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Roche shines in its annual operations

This content was published on Feb 1, 2006 Basel-based Roche, which includes the world’s leading diagnostics business, announced on Wednesday that group sales rose by 20 per cent to more than SFr35 billion ($27.39 billion). Net income was SFr6.73 billion or five per cent below the 2004 figure which had been influenced by income of SFr2.3 billion from the divested consumer health business.…

Greenspan effect did much for Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 31, 2006 Swiss homeowners – the most heavily indebted in the world – have benefited particularly from Greenspan’s achievement in bringing down the long-term cost of debt. Greenspan, 79, is revered in the US and beyond for keeping the American economy, and indirectly the world economy, stable and out of recession. Among economists he has the status…

A perfect day in Geneva

This content was published on Jan 31, 2006 swissinfo asks two English-speaking expats with their finger firmly on Geneva’s pulse for the inside track on how to turn a blank canvas of a day into a memorable masterpiece. “I would start my day with breakfast in the Old Town, ideally after waking up in the Hotel les Armures,” says full-time mother Ann Broome,…

Holcim further cements its position in India

This content was published on Jan 31, 2006 Holcim on Tuesday announced it had paid 21 billion rupees for a 14.8-per-cent stake of India’s Gujarat Ambuja Cements (GACL). It has also offered to buy up to an additional 20 per cent of the firm for $560 million. The move is the latest by Holcim in what has become the world’s second-largest cement market.…

Ciba’s textile woes lead to loss

This content was published on Jan 31, 2006 The Swiss chemicals giant said net profit would have been SFr364 million, down three per cent from 2004, if restructuring and other charges had not been taken into account. “2005 has been the most challenging year for the company since its foundation,” Ciba Speciality Chemicals chief executive Armin Meyer commented in statement on Tuesday. Sales…

WEF shows how Swiss fail to capitalise on ideas

This content was published on Jan 30, 2006 Rudolf Vontobel of IBM’s Zurich office told swissinfo the WEF should be exploited for Switzerland before someone else develops the idea. Speaking at the first Swiss Innovation Forum in Baden on Friday, Vontobel likened the WEF to Zurich’s much-vaunted car-sharing scheme, Mobility, which has been copied around the world. “Car sharing was invented in Zurich,…

Policymakers grapple with online content

This content was published on Jan 30, 2006 The 350 delegates attending the meeting are exploring how government policy should respond to the rapid changes in content production, delivery and use. Jointly organised by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, (OECD) and the Italian technology minister, the conference aims to improve understanding of the implications of the rapid development and changing distribution of…

Tattooists told to clean up their act

This content was published on Jan 30, 2006 Tattoos are hip, edgy and more popular than ever, with American rapper Eminem leading the way. He has an open grave and the words “Rot in Pieces” etched into his chest. It may be cool, but being drilled into is not safe at all, according to a European Commission report published in 2003, which lists…

WEF and Swiss pledge to tackle common future

This content was published on Jan 30, 2006 On the final day of the summit in the Swiss resort of Davos business leaders and top politicians also stressed the need for ethical values. The president and founder of the WEF, Klaus Schwab, on Sunday reiterated that the annual summit would remain committed to Switzerland. “Switzerland is one of the best places in the…

WEF gets lukewarm reaction from Swiss press

This content was published on Jan 30, 2006 While some dailies devoted several pages to the meeting’s end, there was still a dearth of commentary on the event itself in any of Switzerland’s main three national languages. Even the prestigious Neue Zürcher Zeitung gave its editoralists a day-off and left it at reports and a feature in Monday’s edition. One newspaper that did…

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