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Swiss Federal Railways on the right track

This content was published on May 5, 2000 At a news conference in Zurich, the management of the Federal Railways announced on Friday that staff would receive a one-time bonus payment of SFr1,000. “After several years of decline, recovery in passenger and goods traffic, together with lower costs for staff and infrastructure than planned, have led to a result which is clearly better…

Lovebug hits businesses where it hurts

This content was published on May 5, 2000 A user who opens an attachment on the e-mail unwittingly unleashes the virus, which then proceeds to send itself to all e-mails listed in the user’s address book. The resulting data overload leads to documents being lost or over-written. In Switzerland, the German-language television broadcaster, DRS, the telecommunications firm, Swisscom, and the supermarket chain Migros…

SAir welcomes sale of Air Liberté

This content was published on May 5, 2000 Taitbout Antibes bought the shareholding for SFr125 million. Taitbout is a subsidiary of Marine Wendel and Group Alpha which, together with the SAir Group, own the French airline AOM and also possess a stake in another French domestic airline, Air Littoral. SAir and its French partners see a large potential for synergies between the three…

Swiss gloomy about prospects for 21st century

This content was published on May 5, 2000 The survey, carried out by the research institute, DemoScope, found optimists to be in the minority. Only 37 per cent said they did not expect a major disaster (such as an atomic war, environmental catastrophe or a collision with a meteorite). The remaining 21 per cent gave no opinion. Similarly on the future of Switzerland,…

Literature goes digital at Geneva Book Fair

This content was published on May 5, 2000 Currently, there are only two kinds of e-book on the market – the Rocket e-Book and the Softbook – and they are only available in the United States. But later both will be launched in Europe, along with the first European-produced e-book, made by the French firm Cytale. The current generation of e-books weigh around…

Holocaust asset claimants a step closer to restitution

This content was published on May 5, 2000 Switzerland’s two biggest banks, UBS and Credit Suisse, are hoping to get final approval this month on a compromise deal reached with a United States judge. They are proposing to provide access to at least two million Nazi-era accounts, half the number requested by an independent commission. Once this issue is resolved, agreement on the…

Schindler launches rope innovation

This content was published on May 4, 2000 SchindlerAramid is manufactured from the plastic material bearing the same name – aramid – which has been used in the space and aircraft industries. “I think the development of this aramid rope and the result we achieved is really a quantum leap in the industry, and I am sure that it will set new standards,”…

Roche to promote university research

This content was published on May 4, 2000 The fund, which will provide start-up financing of SFr2.5 million, spread over a period of five years, will make it easier for the Department of Biology to recruit top researchers to fill the five assistant professorships in its pool. The research fund will help the ETH provide highly qualified researchers with the infrastructure they need…

Budget cuts threaten Swiss lead in sciences, warns top academic

This content was published on May 4, 2000 Professor Olaf Kübler says budgetary restraints imposed by the government are threatening the future of Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology and other research centres across the country. “When you look at the end of the Clinton administration you find that research in the US is getting double digit percentage increases,” says Professor Kübler. “Here at…

Prominent Zurich financier killed in plane crash

This content was published on May 4, 2000 Müller-Möhl had just taken off from the Speck-Fehraltdorf airfield in canton Zurich and was heading towards Ticino, when the plane went down. He was travelling alone. It is not known what caused the crash. Müller-Möhl made a name for himself as an investor and large shareholder in many Swiss companies. He founded the Bank am…

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