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Swiss franc strengthens against US dollar

This content was published on Jan 4, 2000 The Swiss franc on Tuesday continued its recent gains against the US dollar. Analysts say the franc is benefiting from doubts about whether the US economy can keep up its strong performance, as well as from growing optimism about the European economy. Marcus Allenspach, an economist at Cantrade private bank, says he expects the franc…

Guidance team to tackle forest clean-up

This content was published on Jan 4, 2000 Switzerland has set up an emergency team to coordinate clean-up efforts after Hurricane Lothar ripped through Swiss forests and caused hundreds of millions of francs in damage. The formation of the team was agreed at a special summit in the capital Berne, where federal and cantonal forestry offcials tried to find agreement on financial compensation…

Clean-up operation will take several weeks

This content was published on Jan 4, 2000

Swiss companies monitor the new situation in Russia with interest

This content was published on Jan 4, 2000

Swiss authorities report decline of mad cow disease

This content was published on Jan 3, 2000 The Federal Veterinary Office says that mad cow disease in Switzerland is on the decline, despite figures for 1999 which are higher than the year before. Twenty-five clinical cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) were discovered up until December 24, compared to 14 cases in 1998. Another 24 cases of mad cow disease were reported…

Switzerland experiences only minor Y2K glitches

This content was published on Jan 3, 2000 The first business day of the millennium opened with very few signs of Y2K computer glitches in Switzerland, the authorities noted on Monday. The federal authorities’ emergency command centre said the largely problem-free rollover of computer clocks from 1999 to 2000 was due to extensive preparations by businesses as well as the federal and cantonal…

Swiss bourse encounters no Y2K troubles

This content was published on Jan 3, 2000 The Swiss Stock Exchange (SWX) remained closed Monday as the market authorities continued to test systems for the millennium bug. The SWX’s Marcel Naegler said the market has “encountered no millennium bug problems during testing thus far, and is set to resume trading on Tuesday”. The stock market in Switzerland was actually considered Y2K competent…

Switzerland faces “working day” Y2K test

This content was published on Jan 3, 2000 Swiss financial markets faced a “working day” Y2K test on Monday, along with second-tier computer systems throughout industrial sectors . Switzerland dodged the much-dreaded computer bug successfully on January 1, after computer clocks rolled over from 1999 to 2000. All major transport, telecommunications, power grid and financial command centres worked normally. However, experts did not…

Switzerland dodges millennium computer bug

This content was published on Jan 1, 2000 Switzerland dodged the much-dreaded Y2K computer bug: All major transport, telecommunications, power grid and financial command centres reported no problems as computer clocks rolled over from 1999 to 2000. “The year 2000 started well for Switzerland. All the basic infrastructure services such as utilities, communications and railways are working smoothly,” said an official statement published…

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