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Inquiry launched after near accident at Zurich airport

This content was published on Jul 14, 2000 The Swiss Aviation Authority is trying to discover why the plane suddenly left the runway. A spokesman for Crossair’s parent company, SAir, said one of the aircraft’s four tyres had deflated. However, it is not clear whether this was the cause of the incident, or merely a consequence of it. All 32 passengers and seven…

Civil service mounts public challenge to government reforms

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 The main public service association handed in a petition to parliament on Thursday with more than 94,000 signatures, protesting at the proposed reforms. Under Swiss law, 50,000 signatures are needed to force a referendum opposing a change in law, and the issue will now go to a nationwide vote on November 26. Civil servants say…

Swissôtel retreats back to Europe

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 It has offered the 30 people employed in the head office in Manhattan the option of relocating to Switzerland. “The future of our business lies in Europe. That’s why it makes sense for our headquarters to be in Europe as well,” says Andreas Meinhold, president and chief executive officer of Swissôtel. Ironically, it was a…

Bergier commission dismisses criticism over wartime inquiry

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 The commission, led by the historian Jean-Francois Bergier, defended the two interim reports published so far. At a news conference in Berne on Thursday, it said the research had been undertaken with the utmost care and without prejudice. Commission member, Harold James, said he was not surprised the interim reports had sparked controversy. He said…

EuroAirport in Basel flies high

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 The management of the EuroAirport said in a statement that the number of planes using the airport also increased over the same period by three per cent. The figures are a boost to the Franco-Swiss airport that operates on the Swiss-French border near the Swiss city of Basel. The airport also reported an increase in…

Business booms for BB Biotech

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 The net asset value of the Schaffhausen-based group’s shares rose 45 per cent over the period, driven by the good results of a majority of the companies in the group’s portfolio. Since the launch of BB Biotech in November 1993, its shares have increased an average of 35 per cent per year. During the first…

Stosa sold to Italian group

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 Arquati said in a statement that its acquisition of a majority stake in the group would still allow Stosa to continue its business in much the same way as it did before. Located in canton Argau, Stosa, will continue to work under the same name with the same management. The price of the deal was…

Geneva scientists gain new insight into diabetes

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 Scientists have been struggling for decades to identify a cause of diabetes type II, which affects at least five per cent of people in the west. But now researchers from Professor Paolo Meda’s team at the morphology department of the faculty of medicine think they may have made a breakthrough. The key problem is to…

Fust strikes deal with Service 7000

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 Based in Netstal in canton Glarus, Service 7000 saw a turnover of SFr20 million in the previous financial year. Jelmoli said in a statement that this latest deal for Fust opens up a new segment of the market for the company, with potential for synergies for both firms in logistics, administration and sales. Martin Reithebuch…

Geneva attracts French investor

This content was published on Jul 13, 2000 FNAC will open the store in the centre of Geneva in October or November, with a second store opening just outside the city in the Balexert shopping centre in the spring of 2001. The managing director of FNAC Switzerland, Philip Gelay, said the move to Geneva was the opening of a bridgehead into the Swiss…

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