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Swiss aluminum company in talks on world’s largest concern

This content was published on Aug 10, 1999 (AP) — Switzerland’s biggest aluminum company, Alusuisse-Lonza (Algroup), said Tuesday it was in merger talks with two competitors in plans to form the world’s largest aluminum concern. Algroup said it was in “advanced discussions” with Alcan Aluminum of Canada and the French company Pechiney. The statement from Algroup said it was not certain the talks…

Swiss unemployment rate drops in July

This content was published on Aug 9, 1999 Unemployment in Switzerland dropped slightly to 2.5 percent in July because of an overall recovery of the Swiss economy and the seasonal performance of the construction and hotel industries. The State Secretariat in the Economics Ministry said unemployment fell by 0.1 percentage points. That figure means that there are now 2,277 fewer people out of…

OECD urges further economic reforms in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 5, 1999 The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development expresses optimism about the prospects for the Swiss economy but urges further liberalisation in certain industries and proposes a new concept for monetary policy. In its annual report on the state of the Swiss economy released Thursday, the OECD said Gross Domestic Product rose to 2.1 percent in…

Easyjet revs up engines in competition battle

This content was published on Aug 5, 1999

Frito-Lay comes to the Swiss capital

This content was published on Aug 3, 1999

Swiss drinks group Rivella goes green

This content was published on Jul 30, 1999 (Reuters) — Rivella is Switzerland’s second-best selling soft drink after Coca-Cola. Now the Swiss company hopes to tap the huge potential of non-Rivella drinkers at home and abroad with a new product, Rivella Green, which contains green tea extracts. “Rivella is a divider, you either like it or you don’t,” said chief executive Franz Rieder,…

Search for missing canyoning victims continues

This content was published on Jul 30, 1999 Search and rescue teams were on Friday continuing efforts to locate two people still missing from Tuesday’s deadly canyoning accident in the Saxeten gorge near the Swiss tourist resort of Interlaken. Search efforts, which involved sniffer dogs and an underwater camera focused on the Saxeten mountain stream and nearby Lake Brienz. Nineteen bodies have been…

Investigation into canyoning accident proves slow process

This content was published on Jul 29, 1999 The Swiss authorities said Thursday that the identification of the 19 bodies recovered from Tuesday’s tragic canyoning accident near Interlaken would be a slow process and investigators called for help from those who might have known the victims. Two victims have been identified: one of them is a Swiss woman and the other a man…

Swiss festival crowns best winegrowers

This content was published on Jul 29, 1999 Switzerland’s biggest festival, the Fête des Vignerons or Winegrowers’ Festival, was formally opened on Thursday with the crowning of the best winegrowers. The event is staged in the town of Vevey, on Lake Geneva, and is only held once per generation. It is by far the biggest and most spectacular festival and is characterised by…

Japan to revoke Credit Suisse unit license

This content was published on Jul 29, 1999 (Reuters) — Japanese financial regulators said on Thursday they will revoke the banking licence of Credit Suisse Group’s derivatives unit for obstructing official investigations and offering inappropriate products to clients. Financial regulators also ordered a partial suspension of Tokyo operations at four other CS Group units and Kokusai Asset Management Co Ltd, a unit of…

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