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HSBC Guyerzeller Bank AG

HSBC Guyerzeller Bank AG - Results 2005

HSBC GUYERZELLER - 2005 RESULTS Zurich (ots) - 2005 proved to be one of the best years on record. Gross profits increased by 40% to CHF 62.7m, net income after taxes by 14% to CHF 64.2m. All key variables contributed to an outstanding result: 1. We attracted more than CHF 2bn in new money to be managed, a large increase from the previous year. Inflows came from all regions of the world where we are active, i.e. ...

BKW Energie AG

BKW FMB Energy Ltd: Positive revenue and profit performance - Preliminary information on 2005 results

Berne (ots) - Fiscal 2005 has been a good year for BKW FMB Energy Ltd. Despite various negative special effects such as damage to the Leibstadt nuclear power plant generator and below-average inflows to hydroelectricity plants, the annual result once more improved. In 2005 Group profit rose year-on-year by 40.9% ...

BSI SA

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Banca del Gottardo: Changes in the Board of Directors

Clariden Leu AG

Bank Leu records another sharp jump in earnings

Zurich (ots) - Bank Leu recorded a sharp jump in profits for the third time in succession in the financial year 2005. The old-established Swiss bank increased its net profit from CHF 137 million to CHF 179 million, beating the very good result achieved in 2004 by 30 percent. The cost/income ratio - the key indicator of profitability - was improved ...

BSI SA

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Banca del Gottardo records 17.3% increase in net profit for 2005

Helsinn Healthcare SA

Helsinn and Biovitrum enter a license agreement for nordic marketing of ALOXI®, a drug that prevents nausea and vomiting in cancer patients

Lugano, Switzerland and Stockholm, Sweden (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, and BIOVITRUM AB, a Swedish Biotechnology company, announce the signing of an agreement granting BIOVITRUM the exclusive License and Distribution rights of Aloxi® (Palonosetron hydrochloride) in the NORDIC ...

Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd

More than ever, Israel remains an attractive market despite the victory of Hamas

- Indication: A complete version can be downloaded under: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/story.htx?firmaid=100007552&lang=2 - Zurich (ots) - "As is the case with financial markets in general, the Israeli stock exchange is tending to become less sensitive to events linked to geopolitical ...

u-blox AG

u-blox and Conrad Proudly Present GPS Smart Antenna with SuperSense®

Thalwil (ots) - u-blox AG, the number one Swiss provider of innovative GPS receiver technology, today announced the signing of a partnership with Conrad, the leading European mail-order electronics supplier. Conrad has developed a GPS smart antenna based on the u-blox SuperSense LEA-4H flagship module, which is now available at Conrad's retail and online stores. ...

Raiffeisen Schweiz

Raiffeisen and Vontobel launch innovative retirement savings fund

St. Gallen and Zurich (ots) - Pension Invest Futura 50 is a new investment fund launched by Raiffeisen and Vontobel that combines a vehicle for retirement savings with the principles of sustainability, and is the first fund of its type to be marketed in Switzerland. It is suitable for investors for whom ethical, social and environmental values are important. More and more shoppers are choosing fair trade and ...

Helsinn Healthcare SA

HELSINN and THERABEL PHARMA announce a license agreement for Aloxi®

Lugano (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA signed an Agreement with THERABEL PHARMA under which it granted THERABEL PHARMA the exclusive License and Distribution rights to distribute, market and sell Aloxi® (palonosetron hydrochloride) in France, Belgium, Luxemburg and The Netherlands. Aloxi® is a strong and long-lasting antiemetic belonging to ...

WISeKey SA

WISeKey signs a framework agreement at the Microsoft Global Leaders Forum with Veliba SPE to deploy its secure e-ID services to over 400 million potential Spanish-speaking users worldwide

Geneva-Palexpo

The State of Geneva convened a CEO-Level converstion on global security at Davos and announces the launch of the Geneva World Security Forum

Davos/Geneva (ots) - On 26 January 2006 the State of Geneva convened a CEO-level meeting on global security in new technologies at the ski resort of Davos on the occasion of the Annual Meeting 2006 of the World Economic Forum. At the event, Pierre Francois Unger, President of the State of Geneva announced that ...

BSI SA

Banca del Gottardo sells Dreieck Industrie Leasing to Fortis

Lugano, Lausanne, Brussels, Utrecht (ots) - Banca del Gottardo and Fortis announced today that the Belgian-Dutch financial services group acquires 100% of the share capital of Dreieck Industrie Leasing AG from the Lugano-based bank for CHF 99 million (EUR 64 million). The sale of Dreieck Industrie Leasing represents a further step in Banca del Gottardo's strategy to focus on private banking activities. With this ...

