Lugano (ots) - Banca del Gottardo is to focus more strongly on the private banking business and the Swiss and Italian markets. The new strategic direction will be accompanied by personnel and organisational changes. The present Chief Executive Officer, Marco J. Netzer has decided to leave the Ticino bank during 2006. The Chief Financial Officer of the Julius Baer ...
Zürich (ots) - Liberty Global Inc. ("Liberty Global") today announced that its subsidiary, United ACM Holdings, Inc. ("United ACM"), has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Agreement") to acquire 100% of the outstanding share capital of Cablecom Holdings AG ("Cablecom") from the sole shareholder Glacier Holdings S.C.A. ("Glacier") - The terms of the Agreement value Cablecom at approximately CHF 56.22 per share, which implies a total equity value of CHF 2,825 ...
Motor-Columbus, Atel, EOS, UBS
Bern (ots) - Invitation to the press conference on the purchase of UBS's 55.6% stake in Motor-Columbus Today, 30 September 2005, 11:30am at the Hotel Bellevue, Berne The documents of the presentation will be available online from 11:30am onwards on the websites of Atel and EOS. www.atel.ch , www.eosholding.ch ...
Zurich (ots) - As of 1 October 2005, it will be even easier than before to register a domain name via the internet. SWITCH, the registry for domain names ending in .ch and .li, has redesigned the "Internet Domains" section of its website in response to changing customer needs. Users will benefit not only from the new design but also from optimised processes and functions. The launch of this new website zone ...
Pfäffikon (ots) - Horizon21 Alternative Investments, a specialist in the field of alternative investments, and Swiss Re, a world-leading reinsurance company, form a strategic alliance. They will collaborate in various strategic initiatives around alternative investment topics. Swiss Re buys a 20 percent ...
Zurich (ots) - VIA NET.WORKS (Schweiz) AG, a company of Solution24 AG, receives high-ranking delegation of CETC-Chinacomm in Switzerland. CETC-Chinacomm is one of the biggest telecommunications provider in China and a partner of VIA NET.WORKS. In May 2005 both parties signed a partner agreement and have been in an enriching business relationship since. During the five day visit, the two partners focused on the ...
Luterbach (ots) - Components also enjoys marked improvement in orders The Schaffner Group (SXW Swiss Exchange: SAHN) received a number of orders early in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year for test systems to measure EMC emissions and interference resistance. The largest single order - worth a total of USD 1.3 million (CHF 1.6 million) - came from the US subsidiary of a global product testing group. The new orders ...
Exchange of electronic invoices across borders. Wallisellen (ots) - Deutsche Post, PayNet, and SAP want to form an international EBPP (Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment) network together. The cooperation's goal is to make the exchange of electronic invoices across borders possible for companies on the basis of a common technology. The international solution will be realized in the close cooperation between ...
- Indication: The overview of the Bilanz rating can be seen under: http://www.presseportal.ch/fr/ - Lausanne (ots) - Orange has received the best ratings in the mobile communications sector for the third consecutive time in the new telecommunications survey, which is drawn up each year by the business magazine Bilanz. Orange can also look back on a ...
Lugano (ots) - The Banca del Gottardo Group posted a net profit of CHF 44.2 million in the first six months of 2005 versus CHF 44.3 million for the same period last year. Thus first-half results equalled the solid results recorded for the same period last year. Income from trading operations rose 11.6%. Net revenues were CHF 236.9 million (CHF 239.4 million ...
Herisau /Pfäffikon (ots) - For the HUBER+SUHNER Group, a leading global supplier of components and systems for electrical and optical connectivity, the first six months of 2005 were characterized by solid execution in a business environment which was less buoyant than the corresponding period the year before. The operating result (EBIT) improved by 7% to 24.3 mCHF (22.7) and the Net Income of 24.3 mCHF (19.9) ...
Lausanne (ots) - In the Forbes' survey of the Best Business Schools, featured in the September 5 edition of the publication, IMD ranked #2 among 1-year non-US MBA programs. For 2005, the top 1-year, non-US MBA programs as ranked by Forbes were: 1. Insead 2. IMD 3. SDA Bocconi 4. Instituto de Empresa 5. Oxford (Said) The survey ranked schools based on return on investment--meaning compensation ...
