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Goverment offers SFr338 million backing to Expo

This content was published on Feb 23, 2000 The Swiss government has proposed granting the planned national exhibition a deficit guarantee of SFr338 million. The final decision will be made by parliament at its next session in March. The deficit-guarantee approved by the cabinet at its weekly cabinet meeting is SFr 18 million higher than what Expo 02’s organisers had asked for. The…

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Crossair profits down

This content was published on Feb 23, 2000 The regional airline, Crossair, a subsidiary of the SAir group, has owned airline announced profits down 20 per cent at SFr51 million for 1999. The airline will also cut its dividend for shareholders to SFr30 from SFr37.50. The company said its results were down due to the difficult environment in the business, and that the…

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Ciba back in the black

This content was published on Feb 23, 2000 The specialty chemicals group, Ciba, has announced a return to profit. The Basel-based group has recorded a profit of SFr325 million for 1999, compared to a loss of SFr739 million in 1998. Turnover was also up, increasing seven per cent to nearly SFr9 billion for last year. The final figures are better than the market…

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Industry warns of high cost of abandoning nuclear power

This content was published on Feb 22, 2000 Switzerland’s nuclear industry has warned that closing down the country’s four nuclear power stations would cost the economy SFr40 billion. Nuclear energy currently meets 40 per cent of Switzerland’s electricity needs. However, environmental groups have attacked the claims, suggesting they fail to take account of the costs of decommissioning the plants when they become obsolete,…

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Huge job cuts at Unilever

This content was published on Feb 22, 2000 The Anglo-Dutch consumer group, Unilever, is to cut 25,000 jobs, or about ten per cent of its global workforce, over the next five years. However, the company’s Swiss operations are relatively unaffected. The cuts come as part of a vast restructuring programme aimed at reinvigorating the world’s largest consumer goods group. Unilever employs 1,460 staff…

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Profits fall at Georg Fischer

This content was published on Feb 22, 2000 Net profits at the Swiss machinery group, Georg Fischer, dropped nine per cent to SFr131 million in 1999. The fall came despite a seven per cent rise in sales last year to SFr3.3 billion. The company said unfavourable market conditions during the first half year, and only a halting improvement in the second half had…

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Mikron benefits from mobile boom

This content was published on Feb 22, 2000 The boom in the worldwide mobile telephone market is driving the Biel-based Mikron Technology Group to expand production rapidly. The company announced Tuesday it is to open a new plant in Norway and enlarge its facilities in Europe and Asia. A statement said that both business segments of the group were being pushed by the…

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Swisscom brings Internet to the mobile phone

This content was published on Feb 22, 2000 The country’s largest telecommunications company, Swisscom, has launched a new service combining the Internet and mobile phone technology. Through the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), mobile phone users can now have internet access to more than 20 information and communication services, including Swissinfo, the Internet service of Swiss Radio International. Other services include Swisscom’s telephone directory,…

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Swisscom brings Internet to the mobile phone

This content was published on Feb 22, 2000 The country’s largest telecommunications company, Swisscom, has launched a new service combining the Internet and mobile phone technology. Through the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), mobile phone users can now have internet access to more than 20 information and communication services, including Swissinfo, the Internet service of Swiss Radio International. Other services include Swisscom’s telephone directory,…

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