Clariden Leu AG

Reorganization of Asset Management at Bank Leu

- Indication: The CV of Raoul-Philip Bachmann can be downloaded for free at: www.presseportal.ch/fr/story.htx?firmaid=100009306 - Zurich (ots) - Bank Leu is combining Asset Management and Investment Products in a newly created management unit that will focus on portfolio management for private and institutional clients as well ...

Cablecom

Cablecom - digital communication services from a single source

Zurich (ots) - cablecom previewed its 2006 business year today and unveiled new product plans that will bolster the company's market position. In the beginning of the year, mobile telephony and the digital tv recorder (DVR) will dominate the agenda for Switzerland's largest cable operator. Since launching wireless telephony service in December 2005, cablecom has become the first Swiss company to offer TV, broadband ...

WISeKey SA

WISeKey recruits Sheetal Mehta as Senior Vice President in charge of WISeKe'y Affiliates and Venture Capital

Geneva (ots) - WISekey, the world's most trusted e-security infrastructure and leading provider of Internet trust services, today announced it has appointed Sheetal Mehta as senior vice president and general manager of the WISekey's Affiliates Network Division. Sheetall, formerly a Microsoft Director in ...

Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd

Bank Hapoalim Switzerland completes merger with Bank of New York - Inter Maritime Bank, Geneva

Zurich (ots) - Bank Hapoalim Switzerland has successfully completed the merger with Bank of New York - Inter Maritime Bank, Geneva. As of January 3, 2006 Bank Hapoalim Switzerland will have more than 10.5 billion Swiss Francs client assets, comfortable own means of above 250 million Swiss Francs and employ 160 people. Founded in 1975 with headquarter in ...

Kyriba GmbH

Geopost selects Kyriba for web-based cash-flow forecasting and multibanking

Frankfurt, Vienna, Zurich (ots) - GeoPost is optimising its cash-flow forecasting and multi-banking connections with the help of technology from Kyriba. Kyriba, leading web-based cash-flow forecasting and multi-banking Application Service Provider (ASP) have today announced that GeoPost Group Treasury has chosen Kyriba platform for its cash-flow forecasting, ...

The Coca-Cola Company

Coca-Cola renews Football Partnership with UEFA through 2009

Extended Agreement includes UEFA EURO 2008™ in Switzerland and Austria Nyon (ots) - The Coca-Cola Company and UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, today announced the extension of their long-term partnership through 2009, including the UEFA European Football Championship™ 2008, which will be co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland. The agreement extends the exclusive marketing rights of The Coca-Cola ...

Cablecom

Mobile phone calls with cablecom

- Further information can be downloaded free of charge under: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/story.htx?firmaid=100004998&lang=2 - Zurich (ots) - Cablecom and sunrise announced their cooperation today in the area of mobile telephony. This makes cablecom the first large telecommunications provider in Switzerland to offer television, Internet, fixed network and mobile telephony from a single source. ...

T.E.A.M. Marketing AG

Thomas Klooz new CEO of T.E.A.M.

Lucerne (ots) - The current CEO of T.E.A.M. Richard Worth has decided to leave the Company for personal reasons by the end of 2005. Richard Worth has been a long-term member of the T.E.A.M. management and acted successfully in the position of the CEO for the last two years. The Board of Directors expressed its gratitude to Richard Worth for his excellent performance. Thomas Klooz (50) will succeed him as the new CEO with effect on 1 January 2006. He has been a member ...

Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG

Micronas completes the purchase of WISchip International

Acquisition complements Micronas' portfolio of state-of-the-art HD display products Zurich (ots) - Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange: MASN, Frankfurt: MNSN, Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX) today announced the close of its purchase of all shares of fabless semiconductor company WISchip International Ltd. with operational headquarters in Santa Clara, CA. On October 26, 2005, Micronas had announced a definitive ...

Schaffner Holding AG

Schaffner Group: Positive result despite extraordinary costs

Letter of intent concerning the sale of the Test Systems sub-unit Power Electronic ready for signature Luterbach (ots) - The Schaffner Group recorded net sales of CHF 166.8 million (2003/2004: CHF 175.4 million) in fiscal 2004/2005 in an extremely demanding environment. Order intake was CHF 173.8 million (CHF 176.3 million), and the book-to-bill ratio improved to 1.04 (1.01). EBIT was CHF 3.1 million (CHF 5.9 ...

Jacobs Holding AG

Jacobs Holding AG concludes Financing of Adecco Share Purchase

Zurich (ots) - Jacobs Holding AG, Klaus J. Jacobs and certain members of the Jacobs family ("Jacobs Group") have successfully closed the financing of 12 million Adecco SA ("Adecco") shares to be purchased from Akila Finance S.A. The financing was made through a financing structure with Deutsche Bank AG. The share purchase means that Jacobs Group will own approx. 22.9% of Adecco's issued shares including the voting ...