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Indian prime minister thanks Swiss as earthquake relief continues

This content was published on Jan 29, 2001 Vajpayee met the rescuers, who have been working round the clock since their arrival, on Monday. They have so far pulled seven survivors from buildings destroyed by the tremor. With the help of sniffer dogs, the team were able to locate and free two men trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in the…

Roche to pay SFr20 million to Chiron

This content was published on Jan 29, 2001 The decision follows a ruling by the European Patent Office that Roche infringed Chiron’s licence for sales related to its “HIV patent 150”, which is used in clinical diagnostic and blood screening products The fine covers sales prior to October 2000, after which Roche and Chiron had signed a broad patent licence deal for nucleic…

IMF praises Swiss economy but urges more reforms

This content was published on Jan 29, 2001 Speaking at a press conference in Bern on Monday, IMF experts said Switzerland was enjoying its best economic performance for a decade, and forecast “relatively robust” growth of 2 – 2.5 per cent for this year. However, they warned that the tempo of structural reform would need to be speeded up if Switzerland is to…

Robinson urges business to support human rights

This content was published on Jan 29, 2001 Speaking to swissinfo in Davos, Robinson echoed the message of the UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan. In his address to delegates on Sunday, Annan warned business leaders to become better global citizens or face a growing backlash against globalisation. Robinson said corporations needed to accept that they had a responsibility to promote human rights in trouble…

Zurich insurance unit merges with Malaysian group

This content was published on Jan 29, 2001 MCIS Insurance, which deals in both life and general insurance, will retain its composite insurance licence in the merger with Zurich, which writes non-life insurance in the country. “It’s planned to have capital of between 100 million and 120 million ringgit (SFr43 million to SFr52 million) after the merger is completed,” MCIS chief executive L…

Schweizerhall sells drugs division to Aceto

This content was published on Jan 29, 2001 Schweizerhall is a wholesale distributor of industrial and fine chemicals and develops and markets perfumes and jewellery. It said it would buy 600,000 shares in Aceto, equivalent to 10 per cent in the New York State-based company, as part of the deal. Schweizerhall chairman, Peter Schaer, said in statement that the sale, subject to a…

Couchepin calls for new round of WTO trade talks

This content was published on Jan 28, 2001 Speaking to swissinfo in Davos, Couchepin said it was necessary for richer countries to make concessions to poorer states for progress to be made. He said that free trade agreements too often excluded economically weak countries. And he said that anti-globalisation protesters often ignored the fact that poorer nations wanted a resumption of WTO talks.…

Kudelski says high-tech shake out was inevitable

This content was published on Jan 28, 2001 When delegates met last year, the Internet seemed to offer the prospect of unlimited economic growth. Investors seemed prepared to finance the flimsiest of ideas for a dot.com company. But in March 2000 the speculative bubble burst and many infant companies went to the wall. Investors had their fingers burned as technology stocks tumbled. World…

Swiss send rescue workers to earthquake zone

This content was published on Jan 27, 2001 A 48-person team from the Swiss Disaster relief Corps, including army experts, as well as nine specially-trained dogs left Zurich on Saturday to fly to the stricken area. They took with them 18 tonnes of relief supplies, including 5,300 blankets provided by the Swiss Red Cross. They are going to concentrate their relief efforts in…

Workers’ leader warns of union backlash

This content was published on Jan 27, 2001 Phillip Jennings, the general secretary of Geneva-based Union Network International, voiced his fears in an interview with swissinfo in Davos. ‘We have a problem of respect for union rights,’ said Jennings, ‘There is a vicious anti-union campaign taking part in the United States.’ And Jennings is particularly worried about the incoming Bush administration. ‘Last year,…

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