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Carlsberg swallows Feldschlösschen drinks

This content was published on Nov 3, 2000 A joint statement issued on Friday said Carlsberg was buying out the beer, mineral water and sugared drinks divisions of Feldschlösschen. The Swiss company, based in Rheinfelden, is seeking an alternative buyer for its Emil Nuesch subsidiary in Balgach. Developing story swissinfo with agencies

Diax stays out of German hands

This content was published on Nov 2, 2000 The paper said on Thursday that the collapse in negotiations leaves Deutsche Telekom without a partner in the Swiss third generation mobile phone licence (UMTS) auctions, which start on November 13. Diax, which is number two in the Swiss mobile telecommunications market, has 700,000 mobile phone customers and 300,000 fixed line customers in the Swiss…

Swissquote buys InvestServices.com

This content was published on Nov 2, 2000 InvestServices.com specialises in the analysis of financial products, particular shares and investment funds, via the Internet. In a statement on Thursday, Swissquote said that it will take over the data bases, customers and domain name of InvestServices.com as well as part of its staff. “By acquiring the business operations of InvestServices.com, we are underscoring our…

Novartis AstraZeneca deal gets US go-ahead

This content was published on Nov 2, 2000 Novartis will have to sell its worldwide foliar fungicide business based on the strobilurin chemical class to Germany’s Bayer while Zeneca will sell its worldwide corn herbicide business based on the active ingredient acetochlor to the US group, Dow Agro Sciences. The combined business of AstraZeneca and Novartis will form a new Swiss-based company called…

Swissair to crack down on air rage

This content was published on Nov 1, 2000 Swissair said on Wednesday it had opted for this solution, following a crackdown on “air rage” led by a number of American companies. Legally, there is no problem for an airline to have its crew subdue a passenger in this way. A spokesman said the company did not want to introduce the new measure immediately,…

Cost of property increases threefold

This content was published on Nov 1, 2000 The survey, released on Wednesday, shows that costs are likely to increase further over the next year, and house prices are set to rise for the next decade. Increasing consumer confidence and relatively low mortgage rates are the primary reasons given for an increasing number of Swiss buying rather than renting their homes, and seeking…

Company created to offset effects of job cuts at Swisscom

This content was published on Nov 1, 2000 Swisscom is in the process of a restructuring programme and has announced it is cutting staff numbers by 3,000 on top of outsourcing a further 3,000 positions. The joint venture, Work Link, will try to find “new perspectives for collaborators of a certain age, touched by the restructuring,” a joint statement said on Wednesday. Swisscom…

Swiss give in to EU pressure on 40-tonne trucks

This content was published on Nov 1, 2000 The two measures were effectively linked in a series of bilateral accords between Switzerland and the European Union. However, Switzerland wanted to introduce the tax before the accords were fully ratified, while delaying the entry of the heavy trucks until the process was completed. They are expected to be ratified by mid-2001. The government said…

GretagMacbeth acquires US group

This content was published on Nov 1, 2000 GretagMacbeth’s business includes the production and distribution of hardware and software for graphic arts, imaging and the ink industry. McMahan, based in Triangle Park, North Carolina, specialises in light measurement instruments and services used for system development and integration, software development and measuring equipment. swissinfo with agencies

Swiss troops being withdrawn from Bosnia

This content was published on Nov 1, 2000 The soldiers, known as yellow berets, have been in Bosnia since 1996 under the auspices of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Swiss government on Wednesday said the defence ministry could leave any material which would be too expensive to transport back to Switzerland to the Swiss Development Agency in Bosnia…

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