacher. The reform would be based on a…

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