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Hans Meyer to step down as head of the Swiss National Bank

This content was published on Jun 30, 2000 In a communiqué, Meyer, aged 64, said he was making the announcement now so that a successor could be appointed in due time to take over at the beginning of next year. Meyer joined the National Bank in 1965 after graduating in economics at the University of St Gallen in eastern Switzerland. He was appointed…

National Bank president announces retirement

This content was published on Jun 30, 2000 In a communiqué, Meyer, aged 64, said he was making the announcement now so that a successor could be appointed in due time to take over at the beginning of next year. Meyer joined the National Bank in 1965 after graduating in economics at the University of Sankt Gallen in eastern Switzerland. The communiqué said…

SIG Plastics: Approval of monopolies commissions

This content was published on Jun 30, 2000 The new SIG Plastics division will be integrated into the SIG Group as an independent unit. A company statement said that with this “important” acquisition, SIG had guaranteed its entrance into the extrusion and stretch blow-forming machine market. It added that SIG was intensifying its focus on packaging technology and aimed to develop the fast-growing…

Economics experts predict growth of almost 3 per cent

This content was published on Jun 30, 2000 The group of specialists, who form the Business Economists Consensus, was predicting in March that growth would be 2.39 per cent for the year as a whole. However, they believe that GDP growth will slow down next year to 2.35 per cent. The Consensus says that the strong export situation and domestic demand are supporting…

New directives to deal with dormant accounts

This content was published on Jun 30, 2000 They replace a set of directives issued by the Swiss Bankers Association in 1995 at a time when there was a huge debate about dormant accounts dating back to the Second World War era, particularly those belonging to Holocaust victims. The guidelines are aimed at preventing a situation in which the banks have to spend…

Government sets out sports policy

This content was published on Jun 29, 2000 The office has 14 working groups looking at essentials such as advanced training of sports teachers, and the promotion of young sporting talents. The director of the Federal Sports Office, Heinz Keller wants more local networking between sports clubs and schools, in order to discover and promote possible star sportsmen or women. Keller thinks sports…

Swiss vote scuppers efforts to close two nuclear reprocessing plants

This content was published on Jun 29, 2000 The vote was held by signatories of a convention on protecting marine life. Switzerland joined Britain, France, Germany and Finland in opposing the bid at a meeting of the 15 member states of the Ospar Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic. The opposition deprived the proposal of the necessary…

St Gallen keeps on rockin’

This content was published on Jun 29, 2000 A huge deficit faced the festival’s organisers with bankruptcy, but a mixture of budget cuts and financial support from the local business sector have saved the event. And although the number of big names performing there will not as great as in previous years, an attractive programme has been put together, which includes Ziggy (son…

Switzerland 13th in UN human development report

This content was published on Jun 29, 2000 The UNDP’s Human Development Index published on Thursday compares quality of life in countries around the world in terms of education levels, life expectancy and real income. Switzerland’s 13th place ranking is one spot lower than in last year’s report, even though it is fourth in the world in terms of per capita income. Dora…

Global warming forecast spells bad news for the Alps

This content was published on Jun 29, 2000 The report by the Institute of Climate Studies and Geography at Berne University, says the Alps are extremely sensitive to any change in weather. In fact, it is estimated that a rise in temperature globally by between one and four degrees, will result in an increase of five degrees in the Alps. The author, Professor…

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