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Brunner directs operations of Bangalore airport

This content was published on Feb 25, 2006 Brunner, who used to be with the company that operates Zurich airport, Unique, has battled Indian bureaucracy for many years but at last construction has begun on an airport that has huge potential. Bangalore, the capital of the state of Karnataka, has a population of six-and-a-half million – not far off that of the whole…

Complaints about prices continue to rise

This content was published on Feb 24, 2006 The figure is almost 50 per cent up on 2004 and double that of 2003. Moans mainly centred on prices for medicines, books, cable television and customs’ duties. The federal price administrator, Rudolf Strahm, said the number of complaints represented growing public awareness of prices. Medicines came under scrutiny once again, despite an agreement reached…

Generic drugs market shoots up

This content was published on Feb 24, 2006 News of the 40 per cent market growth comes less than two months after the government introduced measures encouraging people to choose generic drugs over brand products. In November last year Swiss Interior Minister Pascal Couchepin put forward a series of measures aimed at cutting health costs by at least SFr86 million ($65.5 million) a…

Railways boss takes fast track to retirement

This content was published on Feb 24, 2006 Weibel said he would leave at the end of 2006 and take early retirement, after three decades with the Railways. Weibel, who will turn 60 later this year, told a news conference on Friday he wanted to able to chose the moment of his departure himself. “I have been the longest-serving railway boss in Europe…

Brabeck reveals what keeps Nestlé on top

This content was published on Feb 23, 2006 Brabeck, an Austrian who has been head of Nestlé since 1997, also says he intends to step down as CEO at the annual shareholders’ meeting in 2008. The company, based at Vevey on Lake Geneva, said net profit for 2005 jumped more than 20 per cent to SFr7.995 billion ($6.1 billion) on sales of just…

Government claims “Switzerland” domain

This content was published on Feb 23, 2006 The state claims to have a legitimate right to three specific URLs – www.schweiz.ch, www.suisse.ch and www.svizzera.ch, registered by a Swiss businessman. The federal authorities and the owner of the addresses, Stefan C. Frei, have been locked in a dispute since 2000. But Frei has refused to hand over to the federal administration names that…

Workers suspend metal factory strike

This content was published on Feb 23, 2006 A spokesman said the employees expected to return to their jobs at the Swissmetal factory in Reconvilier on Monday, ending a walkout that has lasted a month. Employees on Thursday voted on the conditions, which had been hammered out by Swissmetal bosses and the trade union, Unia, under the eye of government-appointed mediator Rolf Bloch.…

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New tax on digital players delayed

This content was published on Feb 23, 2006 It follows an appeal last month by producers and distributors of MP3 players and iPods who claimed the new tariffs for authors’ rights were unfair. The Swiss Association for Information, Communications and Organization Technology (Swico), which had sought a 60-day postponement, said on Wednesday that it was both delighted and surprised by the court’s ruling.…

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