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Zurich sells Indian asset business

This content was published on Mar 17, 2003 The deal was made with the Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) Mutual Fund, a joint venture with Britain’s Standard Life Investments. HDFC has $1.45 billion (SFr1.96 billion) under management and is India’s third largest and fastest growing mutual fund, Zurich said in a statement. The terms and conditions of the sale, which needs the approval…

Swiss want employers to secure troubled pensions

This content was published on Mar 16, 2003 A public survey, published on Sunday, also found strong opposition among the Swiss to a possible cut in pensions. Switzerland is currently in the midst of a debate about the future of pensions schemes, many of which are facing massive shortfalls following the stock market downturn. Because between 60 and 80 per cent of pensions…

Life after Swissair

This content was published on Mar 15, 2003 Following a string of successful sell-offs, individual divisions of the Swissair empire are now embarking on new journeys. From airline catering to the servicing of aircraft, from duty free retail to information technology, the former subsidiaries provide more than 50,000 jobs worldwide. With almost 10,000 of those jobs based in Switzerland, the companies’ continuing survival…

Water flows through Switzerland’s history

This content was published on Mar 14, 2003 Water provided a means of irrigation and transport for the region’s earliest settlers and enabled Switzerland to develop its trade routes. The first major watercourses in Switzerland were built as far back as the third century BC. Some of the earliest examples include a Roman aqueduct that supplied the city of Aventicum (today Avenches in…

Swiss head to Kyoto to talk water

This content was published on Mar 14, 2003 Switzerland is joining more than 100 countries attending the World Water Forum, which culminates in a two-day ministerial summit at the weekend. The forum – which will seek to make good on global promises to preserve the world’s water supply – is the biggest political event of the United Nations-sponsored International Year of Freshwater. Philippe…

Fall of Mayan cities blamed on severe droughts

This content was published on Mar 14, 2003 Scientists have long been baffled by the demise of the Maya, who flourished in present-day Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras until about 1,200 years ago. But analysis of sediment extracted off the northern Venezuelan coast suggests they may have been devastated by severe droughts lasting between three and nine years. One of the study’s authors, Gerald…

Swiss posts SFr980 million loss

This content was published on Mar 14, 2003 Swiss International Air Lines said on Friday it was hit by SFr322 million in set-up costs and other one-off items, after taking off on April 1. The airline has struggled to become profitable amid a stalling global economy and fierce competition from cut-price carriers. In a statement released on Friday, Swiss said it would not…

Parliament gives go-ahead to GM law

This content was published on Mar 13, 2003 The new legislation provides protection for Swiss farmers producing non-GM crops and guarantees consumers a choice. On Thursday the Senate ironed out the remaining difficulties surrounding the draft legislation, which is expected to be rubber-stamped next Friday. The new law allows for GMOs to be planted, while at the same time protecting non-GM crops from…

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