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Swisscom launches e-commerce market

This content was published on Jun 15, 2000 Conextrade is based on a product by the United States-based Commerce One company, with whom Swisscom concluded an agreement in January. This new trading platform will link buyers and sellers throughout Switzerland and central Europe, accelerating trade and reducing costs for trading partners. Swisscom’s own purchasing department will be the first customer on the Electronic…

No truce in sight in Biotech battle

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 As probably the world’s most-outspoken opponent of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Rifkin was invited to Berne by the Swiss environment agency to participate in a discussion about the risks of gene technology. Clearly not everyone was happy at his presence. A Nobel-prize winning scientist in the audience got so carried away by Rifkin’s arguments, he…

Holderbank cements its strategy in the Balkans

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 Under the contract, the first such involving a foreign firm since the end of the inter-ethnic strife in Kosovo a year ago, Holderbank will invest SFr27 million in capital equipment to upgrade the plant, plus undisclosed extra amounts for training and social and environmental projects. The agreement was signed with the United Nations Mission in…

Women less keen on founding a company than men?

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 The study, by the University of Applied Sciences in Solothurn, shows that only 16 per cent of new firms are founded by women. However, it finds that many more women (33 per cent) are self-employed. The study draws the conclusion from this that women often found companies with an annual turnover of less than SFr100,000…

Arts council in ever greater demand

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 More applications for help were received than the previous year – 3,676, an increase of 146. Fifty-four per cent of them were approved totally or in part, 40 per cent for projects in Switzerland with the remainder going abroad. Music was the single biggest beneficiary, getting subsidies amounting to SFr3 million, nearly SFr250,000 more than…

Modex to launch on SWX New Market

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 A maximum of 495,000 registered shares will be offered at a price of between SFr148 and SFr168 per share. The initial block of shares on offer represents 33.8 per cent of the company’s capital. Modex said it would use the proceeds from the sale to finance research, acquisition of technologies and growth. Modex, is known…

Rare Swiss stamps go on sale

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 The collection took more than 20 years to build up and is the work of a Canadian philatelist with close associations with Switzerland and Geneva. The collection includes three double Geneva stamps more than 150 years old which was used to send post within the canton of Geneva. It derives its name from the fact…

Online grocery shopping set to expand abroad

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 At a news conference in Zurich, the company said it was foreseeing a capital increase to support its expansion plans. Company representatives said Le-Shop services would be available on the net in Argentina through a co-operation agreement with Alcampo, a Spanish online provider. With its expansion abroad, Le-Shop will have more than 100 employees and…

Billionaire seeks Internet family

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 Amongst the high-tech applications awaiting the chosen family are a fridge that orders its own food, and a toilet which checks human waste for potential diseases. The family will also have to prepare for celebrity status, with their everyday life broadcast on the Internet five days a week. The family must consist of a couple…

Berne against boosting IMF voting rights of developing countries

This content was published on Jun 13, 2000 In a statement following the weekly cabinet meeting, the ministry said any reform which gave other countries more than a marginal increase in voting rights would amount to a voluntary reduction in Switzerland’s own share of the vote. It added that Switzerland would therefore no longer be in a position to represent another group of…

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