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Israeli Card Guard to become Swiss company

This content was published on Aug 14, 2001 Card Guard, which has been on the New Market since November 1999, said in a statement that the board of directors were convinced that the move would further broaden the company’s international investor base and strengthen the company’s various initiatives in the European markets. The chairman and chief executive officer, Jacob Geva, said that the…

UBS reports drop in profits

This content was published on Aug 14, 2001 However, the fall was not as great as had been expected by analysts and helped push up the price of UBS shares at the stock exchange in Zurich. UBS said in a statement on Tuesday that the results came against a background of slowing economic growth in the major economies and uncertainties in securities markets,…

Swiss author ladles up genetically modified recipes

This content was published on Aug 14, 2001 Author Beda Stadler, deputy head of the immunology Department at Bern’s university hospital, and an energetic champion of genetically modified, (GM) foods, tells swissinfo that some 3,500 copies of his book are now available online. The modified foods are “safer, tastier and more ecological” than their organic counterparts, he says, and his book aims to…

Search called off for missing Swiss swimmer

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 The 37-year-old athlete, who was Liechtenstein’s national triathlon coach, was only 1.5 kilometres short of the French coast when his escort boat, whose crew included his father, lost sight of him in three-metre high waves. The French authorities immediately launched a search and rescue operation, but this was called off on Monday morning after finding…

CERN joins forces with IBM to build successor to the Web

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 CERN has been at the forefront of the computer revolution since the early 1990s when a team, led by Tim Berners-Lee, came up with the idea of the Web, making the Internet available to a wider public. The impetus for DataGrid is the CERN’s Large Hadron Collider – a huge new particle accelerator, which is…

Neuchatel faces further jobs gloom

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 Metalor, which specialises in precious metals, said it had taken the decision partly because it had changed its pension fund, but it also blamed the economic slowdown. A spokesman said the 61 people affected would probably take early retirement. The new pension accord allows employees to retire at 57. The workers concerned are employed at…

Bluewin considers porn services in bid to boost revenues

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 The plan has already raised eyebrows, not least because the government is still the majority shareholder in the former state-owned monopoly. Bluewin believes supplying web surfers with erotic content will be good for business. “We are considering launching an erotic portal because of the strong demand for this kind of content,” spokeswoman, Melanie Schnieder, told…

Novartis unit faces legal action over cartel claims

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 The controversy centres on the development of generic drug treatments in the US. It’s alleged that Geneva Pharmaceuticals stifled competition in the drugs industry by failing to develop a generic treatment for high blood pressure. Geneva Pharmaceuticals was the first company given approval by the US authorities to copy Hytrin, which generates annual sales of…

ABB wins Algerian order

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 The new station will increase the capacity of the gas pipeline between Algeria and Europe from 8 to 11 cubic metres. The compressor station will serve the 1400-kilometre pipeline that runs from Algeria to Europe through Gibraltar. The joint venture set up by ABB and Sonatrach will construct the station. Sonatrach also hired ABB to…

Marking glacial change on Grindelwald’s trail

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 Climbing the trail to the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, Hans-Peter Holzhauser, a leading glaciologist from the University of Zurich, notes the alarming rate at which the Grindelwald is retreating. For the layman venturing along the trail on a hot summer day, the deep gorge and high moraine walls carved out by the glacier confirm headlines that…

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