Nyon (ots) - Bank workers and their unions from around the world are coming together to demand Spanish banking giant Santander respects its employees no matter where they work. UNI Finance Global Union is leading an international trade union delegation to Boston today to support Santander workers in the United States who want union representation. There is ...
Bern (ots) - BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW) has acquired a stake in the Trianel Borkum West II offshore wind farm in the North Sea off Germany. On completion, the wind farm of the European network of municipal utilities, headquartered in Aachen, will boast a total capacity of 400 MW. In a first step, the project plans to build a 200-Megawatt (MW) facility which will go into operation from 2012. The second phase is scheduled for commissioning in 2013. Thanks to its stake, ...
Bern (ots) - Dirk Steinheider, one of the two representatives of E.ON Energie AG on the Board of Directors of BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW), is standing down from the BKW Board with immediate effect. The move is related to the repurchase by BKW of E.ON's stake in BKW. Steinheider was elected to the BKW Board of Directors at the General Meeting of Shareholders held on ...
Geneva (ots) - Today, Union Bancaire Privée announced that it has appointed Larry Morgenthal as CEO of UBP Asset Management, the Group's US business. He also assumes the role of Chief Investment Officer of Alternatives. Mr Morgenthal will spearhead the renewed activity in the company's fund of hedge funds platform, following the reinforcement of its ...
Lugano (ots) - Helsinn's second-generation 5-HT3 RA Aloxi expands its presence in Asia through the Agreement signed with Mundipharma Helsinn Healthcare SA and Mundipharma International Corporation Ltd. announce the signature of a Distribution and Licensing Agreement for Helsinn's product palonosetron in Malesia, Philippines and Singapore. Aloxi® is a ...
Bern (ots) - Effective 1 October 2010, BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW) is increasing its energy supply prices by an average of 6%. Last year, in view of the difficult economic situation, BKW decided not to increase electricity prices as necessity demanded. Now, however, due to increases in various costs, the adjustments can no longer be postponed. For BKW customers, the price adjustments vary depending on the customer ...
Bern (ots) - E.ON Energie AG is to sell its shareholding in BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW). E.ON, BKW and Groupe E AG have agreed on the terms of repurchase/conditions of purchase. E.ON's rationale for selling the stake was a reassessment of its strategy. By buying back the shares, BKW will expand its strategic room for manoeuvre. E.ON acquired its stake in BKW in two stages in 1997 and 1999. Following a ...
Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd
Zurich (ots) - Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd has been ranked 19th by the Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland, based on 2009 net earnings. The ranking, a significant rise from the 29th place the Bank reached in 2007, prior to the global recession, is further indication of the continued growth and success of the Bank. The 2009 ranking included 120 ...
Lugano, Switzerland/Woodcliff Lake, NJ, USA (ots) - Helsinn Healthcare S.A. and Eisai Inc. today announce the signing of a licensing agreement granting Eisai Inc. commercialization rights for a new product for potential use in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) in the United ...
Bern (ots) - The Executive Council of the Canton of Berne has appointed State Councillor Beatrice Simon, the new Director of Finance, as cantonal delegate to the Board of Directors of BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW) with effect from 1 June 2010. She succeeds Urs Gasche, who has stood down as Director of Finance of the Canton of Berne and has now been elected as ...
Geneva (ots) - Pioneering inspection and testing services provider Cotecna has launched what it predicts will be the most technically advanced, reliable and flexible online service for the inspection and quality control of Consumer Goods currently available in the marketplace, giving businesses the power to ...
Geneva-Frankfurt (ots) - WISeKey and Original1 announce a strategic alliance for the usage of cryptography technologies in the field of anti-counterfeiting. The combination of strong authentication, with product lifecycle management services, as well as identification technologies, such as barcodes, RFIDs, holograms and other machine-readable marker ...
Lugano (ots) - The second generation 5-HT3 receptor antagonist palonosetron, already approved as an intravenous solution formulation in more than 60 countries worldwide including US, EU and Japan, obtains the European Marketing Authorization for 0.5 mg oral capsules Palonosetron 0.5 mg soft gelatine capsule oral formulation has been approved by the EMA (European Medicine Agency) for the prevention of nausea and ...
