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Givaudan adds flavour to the stock exchange

This content was published on Jun 8, 2000 Givaudan, based in Geneva, is a leading manufacturer of smells and tastes which go into perfumes, consumer goods, food and drink. “This is a very significant time for our company as we move another step closer towards being the undisputed leader in the flavour and fragrance industry,” chief executive Jürg Witmer told Roche shareholders last…

Switzerland to join former Commonwealth group

This content was published on Jun 8, 2000 The Senate on Thursday backed a motion already approved in the House of Representatives to join the body. Dr Dieter Schröder, the director of the CAB International research centre in Delémont in canton Jura, says full membership will simply recognise what has been a fact for more than 50 years. The bioscience research centre in…

Australian firm buys Swiss plasma laboratory

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 CSL, based in Melbourne, has said that all 560 jobs will be maintained. “If up to 2005 the results of the Central Laboratory develop according to the forecasts, the buying price will increase to SFr973 million,” a statement from both parties said. Founded in 1949 by the Swiss Red Cross, the central laboratory last year…

Swiss, Germans and Austrians sign rail alliance

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 The deal, signed in the German city of Munich, foresees a unified system for passengers and involves investment of SFr2.5 billion for about 130 new tilting trains. “We want to create the best price/quality ratio on the European transport market,” said Benedikt Weibel, chief executive of the Swiss Federal Railways. “The offer will include attractive…

Swiss economic growth slows down

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 The Institute said its index fell slightly to 1.44 compared to 1.46 in March and 1.46 in February. The barometer, which gives an indication of Swiss economic growth over a period of six to nine months, is at the same level it achieved during the last phase of strong growth in 1998/99. The Institute is…

Bank profits soar in 1999

This content was published on Jun 7, 2000 In a preprint of the Swiss National Bank’s statistical yearbook, the balance sheet total amounted to SFr2,243.8 billion, surpassing the previous year’s figure by nine per cent. The report says that “brilliant results” were achieved in commission business and services but interest income – not least due to fiercer competition among the banks and a…

Exporters to receive helping hand

This content was published on Jun 6, 2000 Under the law, a new organisation would be set up to promote exports. It would focus on helping small and medium-sized businesses, which make up 90 per cent of Swiss industry but are often inexperienced in export marketing. For the past 70 years, the Swiss Office for Trade Promotion (OSEC) has been responsible for helping…

Swiss bankers reject offshore haven status

This content was published on Jun 6, 2000 However, at a press briefing in London, Niklaus Blattner said that Switzerland was an offshore centre in the sense that it was a major sophisticated financial centre. “We are not so naive to ignore the fact that the term offshore centre also has negative connotations – a place where free-riding, sun-tanned characters spend the day…

Berne wants action to soften social impact of globalisation

This content was published on Jun 6, 2000 Addressing the International Labour Conference in Geneva, the Swiss Secretary of State for Labour, Jean-Luc Nordman, said the world needed a leaner and more efficient ILO, and for that to happen it had to continue the reform process it had begun. “The ILO is making a comeback, and has shown itself ready to take up…

Couchepin promises government support for e-commerce

This content was published on Jun 6, 2000 He was addressing a meeting in Zurich attended by representatives of companies at the cutting edge of e-commerce. The two-day event is the first organised by the Swiss-United States Joint Economic Commission, launched in Davos earlier this year. “The Swiss government is taking specific steps to encourage business activity in the field of new technologies,”…

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