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Online grocers remain upbeat despite lack of demand

This content was published on Jul 22, 2001 A few years ago, Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates forecast that 30 per cent of American groceries would be sold over the Internet by 2005. There’s a long way to go because the figure today stands at just one per cent. In Switzerland, e-food sales account for an even more meagre 0.01 per cent. Making matters…

Tourists can now reach Zermatt under head of steam

This content was published on Jul 22, 2001 When the train line from Visp in the Rhone Valley to Zermatt was inaugurated in 1891, it led to a threefold increase in visitors to Zermatt in its very first year. It was the beginning of the Belle Époque and the birth of the mountain railway. Engineers overcame steep mountainous inclines by developing an array…

People Soft exploits customer care boom

This content was published on Jul 21, 2001 Active in Switzerland since late 1998, it now boasts among its clients some of the country’s biggest names, including UBS, Credit Suisse, Novartis, Swisscom and the Swiss army. About two years ago, before it launched in Switzerland, People Soft overhauled its strategy to focus on the internet. The company spent $500 million and used 2000…

Swissair continues to recover

This content was published on Jul 21, 2001 The business week was dominated by positive news for the Swissair Group as it managed to pull back successfully from loss-making foreign ventures. Shares in the group pushed up sharply on Wednesday in reaction to news that the group had limited its future exposure to the Belgian carrier, Sabena. Swissair, which controls a 49.5 per…

Small investors urged to stay wary of markets

This content was published on Jul 21, 2001 The value of many people’s portfolios plummeted in the past year, and small investors were often disproportionately affected because they hang on longer than large institutions. The blue chip Swiss Market Index has fallen 16 per cent since the beginning of the year, and the broader Swiss Performance Index has dropped by a similar amount.…

Bumper vegetable crop spells disaster for farmers

This content was published on Jul 20, 2001 Peter Märki, the head of the Swiss vegetable producers’ association, said the loss of income could be disastrous for the country’s farmers, who are already dependent on state subsidies. According to Märki, springtime rains, particularly in the month of March, delayed sowing. Consequently, vegetable harvests were also later than usual. Märki said these problems had…

Feintool cuts earnings forecast on weaker sales

This content was published on Jul 20, 2001 Feintool, which had already planned job cuts, made the announcement on Friday after releasing figures that showed a lower than expected sales increase for the first nine months of the year. Sales rose from SFr306 million ($177 million) to SFr330 million. The company said it now expects a net profit of between SFr16 million and…

French court postpones decision on AOM/Air Liberté

This content was published on Jul 20, 2001 AOM/Air Liberté filed for bankruptcy last month after its shareholders, Swissair and Marine Wendel, said they wouldn’t give it any more money to stay afloat. It lost SFr690 million ($400 million) last year and is still losing SFr3 million a day. The Paris tribunal must decide whether one of the 16 plans submitted to save…

Dinosaur discovery rewrites the history books

This content was published on Jul 20, 2001 The 200 dinosaur footprints on a steep limestone rock face near Beckenried in canton Nidwalden date from the Early Cretaceous Period – an age when the whole area was thought to be under water. “It’s very unusual to find tracks here,” said palaeontologist Christian Meyer, the director of Basel’s natural history museum, who is leading…

Plane crashes in canton Graubünden

This content was published on Jul 19, 2001 Police said the aircraft, a Cessna 172 registered in Switzerland, had left for Zurich from the airport of Samedan, in the High-Engadine area, shortly before 5pm. They added that an investigation had been opened into the cause of the accident. swissinfo with agencies

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