Lugano (ots) - New therapeutic option for the management of painful symptoms of oral mucositis in the oncology setting soon available for Swiss patients Helsinn, the pharmaceutical group based in Lugano, and Vifor Pharma, are pleased to announce that a Distribution & Licensing Agreement for Helsinn's product Gelclair in Switzerland has been signed recently. ...
Geneva (ots) - WISeKey ( http://www.wisekey.com ) is the one of the fastest growing eSecurity company in the world. A leading Swiss information security and identity management software and services firm headquartered in Geneva announced today that has secured $20 million pre-IPO at a $200 million valuation led by a group of USA, European and Swiss ...
Lugano, Switzerland / Tokyo, Japan (ots) - Helsinn Healthcare SA, Switzerland, and Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Japanese licensee of Helsinn's second generation 5-HT3 receptor antagonist palonosetron, announce the launch of Aloxi® injection today. Aloxi was developed in Japan by Taiho in close cooperation with Helsinn, based on the license agreement between Taiho and Helsinn of January 2004, and its marketing ...
Nyon (ots) - Top European players unions are in Madrid today at the European Sports Forum to tell the European Commissioner responsible for Sport, Androulla Vassiliou, that European athletes must be covered by EU laws protecting workers' rights. The unions won't accept a special application of EU law for sport and are protesting their apparent exclusion from ...
Berne (ots) - Shareholders of BKW FMB Energy Ltd were presented with robust revenue figures for fiscal 2009 at the 107th General Shareholders' Meeting in Berne. The General Meeting approved the 2009 annual and consolidated financial statements and voted in favour of a dividend payment of CHF 2.50 per share ...
Zurich-Volketswil (ots) - - Indication: The complete press release can be downloaded free of charge under: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100016920/?langid=2 - After a weak start in the first two quarters due to the economic downturn and retailer stock reduction, the La Prairie Group ...
Geneva, Rio and Cartagena, Colombia (ots) - WISeKey, world leader in solutions designed to secure electronic transactions and cloud computing, reinforces with this deal its presence in Latin America with the signing of an agreement with a group of Brazilian companies NexCardSolutions, Etica Soluções em TI ...
Geneva (ots) - Today, Union Bancaire Privée announced that it has hired Eli Koen and Mathieu Nègre as co-heads of Emerging European Equities. They join from Fortis Investments. "We are delighted to welcome Eli and Mathieu" said Richard Wohanka, CEO of Asset Management and Alternative Investments at UBP. "We are strong believers in emerging markets and Eli ...
Zürich (ots) - Solianis Monitoring AG is an important project partner in the development of REACTION, a professional service platform for doctors, caregivers and patients to improve the long term management of diabetes. The objective of the project is to improve glucose control in insulin requiring ...
Paudex, Switzerland (ots) - Nestlé Nespresso SA announced strong 2009 business results, delivering sales of CHF 2.77 billion achieving sales growth of more than 22%. In 2009, the company also grew its retail network to more than 190 boutiques and launched CitiZ, a new machine range, while for the first time Nespresso Club Members exceeded seven million. "In ...
Genf (ots) - WISeKey represented by its Founder and CEO Carlos Moreira shared a panel at the UNHRC Session on Cyber-Terrorism, and freedom of expression. During the presentation WISeKey demonstrated how Cyber-Terrorism is increasing worldwide with the recent terrorist attacks. Many security experts and ...
Geneva and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (ots) - WISeKey is participating at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit - a venue for an unprecedented gathering of global media leaders. WISeKey announced it is entering into the Digital Media Market by using its unique Digital Identification technology allowing media and entertainment companies to monetize securely the delivery of high-quality, full-length movies, TV shows and ...
Zug (ots) - The Swiss AmVac AG, a biopharmaceutical company located in Zug, has made significant advances in the manufacture and production of its vaccine candidate against RSV over the last few months. This vaccine candidate is based on the new Sendai vector technology for which Max-Planck-Innovations GmbH has acquired the exclusive licence. This technology, which has been developed by Prof. Wolfgang Neubert's ...