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Nestlé sells Argentine cheese operation to French group

This content was published on Nov 30, 1999 (AP) — Swiss-based food and drinks group Nestlé said Tuesday it has sold its cheese-making operation in Argentina to a local subsidiary of France’s Bongrain Group. Terms of the deal, which includes the sale of the San Jeronimo factory in Santa Fe province as well as the Adler and Bavaria brands, were not disclosed. The…

WTO summit tackles controversial trade liberalisation

This content was published on Nov 30, 1999 Representatives of the 135-member World Trade Organisation, which includes Switzerland, on Tuesday begin what promises to be one of the most controversial international meetings on how to move ahead with trade liberalisation. Thousands of delegates attending a WTO ministerial meeting in the U.S. city of Seattle will try to agree on measures to boost world…

Swiss employers in favour of more trade deregulation

This content was published on Nov 30, 1999

WTO meeting plagued by divisions, protests

This content was published on Nov 30, 1999 International trade talks currently underway in the United States are marked by deep divisions and public protests over just how far the 135-nation World Trade Organisation should move down the road of tearing down trade barriers. While thousands of protesters have descended on the host city Seattle to stage their vociferous protests against what they…

Switzerland sends urgent food aid to Kosovo, Serbia

This content was published on Nov 29, 1999 Switzerland is sending hundreds of tonnes of flour and oil to Kosovo and Serbia in order to help ease the fate of well over one million people who are threatened with hunger over the winter months, the authorities announced on Monday. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation told a news conference that 730 tonnes…

Bally to close production plant, shed 250 jobs

This content was published on Nov 29, 1999 (AP) — Swiss shoemaker Bally said Monday it was closing one of its production plants and concentrating its manufacturing operations on a single factory, in a move that will involve the loss of 250 jobs. The company said it will cease production at its headquarters in Schönenwerd, northern Switzerland, and focus it at a revamped…

WTO trade summit in Seattle will address some hot issues

This content was published on Nov 26, 1999

The main news stories in Switzerland this week

This content was published on Nov 26, 1999

Swiss banks confident about Y2K

This content was published on Nov 26, 1999 Swiss banks are confident they will not have problems when computer clocks change over to the year 2000. The banks, which are now well into their fine-tuning preparations, say that all information technology tests to date have proved successful. The only factor that could trouble the careful preparations is irrational behaviour by bank customers. But…

Projected costs soar for new trans-Alpine rail links

This content was published on Nov 26, 1999 A parliamentary committee on Friday warned about soaring costs of Switzerland’s planned trans-Alpine rail links, saying the government should review parts of the project and consider commercial co-financing. The supervisory committee, presenting its first report on the project, warned that costs would be exceeded by at least SFr438 million ($277 million) due to inflation and…

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