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Trade union dissidents slam leadership

This content was published on Jul 2, 2000 Over 40 branch secretaries from the union have sent an open letter to the leadership, accusing it of being too closely tied to construction employers and middle class politicians. They say that the union has failed to stop job losses of 20 per cent in the industry. A long-standing salary conflict in the construction industry,…

Crans Montana Forum ends with gloomy prognosis

This content was published on Jul 2, 2000 During the closing session, the vice-president of the World Bank, Jean-François Rischard, said that in the next 20 years a demographic explosion and the impact of the new technologies would transform the world. But poverty will take on ever more gigantic proportions, he warned, as food and energy resources become scarce. He said that as…

This week in business

This content was published on Jul 1, 2000 Among the other top events this week:– Monday, the Swiss industrial sector recorded a 12 per cent increase in production over the first quarter of the year, compared to the same period last year, according to a report from the Federal Statistics Office.– Tuesday, the planned takeover of the semiconductor equipment company, Esec, by Unaxis…

The return of the lynx

This content was published on Jul 1, 2000 Imogen Foulkes goes in search of this controversial, but elusive creature. Why did the lynx die out in Switzerland a hundred years ago, and why should it come back? Find out the answers to these and many more questions about this alpine predator by listening to our audio feature; “In search of the lynx”. Discover…

Samantha Tonkin receives a lesson in “celebrity” from Hedi Olden

This content was published on Jul 1, 2000 The singer and artist, Hedi Olden (her stage name), is the heart of the chalet, the friendliest and trendiest place to be. Hedi experienced her musical hey day in the sixties, recording ballads and jazz numbers. Hedi married into the Donizetti music family, and together with her husband, ran the Hotel Olden for 37 years.…

Parliamentary report criticises cantons

This content was published on Jun 30, 2000 The committee is calling on the government to intervene with the cantons so that they guarantee free access to the domestic market without discrimination. The report was commissioned to find out the liberalisation effects of the federal law on the domestic market. Introduced in January 1996, the law was part of a package of measures…

UN makes overtures to Bretton Woods institutions

This content was published on Jun 30, 2000 Malloch Brown kicked off his visit by thanking the foreign minister, Joseph Deiss, for Switzerland’s continuing financial to the UNDP: this year Berne handed over 52 million francs to assist development programmes around the world. His trip coincided with the UN development summit in Geneva, where the general assembly acknowledged it had failed miserably to…

Hans Meyer to step down as head of the Swiss National Bank

This content was published on Jun 30, 2000 In a communiqué, Meyer, aged 64, said he was making the announcement now so that a successor could be appointed in due time to take over at the beginning of next year. Meyer joined the National Bank in 1965 after graduating in economics at the University of St Gallen in eastern Switzerland. He was appointed…

National Bank president announces retirement

This content was published on Jun 30, 2000 In a communiqué, Meyer, aged 64, said he was making the announcement now so that a successor could be appointed in due time to take over at the beginning of next year. Meyer joined the National Bank in 1965 after graduating in economics at the University of Sankt Gallen in eastern Switzerland. The communiqué said…

SIG Plastics: Approval of monopolies commissions

This content was published on Jun 30, 2000 The new SIG Plastics division will be integrated into the SIG Group as an independent unit. A company statement said that with this “important” acquisition, SIG had guaranteed its entrance into the extrusion and stretch blow-forming machine market. It added that SIG was intensifying its focus on packaging technology and aimed to develop the fast-growing…

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