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Swiss position at WTO comes under fire

This content was published on Oct 12, 2000 “The state secretariat for economic affairs, which is responsible for WTO policies, lacks clarity of vision and has not learned the lessons of the Seattle debacle.” That is the view of the Swiss Coalition of Development Organisations, which presented its arguments at a news conference in Berne on Thursday. The director of the coalition, Peter…

Swisscom on lookout for partner in mobile market

This content was published on Oct 12, 2000 In an interview with the weekly magazine, “Facts”, Alder said the partnership would allow Swisscom to offer more competitive third generation mobile phone services. The company is expected to obtain a licence for a third generation Universal Mobile Telecoms System (UMTS) at a government auction on November 13. Alder said it was unlikely that Swisscom’s…

ABB buys US software technology for drug manufacture

This content was published on Oct 12, 2000 ABB said on Thursday that it was acquiring Base Ten’s Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) software, which is used in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products. The company said the acquisition would significantly expand ABB’s industrial IT capabilities. ABB said it was already the world’s leading supplier of industrial automation systems for chemical synthesis, an early stage…

Ciba sells most of Hexcel stake

This content was published on Oct 12, 2000 Announcing the deal on Thursday, Ciba said it would sell approximately 14.5 million shares of Hexcel common stock in a transaction valued at $11.00 per share (SFr18), or about $160 million (SFr278 million) in total. “We’re building a compact portfolio of businesses with synergies in shared technologies and markets, and, are specifically strengthening our high…

Swiss view Friday the 13th with trepidation

This content was published on Oct 12, 2000 A survey of 639 people published this week in Switzerland found that a substantial number associated Friday the 13th and the full moon with extraordinary occurrences. The full moon was seen as more ominous than the infamous Friday – a fifth of respondents said they had previously had strange experiences during a full moon. Of…

Forecast raised for SEZ

This content was published on Oct 12, 2000 The group, based in Zurich, expects sales in 2000 of around SFr190 million ($109 million), up from a previous forecast of SFr160-170 million. It has also upped its forecast for 2001, saying sales should be about SFr10 million higher at SFr260 million. Sales over the first nine months of this year more than tripled, coming…

Swiss admit to stalling on Milosevic accounts list

This content was published on Oct 12, 2000 The state secretariat for economic affairs on Thursday confirmed a report that appeared in the weekly publication, “Weltwoche”, claiming such a delay occurred. However, the authorities said their hesitation did not affect the eventual freezing of assets. The increase in the list of names targeted – from 300 to 600 – was only completed on…

Shares in main Swiss banks nosedive

This content was published on Oct 11, 2000 Zurich’s SMI slid 1.88 per cent to close down 147.20 points at 7665.40 on Wednesday, pulled down by the poor performance of banking sector stock. Credit Suisse shares were battered throughout the day’s trading, ending the session on the Zurich stock exchange down nearly nine per cent at SFr298. Shares in UBS closed down 6.46…

Novartis shareholders give green light to create Syngenta

This content was published on Oct 11, 2000 The shareholders, at an extraordinary general meeting in St Jakobs Hall in Basel, voted overwhelmingly in favour of the plan. AstraZeneca shareholders have still to approve the deal. Both parent companies are eager to divest themselves of their agribusinesses, which have suffered of late amid a global downturn in farming. The new company, called Syngenta,…

Ospel set to succeed Krauer as UBS chairman

This content was published on Oct 11, 2000 The board of directors is to propose at the annual shareholders’ meeting next April that the chief executive officer, Marcel Ospel (50), succeed him. Krauer joined UBS as interim chairman after the bank chalked up losses of SFr984 million in the 1998 scandal surrounding the Long-Term Capital Management Hedge Fund in the United States. Its…

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