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Donations urged for drought victims

This content was published on Apr 18, 2000 The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is appealing for donations to aid drought victims in east Africa. The SBC’s Solidarity Chain, which raises money for Swiss development aid groups, said the situation in Ethiopia and other parts of the region was alarming. The foundation said Swiss aid groups were organising food and other supplies to help about…

Coop profits shoot up 30 per cent

This content was published on Apr 18, 2000 The Swiss retail giant, Coop, has announced a 30 per cent increase in net profits for 1999 to SFr255 million. It also increased its market share slightly to 13.7 per cent, to consolidate its position as the number two retail chain in Switzerland. Coop’s turnover went up nearly five per cent, compared to an average…

Highs and lows for tourism industry

This content was published on Apr 18, 2000 Switzerland’s cable car operators say turnover increased by six per cent to SFr690 million this winter compared to the 1998/1999. However, not all regions did equally well, reported the operators in a statement. Companies in the Bernese Oberland and in canton Valais saw large increases, with the Grindelwald-First operator recording a record result. Turnover also…

Other company results

This content was published on Apr 18, 2000 The specialty chemicals group, Clariant, reported sales of SFr2.7 billion for the first three months of the year, an increase of 20 per cent compared with the same period last year. The increase was driven by the growing momentum of key markets and by the acquisition of the British fine chemicals company, BTP, in March.…

Switzerland could soon give US run for its money

This content was published on Apr 18, 2000 Switzerland has entered the top five of the world’s most competitive countries for business, according to a new study by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne. The league table of 47 countries, led by the United States, was based on the analysis of each country’s annual performance against 290 criteria. Last year…

Controversial waste dump focus of high-level meeting

This content was published on Apr 17, 2000 France’s environment minister, Dominique Voynet (pictured), has been visiting Berne for talks with her Swiss counterpart, Moritz Leuenberger. Discussions focused on the Bonfol toxic waste dump in canton Jura. In January the cantonal authorities in Jura said they planned to close the site, which was filled with 114,000 tonnes of toxic waste between 1961 and…

Making a Meal of History

This content was published on Apr 17, 2000 A new exhibition has opened in Vevey looking at the food that was eaten in the year 1000, and what it can tell us about early medieval society. Historians at the Alimentarium museum are using recent finds from two very different archaeological sites – at Lausen-Bettenach, near Basel, and Charavines, near the French city of…

Switzerland pledges further SFr50 million to help fight world poverty

This content was published on Apr 17, 2000 The economics minister, Pascal Couchepin, has pledged an increase of SFr50 million to Switzerland’s contribution in the fight against poverty in developing countries. He was speaking at the development committee at the spring summit of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington. The SFr50 million is to be put into the trust fund…

ABB posts 26 per cent profit upswing

This content was published on Apr 17, 2000 The Swiss-Swedish electro-engineering concern, ABB, has posted a 26 per cent increase in profits in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 1999. Profit was put at SFr619 million. The level of orders was up by five per cent, but turnover was down by six per cent in the first…

Government says EU accords will improve social insurance

This content was published on Apr 17, 2000 The government says Swiss people working in European Union member states, and EU citizens working in Switzerland will benefit from better social insurance cover, if the bilateral accords with the EU are approved on May 21. The measure would cost the Swiss government tens of millions of francs. Officials in Berne said there would be…

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