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Damage of weekend storms “billions of dollars”

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 Switzerland’s largest reinsurer, Swiss Re, has estimated the damage from the storms that hit Europe earlier this week at several billion dollars. Swiss Re said the intensity of the gale-force winds and level of destruction made it worthy of the title, Storm of the Century. Swiss Re said the latest storm combined with natural disasters…

Billions of dollars in storm damage

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 Switzerland’s largest re-insurer, Swiss Re, has estimated the damage from the storm that hit Europe earlier this week at several billion dollars. Swiss Re said the intensity of the gale-force winds and level of destruction made it worthy of the title, Storm of the Century. Swiss Re said the latest storm combined with natural disasters…

Duttweiler: The man who revolutionised the Swiss retail industry

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 Switzerland has produced some amazing personalities over the past 100 years, their achievements ranging from business to ballooning, from science to the ski-slopes. One of those eminent persons was Gottlieb Duttweiler. It was the late actor Orson Welles who, in the film “The Third Man,” said the Swiss had had 500 years of peace and…

Inflation rate rises to 0.8 percent

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 The annual rate of inflation in Switzerland has risen to 0.8 percent, its highest level for three years. An increase in heating oil and petrol prices is mainly to blame. Inflation in December rose by more than 0.3 percent to stand at 1.7 percent, according to the Federal Office for Statistics. Apart from the increase…

Swiss optimistic about prospects for 2000

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 The Swiss people, not renowned for their optimism, are in a distinctly upbeat mood about their prospects for the new year, according to an end-of-year survey. The Swiss have not felt so good since the boom years of the 1980s, according to the survey published by the Berner Zeitung, contributing to a Gallup International poll…

Switzerland 2000: Rent goes up, food gets cheaper

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 There is good news and bad news for consumers in Switzerland: Fresh food products, phone calls and air travel will become cheaper next year, but rent and insurance will go up. Insurance payments and rent will probably pose the biggest financial burden for the average person. Health insurance will go up in all 26 Swiss…

Bertrand Piccard: A Swiss who reached for the skies

This content was published on Dec 29, 1999 Switzerland has produced some amazing personalities over the past 100 years, their achievements ranging from business to ballooning, from science to the ski-slopes. One of those eminent persons was Bertrand Piccard. It was the late actor Orson Welles who, in the film “The Third Man,” said the Swiss had had 500 years of peace and…

Storm causes unprecedented damage to Swiss forests

This content was published on Dec 29, 1999 The Federal Environment Agency says the weekend storm, Lothar, caused the worst damage done to Swiss forests since records began being kept in the last century. The agency said trees amounting to more than 8 million cubic metres were knocked down in the gale-force winds. It said the storm did in one day what woodcutters…

Second wave of fierce gales batters Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 28, 1999 Another wave of fierce gales hit western Switzerland and the country’s low-lying midland region on Tuesday, tearing off roofs, knocking out electricity and disrupting traffic. The weather system, carrying top wind speeds of 100 kmh (62 mph), swept across the Lake Geneva region and then moved towards the capital Berne. The winds again tore down…

The Swiss watchmaking industry is booming

This content was published on Dec 28, 1999 The Swiss watchmaking industry is set to achieve record exports: Time pieces worth at least SFr8.6 billion ($5.4 billion) will be exported this year. Customs officials attribute the rise to more luxury watches being sold abroad. The head of the Watchmaking Federation, François Habersaat, explains that the United States remains the premier market for exports.…

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