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Bergier commission dismisses criticism over wartime inquiry

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 The commission, led by the historian Jean-Francois Bergier, defended the two interim reports published so far. At a news conference in Berne on Thursday, it said the research had been undertaken with the utmost care and without prejudice. Commission member, Harold James, said he was not surprised the interim reports had sparked controversy. He said…

EuroAirport in Basel flies high

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 The management of the EuroAirport said in a statement that the number of planes using the airport also increased over the same period by three per cent. The figures are a boost to the Franco-Swiss airport that operates on the Swiss-French border near the Swiss city of Basel. The airport also reported an increase in…

Business booms for BB Biotech

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 The net asset value of the Schaffhausen-based group’s shares rose 45 per cent over the period, driven by the good results of a majority of the companies in the group’s portfolio. Since the launch of BB Biotech in November 1993, its shares have increased an average of 35 per cent per year. During the first…

Stosa sold to Italian group

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 Arquati said in a statement that its acquisition of a majority stake in the group would still allow Stosa to continue its business in much the same way as it did before. Located in canton Argau, Stosa, will continue to work under the same name with the same management. The price of the deal was…

Geneva scientists gain new insight into diabetes

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 Scientists have been struggling for decades to identify a cause of diabetes type II, which affects at least five per cent of people in the west. But now researchers from Professor Paolo Meda’s team at the morphology department of the faculty of medicine think they may have made a breakthrough. The key problem is to…

Fust strikes deal with Service 7000

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 Based in Netstal in canton Glarus, Service 7000 saw a turnover of SFr20 million in the previous financial year. Jelmoli said in a statement that this latest deal for Fust opens up a new segment of the market for the company, with potential for synergies for both firms in logistics, administration and sales. Martin Reithebuch…

Geneva attracts French investor

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 FNAC will open the store in the centre of Geneva in October or November, with a second store opening just outside the city in the Balexert shopping centre in the spring of 2001. The managing director of FNAC Switzerland, Philip Gelay, said the move to Geneva was the opening of a bridgehead into the Swiss…

Crossair plane skids off runway at Zurich airport

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 All 32 passengers and seven crew members were unharmed. However, they were told to leave the plane immediately, once it had come to a standstill on a grassy area, next to the runway. The Jumbolino plane veered to the right off the runway while travelling at a speed of around 70 kilometres an hour. The…

UBS takeover of PaineWebber – a match made in heaven

This content was published on Jul 12, 2000 The takeover is a bid by Switzerland’s largest bank to cement its position in the lucrative American market. James Mitchell of the New York investment firm Putnam Lovell Securities said if UBS wants to be a global player it has to have a sizeable presence in the United States. “The trend in financial services has…

Government rejects calls to import computer specialists

This content was published on Jul 12, 2000 The government’s statement is in response to calls by the industry to further open up the labour market. It acknowledged there is a high demand for information technology (IT) and e-commerce specialists but said the size of the labour shortage – 25,000 people – had been exaggerated. It added that only about half the quota…

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