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Adecco net profits beat expectations

This content was published on Mar 3, 2006 On Friday the world’s largest recruitment firm also announced it was in takeover talks with Russia’s leading staffing company. Gross profit rose to nearly 17 per cent, up 20 basis points (0.2 per cent) from a year ago, a company statement said. Adecco added it expected to boost its operating margin, which came in at…

Ecologists warn forests are being flushed away

This content was published on Mar 2, 2006 The conservation organisation said distributors and consumers have to change their attitudes, which threaten forests worldwide. According to the WWF, only a small proportion of all tissues and toilet paper used in Switzerland is made from recycled products. A study released by the organisation on Thursday says this reflects the limited choice in Swiss stores…

Demand for “ecocars” soars in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 2, 2006 Growing interest in so-called “ecocars” comes amid increasing concern over pollution, future energy sources and rising fuel prices. Hybrid, electric, fuel cell, natural gas and ethanol vehicles will once again be firmly in the spotlight at the 76th Geneva International Motor Show, which opened on Thursday. They will be presented at around 20 stands, including…

Shareholders approve creation of Implenia

This content was published on Mar 2, 2006 The two companies said that voting at meetings of Batigroup in Basel and Zschokke in Geneva on Thursday had overwhelmingly given support to the deal. Implenia has annual combined turnover of SFr2.7 billion ($2.1 billion) and a staff of 6,500. Switzerland’s competition commission approved the merger last month, saying it had found no evidence that…

Motor show looks to the past and future

This content was published on Mar 2, 2006 But this year’s event is not just about cars of the 21st century. A special exhibition marking the centenary of Switzerland’s “Revue Automobile” magazine pays homage to the history of motoring. “This year we have a lot of world and European premieres, and a lot of concept cars and prototypes,” René Lambelet, head of communications…

Figures confirm Swiss economic upswing

This content was published on Mar 2, 2006 The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) said on Thursday that preliminary figures showed the economy grew by 1.9 per cent as a whole during the year. “The… trend upwards of the Swiss economy is proving to be increasingly anchored,” Seco said in a statement. It added that the upswing, which started in 2004, had…

Natural catastrophes hit profit at Swiss Re

This content was published on Mar 2, 2006 Swiss Re reported that its income fell by 41 per cent to SFr1.451 billion ($1.11 billion) because of the burden on its non-life reinsurance units. But in a statement, Swiss Re said that in a year characterised by record natural catastrophes, the underlying business had performed well. “2005 has been a year of contrasts. Swiss…

Flight tax up against Swiss scepticism

This content was published on Mar 1, 2006 Remo Gautschi of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation represented Switzerland as an observer at a two-day meeting in Paris on development financing. The meeting ended on Wednesday. As of July 1, France will levy what it calls a solidarity tax on passengers flying out of French airports. The proceeds of the tax will…

Deiss seeks to drum up trade with new Europe

This content was published on Mar 1, 2006 One topic of discussion is certain to be Switzerland’s contribution to the Cohesion Fund for the ten new European Union states. Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey signed a memorandum in Brussels on Monday, pledging SFr1 billion ($760 million) to the fund over five years. Poland and Lithuania are among the ten newest members of the…

Engineering industry picks up steam

This content was published on Mar 1, 2006 Swissmem, which is the umbrella organisation of the mechanical and electrical engineering industries, said that exports last year totalled SFr61.3 billion ($46.89 billion) or 3.9 per cent up on the previous year’s figures. It described the rise in sales of three per cent and in new orders received of 4.5 per cent as “healthy”. Swissmem’s…

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