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Mobile phones switched off

This content was published on Jul 28, 2001 The network collapsed shortly after midday and it was not until 10.30pm that normal service was restored to Swisscom customers. In a statement on Saturday, the company said it would compensate customers by not charging sms messages and mobile calls made on Thursday and Friday. Swisscom also said it would knock off SFr5 from customers’…

Sunken wagons offer insight into early rail transport

This content was published on Jul 28, 2001 Gilbert Paillex used an underwater robot he developed himself to locate the wagons, some 300 metres under water. A total of six carriages had been loaded unto a freight ship, which set off from Morges on July 8, 1859. They were meant for use on the railway lines connecting Italy and Switzerland. A gust of…

ABB job cuts send share price into free-fall

This content was published on Jul 28, 2001 Twelve thousand jobs are to go in the next 18 months as the company tries to improve its competitiveness. Two thirds of the cuts will come through redundancies. The announcement saw ABB’s share price fall by a fifth although it clawed back some of the losses later in the week. ABB justified the eight per…

Swissair celebrates split from AOM/Air Liberté

This content was published on Jul 27, 2001 Mario Corti, chief executive of the Swissair Group, which owns a 49.5 per cent stake in the carrier, said he was “delighted that a solution had been found for AOM/Air Liberté”. Corti added that the tribunal’s decision marked the end of the group’s strategy to divest itself of its interests in France. However the conclusion…

Growing number of near misses in Swiss airspace

This content was published on Jul 27, 2001 The Swiss air accident investigation bureau said 51 air incidents were recorded in 2000, confirming a report in the “Blick” newspaper. Of that number, 22 incidents were considered near misses. In a further 14 cases collision was considered possible. In 1999, 11 near collisions were recorded. “We are registering more and more near collisions,” bureau…

EC approves Nestlé acquisition of Ralston

This content was published on Jul 27, 2001 “The Commission gives conditional clearance to the acquisition,” it said in a statement. Nestlé, the world’s biggest food group, agreed to conditions in Italy, Spain and Greece, including the licensing of several pet food brands. The deal cannot yet be closed, however, because it has yet to be approved by the US Federal Trade Commission.…

Profits down at Zurich cantonal bank

This content was published on Jul 27, 2001 In a statement, the bank said that it expected a lower profit for the year as a whole compared with last year. It said that in “difficult market conditions”, profit for the first six months fell by 16.2 per cent to SFr338.3 million ($197.26 million). “At this half-year stage, we do not expect to reach…

Geneva scientists reveal how the spine is created

This content was published on Jul 27, 2001 It’s the first time scientists have been able to demonstrate how the genes concerned build the backbone. The process is the same for all vertebrates, and in humans takes place about three weeks after conception. The research team’s findings, published in the journal “Cell”, reveal that a molecular clock controls the growth of the spine…

Stock Exchange pleased with virt-x launch

This content was published on Jul 27, 2001 At the annual news conference of the exchange in Zurich, management said that it was pleased with the launch in June of virt-x, the first ever pan-European blue chip exchange. Virt-x has come under attack from analysts who have argued that the volume of shares traded has been disappointing. Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter, head of the SWX…

Economic growth expected to slow

This content was published on Jul 27, 2001 The Business Cycle Research Institute of the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich said its indicator for June fell to 0.01 points from a revised 0.13 in May. A statement from the Institute on Friday said that the lower reading for the indicator reflected a slight reduction in new orders for the first time in…

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