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Swiss cheese fails to lure mouse off plane in Zurich

This content was published on Jan 15, 2001 Speaking on Monday, a spokesman for the SAirGroup said a mouse had been seen in the cockpit of a Balair Boeing 767 an hour before it was due to take-off on Sunday. The spokesman said a mouse-catcher had immediately been dispatched to try and track it down, but was unable to find it. Mousetraps filled…

Philip Morris relocates to Lausanne

This content was published on Jan 15, 2001 The move is aimed at speeding up the company’s decision-making process by alleviating the time difference between major markets. The move will be completed in a year’s time. The details of the new operation in Lausanne will be released in three months. The tobacco giant’s business activities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East are…

Gretag Imaging issues new profit warning

This content was published on Jan 15, 2001 Gretag Imaging said on Monday that annual sales had come in at the lower end of expectations. The company’s new chief executive, William Recker, said the firm was facing a financial burden caused by its inefficient structure. He added that it also lacked a clear strategy. In November, the company said net profit for 2000…

Crime novelist sticks knife into Basel pharmaceutical giants

This content was published on Jan 15, 2001 Set mainly in Kenya, “The Constant Gardener” pits its hero, Justin Quayle – an increasingly disillusioned British diplomat – against “KVH”, a fictitious pharmaceutical multinational that sells a tuberculosis drug, Dypraxa. As Quayle investigates his opponent, he learns how KVH, a Swiss-US-Canadian concern, distorted clinical trials in order to get Dypraxa on to the market…

Swiss aviation officials could ban Russian aircraft

This content was published on Jan 14, 2001 A spokesman for the federal civil aviation department, Lenz Jecklin, said the Ilyushin 86 did not meet international safety regulations. Jecklin told the Swiss news agency that investigators had found that, on one plane, the electronic equipment for identifying the risks of a mid-air collision was not working. Switzerland has told the two operating airlines,…

Business Outlook

This content was published on Jan 14, 2001 Luxury goods group, Financier Richemont, is set to reveal its final sales numbers for 2000. After what was a good year in 1999, initial predictions are for a continued improvement in 2000. Analysts say the strong performance of rival luxury goods group, LVMH Tiffany, suggests that good numbers are in store for Richemont, too. Market…

Swiss relief agencies rush aid to Central America after earthquake

This content was published on Jan 14, 2001 A Swiss Red Cross official, Karl Schuler, said a suburb of the capital was one of the worst affected areas, after being hit by a landslide. Schuler added that Pacific coast and mountain regions were also badly affected, and several areas had still not been reached. Swiss aid groups, including the Red Cross, have been…

Switzerland placed fourth in globalisation poll

This content was published on Jan 14, 2001 Switzerland was behind Singapore, The Netherlands and Sweden in the survey. The United States was placed 12th. Researchers took four factors into account: goods and services, finance, personal contacts and technology. Switzerland’s strength lay in the goods and services and finance sectors. Among the criteria taken into consideration were trade as a percentage of the…

The week in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 13, 2001 After initially playing down the possibility that Swiss troops could have fallen ill as a result of their deployment in Bosnia-Herzegovina or Kosovo, the army was forced to act on Sunday. The revelation that one soldier had died of leukaemia in 1998 after spending time in Bosnia prompted the army to offer medical tests to…

Basel port sees major rise in goods traffic

This content was published on Jan 13, 2001 The amount of goods transported rose to 8.5 million tonnes – an increase of nearly 15 per cent over 1999. Container and departure traffic also reached record levels in 2000, the port said in a statement on Saturday. Container transport was up by 11 per cent. Nonetheless, the amount of goods leaving Basel last month…

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