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ABB shakes up research and development to cut 135 jobs

This content was published on Nov 14, 2001 The shake-up will see 135 job cuts as part of a previously announced wider restructuring plan. Under the plan, group research and development will be concentrated on four laboratories, each with a clear client industry focus. Some long-running research projects will be scrapped. ABB’s chief technology officer, Markus Bayegan, said the plan was drawn up…

Women and foreigners still earn less

This content was published on Nov 14, 2001 With the same qualifications, female employees earn 21 per cent less than their male colleagues. “Women are systematically paid less,” said Carlo Malaguerra, head of the statistics office. Foreigners can also expect their pay packets to be 15 per cent lower than for Swiss workers, with an average salary of SFr4,643 ($2,750) per month. The…

Swissmetal feels the heat

This content was published on Nov 14, 2001 The company, based in canton Solothurn, saw its net profit fall 63 per cent to SFr4.3 million over the first nine months of the year. Although sales remained stable, higher energy bills and restructuring costs were blamed for the decline. The level of incoming orders bodes ill for the company’s medium term prospects. They fell…

Children learn to keep the peace

This content was published on Nov 14, 2001 In conjunction with the National Coalition Building Institute, (NCBI) 12 children at the Schädrüti primary school have been trained to diffuse difficult situations or conflicts in the schoolyard. The plan aims to diffuse difficult or heated situations, before they lead to bullying or violence. By starting in primary school at an early age, the junior…

Sulzer Medica’s earnings fall by half

This content was published on Nov 14, 2001 The company, facing hundreds of US lawsuits over faulty hip and knee implants, said sales rose 5 per cent to SFr321 million compared with the same quarter in 2001. Analysts, however, said sales actually fell 2 per cent when acquisitions were stripped out. Operating profit fell 89 per cent to SFr4.8 million. Sulzer Medica has…

US bank predicts Swiss stagnation

This content was published on Nov 14, 2001 It is the first financial institution that is no longer counting on growth of Swiss Gross Domestic Product (GDP) next year. In a study, the bank argues that recent shocks could hit the Swiss economy hard and, compared with Euroland, there is less potential for a rebound later. Attacks affected economy Economists at Goldman Sachs…

Markets recover nerve after airliner crash

This content was published on Nov 13, 2001 Switzerland’s blue-chip Swiss Market Index was trading up more than two per cent by mid-afternoon on Tuesday after suffering a 1.8 per cent decline earlier. Markets in London, Paris and Frankfurt were also wiping out the previous day’s losses as investigators pointed to an accident rather than terrorist activity as the cause of the tragedy.…

WTO delegates scramble for last-minute accord

This content was published on Nov 13, 2001 No accord has been reached on many of the top issues discussed in Doha, which include agriculture, textiles, investment, competition and the environment. So far, the delegates have only arrived at an agreement on developing nations’ access to medications. A final text was adopted on Tuesday, although it was qualified as a political accord rather…

New York crash highlights market fragility

This content was published on Nov 13, 2001 The blue-chip Swiss market index had been trading relatively flat during the week’s opening session but shed more than two per cent shortly after the airliner went down. It eventually closed down 1.8 per cent to 6229.1. Some of the hardest hit stocks were those of insurance companies, already expecting big claims because of the…

UBS profit falls more than a third

This content was published on Nov 13, 2001 The result was even worse than analysts had forecast and UBS said it expected deteriorating economic conditions to continue to affect performance in the short term. The third quarter figure compared with a profit figure of SFr1.385 billion for the second quarter of the year. UBS Warburg’s, the investment arm, saw its pre-tax profit fall…

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