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Swissair share price continues to fall

This content was published on Aug 31, 2001 Analysts at Zurich Cantonal Bank said in a study that the risks for investors were far higher than opportunities. They also noted the Swissair Group’s “extremely high” net debt of almost SFr15 billion. The company on Thursday announced plans to cut 1,250 jobs and sell some of its major assets after reporting a first half…

Swissair losses dominate business headlines

This content was published on Aug 31, 2001 On Thursday the Swissair Group announced plans to shed 1,250 jobs and sell some of its major assets after reporting a first half loss of SFr234 million ($140 million) compared with a profit of SFr3 million during the same period a year earlier. The group, which reported a loss of SFr2.9 billion last year –…

Anti-globalisation protesters end occupation of Mobutu villa

This content was published on Aug 31, 2001 The peaceful end to the occupation of the house in Savigny near Lausanne came after members of the Lausanne-based La Smala movement met with a judge, police and an official from the local debt and bankruptcy office, which is responsible for the villa. The house is due to be sold at auction next month and…

Ascom kicks off business week

This content was published on Aug 31, 2001 Ascom said in July that it saw no reason to change its 2001 profit outlook even though some divisions were encountering “business cycle headwinds”, according to chief executive Urs Fischer. Ascom announced a month earlier its plans to cut 1,100 jobs as part of the reorganisation drive Fischer launched when he took over earlier in…

Boxer nips at heels of big brewers

This content was published on Aug 31, 2001 Set-up in 1960 in the town of Romanel in canton Vaud by Albert Heusser, who named the brewer after his favourite breed of dog, Boxer prides itself on remaining outside the brewing empires controlled by Denmark’s Carlsberg, Britain’s Allied Domecq, and other major players. Today Boxer supplies speciality beers to clients across Switzerland, pulling in…

Swiss bike industry faces uphill struggle

This content was published on Aug 31, 2001 Although the Swiss market appears healthy — some 350,000 to 400,000 new bikes are expected to be sold this year at an average price of SFr1,050 ($611) – producers face financial hurdles ranging from the country’s higher cost of salaries to transport taxes. “The costs of production in Switzerland are much higher than for the…

Leading indicator slips further

This content was published on Aug 31, 2001 KOF, which is part of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, said its indicator fell to a reading of -0.21 from a downwardly revised -0.07 in June. The institute said that new industrial orders showed a slight rise in July, after registering their first decline for two years in June. In a statement,…

Railway to the sky

This content was published on Aug 31, 2001 Like the rest of Europe, Switzerland was gripped by railway fever in the last quarter of the 19th century. But even before tracks had been laid in the valleys of the Bernese Oberland, those ambitious plans were being tabled to build a line to the summit of the Jungfrau, 4,158 metres above sea level. There…

Grindelwald strives to preserve natural setting

This content was published on Aug 31, 2001 In 1838, “Murray’s Handbook for Travellers in Switzerland” said Grindelwald consisted of “…picturesque wooden cottages, widely scattered over the valley…Its inhabitants are chiefly employed in rearing cattle.” By 1973, the British alpine historian, Ronald Clark, said Grindelwald had “become a textbook example of tourist exploitation…with its urban centre, comfy car parks and chalets climbing the…

Consumer prices fall sharply in August

This content was published on Aug 31, 2001 Annual inflation fell for the third month running. It now stands at 1.1 per cent, compared with 1.4 per cent in July after reaching a peak of 1.8 per cent in May. The office said lower sales prices for clothing and footwear led to the decline. In August they were 10.3 per cent cheaper. Other…

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