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SGS improves performance despite internal strife

This content was published on Mar 26, 2001 Net profits for last year increased more than 13 per cent to SFr128.7 million ($75 million). The figures were in line with analysts’ expectations. The company said it expected still higher earnings for the current year thanks to the benefits of a restructuring programme and the development of new products. SGS hit the headlines recently…

Brighter prospects ahead for interior design industry

This content was published on Mar 26, 2001 With the economy in a healthier condition, it appears that people are spending more on their homes. Sales of furniture increased by 3.8 per cent last year and the export business grew by more than 10 per cent. The title of this year’s “Home 01” is “Everything new for the Home” and designers are hoping…

Germany threatens to fine Swiss pilots overflying the country

This content was published on Mar 25, 2001 On that date Germany is expected to introduce a decree replacing an earlier agreement with Switzerland, which in recent years has permitted up to 140,000 flights annually over southern Germany. Under the new legislation, the limit for Swiss flights will be reduced to 80,000 a year. Germany announced last May that it was ending the…

Geneva parliament initiates legal action against SAirGroup

This content was published on Mar 24, 2001 The Geneva government owns 311,695 shares in SAirGroup. As the group’s problems have increased, its share value has fallen from SFr400 ($233) a few weeks ago to around half that. Parliamentarians said SAirGroup officials had given false assurances about the future of the company, which is expected to reveal losses of SFr2.5-2.7 billion last year.…

Weighty issues die with Mir

This content was published on Mar 23, 2001 For the last seven years, a team at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich has collaborated with the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA to measure the impact of weightlessness on human bones and muscles. Since 1995, their Bone Stiffness Measuring Device – a collaborative venture between ESA and the Russians – has monitored…

Switzerland sells itself as high-tech land at CeBIT in Hannover

This content was published on Mar 23, 2001 On Monday, the Swiss economics minister, Pascal Couchepin, will be in Hannover to lead the offensive with an address entitled: “Switzerland – from Heidi-Land to High Tech-Land”. His speech will highlight the high-tech achievements of some of Switzerland’s leading companies, as well as the various factors which make Switzerland an attractive place for foreign firms…

Business Outlook

This content was published on Mar 23, 2001 Equities can generally expect a bumpy ride as traders continue to look gauge the extent of the economic slowdown in the United States. Last week, Wall Street led the world’s bourses into sharply negative territory, following a severe loss of business confidence. Tuesday sees the release of the first major corporate results in Switzerland as…

“Telecentres” seen as solution to digital divide

This content was published on Mar 23, 2001 Development agencies meeting in Bern this week heard that telecentres had achieved significant progress in bringing Internet access to poorer countries. Stella Hughes of the United Nations educational agency, Unesco, said that with the help of the Swiss government’s Development Agency (SDC), Unesco was running multimedia facilities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where basic…

Pension funds urged to put influence to good use

This content was published on Mar 23, 2001 The ethical pension fund, Ethos, has just published guidelines on the exercise of voting rights and a list of codes on best practice in corporate governance. Ethos came into being four years ago when two pension funds in canton Geneva expressed concerns about companies laying off workers while financial markets were booming. The Civil Servants’…

Uncorking Swiss wines in Morges

This content was published on Mar 23, 2001 The organisers of the fair have decided to showcase the variety and high quality of Swiss wines this year to mark the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Swiss Winegrowers and Merchants. Since 1971, the association has supported small winegrowers who are committed to preserving quality in the face of the trend…

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