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Liquidator turns sights on Swissair partners

This content was published on May 18, 2005 In his monthly letter to Swissair’s creditors, Karl Wüthrich said the payments were made after it was clear that Swissair would collapse, making the two firms preferential creditors. Wüthrich said claim avoidance actions would shortly be lodged against Swiss and the operator of Zurich airport, Unique. He also intends to pursue similar actions against numerous…

More protection needed against natural hazards

This content was published on May 18, 2005 Federal and local authorities spend at least SFr2.5 billion ($2.04 billion) every year on protection measures against potential disasters. The National Platform for Natural Hazards said in its latest report to the government that safeguards could be improved despite the large sums of money invested each year. The report, presented on Wednesday, said that risk…

“Window of opportunity” for US free-trade deal

This content was published on May 18, 2005 Following several parliamentary requests, the government says it will examine whether formal moves should be made to start negotiations with US officials. A spokesman for the economics ministry told swissinfo that the issue would be discussed “in general terms” at a special meeting of the federal government on Wednesday. No definite decision was due at…

“Window of opportunity” for US free-trade deal

This content was published on May 18, 2005 Following several parliamentary requests, the government says it will examine whether formal moves should be made to start negotiations with US officials. The issue was discussed “in general terms” at a special meeting of the federal government on Wednesday. No definite decision was made at the meeting, which was called to discuss Swiss foreign policy…

Internet beckons for job hunters

This content was published on May 17, 2005 But specialists say that the internet cannot entirely replace print media for advertising and that websites will have to consolidate to ensure their survival. “The market is booming for us,” said Wouter van der Lelij, who heads the JobUP website. “Our sales increased by 68 per cent last year, and they have already risen by…

Swiss equality is less equal than others’

This content was published on May 16, 2005 In the new “Gender Gap Index”, Switzerland comes an unimpressive 34th. The gap between men and women is narrowest in Scandinavia. Entitled Women’s Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap, the report measures the gap between women and men in five areas. Switzerland does well on health and well-being (7) and relatively well on political empowerment…

Is goodness good for business?

This content was published on May 13, 2005 But some companies pay little more than lip service to ethical practices – and economists may sometimes overestimate the ability of market forces to sort out the good, the bad and the ugly. In an interview with swissinfo, Ulrich Thielemann, deputy director of the Institute for Business Ethics at St Gallen University, says there is…

An alternative approach to ethical banking

This content was published on May 13, 2005 But the Alternative Bank (ABS), in the central town of Olten, has spent 15 years proving that such approaches can work even in the profit-centred world of financial services. In an interview with swissinfo, managing director Christa Joss says that what is different about ABS is not the business structures but the underlying ethical criteria.…

More aid needed to reach UN Millennium Goals

This content was published on May 13, 2005 The Swiss Coalition of Development Organisations said on Thursday that the government had so far failed to do enough in support of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. It said that the cabinet, when it meets next Wednesday, should undertake moves to bring the amount of aid for developing countries into line with other European…

Syngenta denies factory cancer allegations

This content was published on May 12, 2005 Swiss weekly L’Hebdo reported on Thursday that cases of bladder cancer around Monthey in canton Valais could be related to exposure to Galecron. The insecticide, used mainly on cotton plants, was produced by Ciba-Geigy from 1966 to 1976, and from 1978 to 1988. It was taken off the market because of potential risks to users.…

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