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Developing world poised to benefit from e-commerce

This content was published on Sep 28, 2000 The meeting is being jointly organised by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco) and the International Trade Centre (ITC), which is the technical assistance agency of both the World Trade Organisation and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The ITC helps developing countries to improve their export and import strategies and…

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Red List confirms global extinction crisis

This content was published on Sep 28, 2000 In its latest Red List of Threatened Species, published on Thursday, the IUCN says that 24 per cent of mammals and 12 per cent of birds are threatened with extinction. It adds that more than 11,000 plants could also disappear in the near future. From its headquarters at Gland, near Geneva, the IUCN said that…

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Swiss cows fly to Kosovo

This content was published on Sep 27, 2000 A total of 500 beasts are being transported on eight flights over the next few days. The SFr1.5 million operation is part of a programme which began a year ago. Since last September, 1,250 cows and bulls have been flown to Kosovo to help needy families, at a cost of about SFr4 million. The Swiss…

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Villiger calls for more transparency at IMF/World Bank meeting

This content was published on Sep 27, 2000 “While globalisation opens incredible perspectives, it can also pave the way for new risks. This can go from financial instability to the transmission of disease,” said Villiger on Wednesday. The finance minister said the process of globalisation had become inevitable, and made the mandate of the IMF and World Bank more and more difficult. To…

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Kuoni increases control of Popularis

This content was published on Sep 27, 2000 In a statement, Kuoni said Popularis would now concentrate on being a travel retail company and move its headquarters to Zurich from Berne. The company will discontinue its own tour production business under the Co-op extra Reisen brand name as of the end of the year. Co-op said it was selling its stake as part…

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Alitalia reportedly casts net wider for partners

This content was published on Sep 27, 2000 “Alitalia’s aim is to link up with American Airlines, which after the collapse of talks with British Airways is looking for a European partner and which already has commercial links with Swissair,” an Alitalia spokesman is reported to have told Reuters news agency. Alitalia is looking for partners after the collapse of a planned tie-up…

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Pilot error unlikely, say investigators

This content was published on Sep 27, 2000 An official from the Swiss Office for Aircraft Accident Investigations said preliminary investigations suggested a mistake by one of the pilots could be ruled out. He said they were now trying to get a clearer picture of what happened, and were concentrating on questioning as many eyewitnesses as possible. He said first results were unlikely…

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Pilot error not likely, say crash investigators

This content was published on Sep 27, 2000 An official from the Swiss Office for Aircraft Accident Investigations said preliminary investigations suggested a mistake by one of the pilots could be ruled out. He said they were now trying to get a clearer picture of what happened, and were concentrating on questioning as many eyewitnesses as possible. He said first results were unlikely…

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More gold to go on sale

This content was published on Sep 27, 2000 The sale is part of a coordinated move by 15 European Central Banks and conforms to the government’s new currency and payments law which came into effect on May 1. By the end of this month, the SNB will have already sold around 120 tonnes of gold. Over the next few years, the central bank…

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