Lugano (ots) - Banca del Gottardo posted an operating profit of CHF 59.6 million (before extraordinary items and taxes) in the first half of 2004 (+11% year-on-year). The bank is thus well on its way to achieving its budgeted results for the 2004 financial year. Assets under management grew by 2.2% to CHF 39.4 billion. On 30 March 2004, Swiss Life announced that ...
Geneva (ots) - The Unilabs laboratory in Lugano (Tessin) has signed an agreement with two hospital establishments located in the Lugano area. These hospitals comprise a total of 150 beds and accommodate around 6,500 hospitalized patients and 32,000 outpatients per year. The contract, which takes effect immediately, relates to an estimated annual turnover of CHF 1.5 million and a minimum period of until December 31, ...
Geneva (ots) - Unilabs announces the signature of an agreement taking effect on August 1st 2004, under the terms of which it is buying an anatomical pathology laboratory located in a Swiss town where it already owns a laboratory specialised in the same field of activity. The annual turnover is around CHF 2 million. Unilabs has also strengthened its position in Spain by winning a tender for the management of the ...
Geneva (ots) - The hospitals of the Vaud Riviera (Montreux Hospital and Hôpital du Samaritain in Vevey) have just extended their partnership with Unilabs until 2011 by adding a new partner, the Hôpital de la Providence in Vevey. The signature of this agreement confirms the excellent collaboration started in June 2000 with the Hôpital Riviera. The contract ...
Lausanne (ots) - To offer every single customer exactly what interests him or her personally, that's what Orange is aiming at with its offers: The new portal for mobile phones (Orange World) offers something for everybody. Personal customer care from specialists (Orange Coach) will be extended further. Customers only pay for what they need (price plans and ...
Geneva (ots) - Biocheckup tests will allow early detection of signs of illness and permit evaluation of the risk factors for diseases such as diabetes, cancer or cardiovascular disease Most people are concerned by the state of their health and would like to know their predisposition to different pathologies before they become established (e.g. diabetes, cancer, ...
Continental Europe's first full-service global relocation firm signs purchase agreement Geneva (ots) - PME Group Associates, continental Europe's first full-service global relocation consulting firm, signed a purchase agreement this week to become a subsidiary of Primacy Relocation, a leading US-based provider of full-service relocation and global assignment management services. The new subsidiary operates under ...
Tel Aviv (ots) - Frutarom Industries Ltd. ("Frutarom") announced today that it has entered into a letter of intent with International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF) for the potential sale of its fruit preparations businesses in Switzerland and Germany; Frutarom, which is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TLV: FRUT) is a rapidly growing multi-national ...
Banca del Gottardo, Lugano, is acquiring one hundred per cent of share capital in Oudart Group SA, a Paris asset management company, of which Gottardo has been reference shareholder since 1999. Lugano (ots) - On 25 May 2004, Banca del Gottardo exercised its option to acquire the remaining 61% of share capital in the asset management company Oudart SA, Paris. The operation is part of the Bank's strategic planning which ...
St. Gall (ots) - In line with the concept: "Entrepreneurship and risk" the Max Schmidheiny Foundation is placing its commitment to a stronger relationship between business, politics and society at the centre of its activities. Accordingly, it will establish an initiative that will reinforce the dialogue between ...
Lugano (ots) - After a successful career of 31 years at Banca del Gottardo, Tiziano Pellandini, General Manager, will retire on 30 April 2004. Ivan Guidi joined the extended Executive Board of the bank in January 2004. As Deputy General Manager he is responsible for "Wealth Management Services". Banca del Gottardo, with head office in Lugano (Switzerland), operates through a well expanded national and international ...
Lucerne (ots) - - Successful integration of the acquisitions (cheese factories and Berne-Ostermundigen dairy) - 2003 result: powerful growth spurt thanks to acquisitions as well as market and innovation strength - Position as Swiss market leader clearly extended - Positioning of the Emmi quality brand consolidated in the European foodstuffs market - Successful product launches both in Switzerland and abroad: the ...
The USB Explorer 200 is built on the success of the USB Tracker 110, supporting USB 2.0 high-speed 480 Mbit/s analysis. Geneva (ots) - The complexity of USB 2.0 is now encouraging developers to equip themselves with very powerful diagnostic tools. A protocol analyser is an essential piece of equipment for the development and testing of USB peripherals. Ellisys presents the USB Explorer 200 - a USB 2.0 protocol ...
Lausanne (ots) - From autumn 2004, Orange is offering its customers access to over 8,000 WLAN hotspots at home and abroad. Users can now sign up at hotspots using a safer and user-friendlier authentication procedure via SIM card technology. This method makes it possible in future to switch seamlessly from GPRS to WLAN and UMTS. Orange has signed a series of ...
Lugano (ots) - The BSI Group posted positive results in 2003. Gross operating profit reached CHF 128 million, income came in at CHF 387 million and expenses for the year fell to CHF 259 million. Net profit for the year was CHF 93.5 million. In addition to these solid results, assets under management climbed from CHF 42 billion to CHF 44.3 billion. Dr. Giorgio Ghiringhelli will succeed Dr. Hugo von der Crone as Chairman ...
Lausanne (ots) - Orange Communications SA, Lausanne, achieved total revenue of CHF 1'169 million in 2003. At the same time, the operating result was increased 266% compared to the previous year. By end 2003, Orange Switzerland numbered 1'085'000 active customers (+12,7%). The Orange total revenue rose from CHF 1'018 million to CHF 1'169 million in 2003, thus ...
Lugano (ots) - 2003 annual results of Banca del Gottardo for 2003 beat expectations, with all main business sectors making positive contributions. Consolidated net profit was 85 million francs. As at 31 December the bank had 38.5 billion francs in assets under management. Financial results recovered strongly in 2003 compared with the previous two fiscal years. Gross profit was 174 million francs, a 54% increase ...
Lucerne, Switzerland (ots) - The parent company of T.E.A.M., Highlight Communications AG ("Highlight"), concluded an agreement with Klaus J. Hempel and Jürgen Lenz for the purpose of securing their existing management- and corporate functions within the T.E.A.M. group until 30 June 2009. Within the scope of this agreement Klaus J. Hempel and Jürgen Lenz will sell ...
SVV Schweizerischer Versicherungsverband
Zurich (ots) - The Swiss Insurance Association (SIA) calculates that the private insurance sector returned to profitability in 2003. The insurance industry seems to have come through the worst of a rather turbulent period, nevertheless, any talk of having turned the corner is still premature. There are several factors pointing to a recovery: most insurers' investment returns rose over the past year, underwriting ...
Zurich (ots) - As of 1 January 2004, Reto Camenisch is in charge of Business Management & Development at Telekurs Services Ltd. as a Member of the Executive Committee. Reto Camenisch, born in 1964, was previously Head of Account Management & Marketing, as well as Head of Sales at Swisscom IT Services AG, Bern, on the Executive Board and prior to that, Member of ...
Volketswil (ots) - JUVENA of Switzerland is working side by side with a strong partner: Professor Odile Damour, an authority in the field of natural skin reconstruction. She heads the Laboratoire des Substituts Cutanés of the University of Lyon, one of the leading institutes for the healing of burn related injuries. JUVENA of Switzerland decided at the beginning of ...
Lausanne/Zurich/Berne (ots) - Orange, sunrise and Swisscom (Fixnet, Mobile and Enterprise Solutions) will in future be taking a joint stance against misuse by providers of chargeable 090x numbers. To this end an agreement governing misuse of value-added services offered via the telephone or Internet (dialer) has been reached. A wide range of companies is involved in the provision of value-added services. The ...
More media diversity for mobile handsets in Europe - Project is funded by the EC - dpa is leading consortium Bern (ots) - Five leading European news agencies have founded a consortium to create a new generation of information and new services for mobile communication. The project MINDS (Mobile Information and News Data Services for 3G) is funded by the EC through ...
Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Zurich and Geneva (ots) - Mercer Human Resource Consulting, a unit of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with the shareholders of KPMG Benefit Consulting to acquire their consulting business in Switzerland. The acquisition includes both Zurich- and ...