Ecma standardises Universal 3D (U3D) - a file format which makes 3D data accessible to mainstream business applications. Geneva (ots) - ECMA-363 covers new usage models for 3D data, allowing interactive 3D graphics in mainstream business applications such as online promotion, marketing and sales. The standard defines a Universal 3D (U3D) file format which streamlines large, complex 3D CAD datasets. Consequently, U3D ...
Indication: Complemantary information can be downloaded under: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/story.htx?firmaid=100003587 Lausanne (ots) - Orange is launching its UMTS services on 5 September 2005. The launch offer includes two data cards, four UMTS mobile phones, video telephony, Live TV, downloads of games, ringtones, music and video clips. Until the ...
Geneva (ots) - Synthesis Bank, the Swiss leader in online investment banking, has entered into a marketing agreement with Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the largest futures exchange in the United States with the broadest global distribution for trading futures electronically. This makes the electronic trading platform, Synthesis TradingFloor (www.tradingfloor.com), CME's only partner in Switzerland. In March ...
Geneva (ots) - In June 2005 the Ecma General Assembly approved the third edition of the standards for C# and CLI. With the first edition of the standards in 2002 and their adoption by ISO/IEC in 2003, the industry was given powerful tools to enable vendor-neutral development of Web services. Today, Ecma is ...
Advanced sports communication tool facilitates team interaction and strategy Stäfa (ots) - The Phonak Cycling Team has enjoyed great success to date in the 2005 Tour de France, peaking in yesterday's stage win by Oscar Pereiro from Spain. In addition to Pereiro, who currently ranks 15th in the overall individual standings, the team also has Floyd Landis, USA, ...
Lugano (ots) - After having received the necessary licences, Banca del Gottardo has recently launched private banking operations in Spain. Gottardo Gestión S.G.I.I.C SA is focused on investment fund management while Gottardo Patrimonios A.V. SA is active in financial market brokerage and offers comprehensive wealth management services, including fiscal and corporate advisory. The offices are located in Madrid, in ...
What's new in orangeclick.ch Lausanne (ots) - Anyone signing up to orangeclick.ch by 31 August 2005 will be able to send all future text messages at the excellent rate of just 10 cents per SMS. Unlike other offers, the SMS for 10 cents offer for new orangelick.ch customers is not restricted to a certain network and there is no time limit, provided customers ...
Luterbach (ots) - The Schaffner Group (SWX Swiss Exchange: SAHN) will focus on the global business with components and modules for ensuring the efficient functioning of electrical and electronic devices. All resources are systematically geared towards the Components business, which is profitable over the long term and has to date accounted for two-thirds of group sales on average. The business has potential for ongoing ...
Indication: An enclosure with the MC/Atel Shareholder Structure can be downlaoded under: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/story.htx?firmaid=100001009 Berne (ots) - BKW FMB Energy Ltd of Berne (BKW) has submitted today to UBS AG of Zurich (UBS) an offer to purchase a substantial stake of at ...
Geneva (ots) - Synthesis Bank, the leading Swiss online investment bank, has recently launched the most complete, effective and profitable trading floor on the market: Synthesis TradingFloor (www.tradingfloor.com). Today, Synthesis Bank launches Easy TradingFloor, which offers individual investors a trading ...
Winterthur Technology Group today announced the successful completion of its IPO on the SWX Swiss Exchange which was more than three times oversubscribed. The issue price for one registered share has been set at CHF 33.00. The shares will commence trading on 1 July 2005. Zurich (ots) - Winterthur Technology set the issue price at CHF 33.00 per share, the ...
Zurich (ots) - Since February 2005, in its capacity as official communications partner, sunrise has been promoting the continuous expansion of student networking in Switzerland by supporting Students.ch, the country's biggest online platform for students. Now the site's integrated online messaging system has been ...
Lugano, Switzerland and Lisboa, Portugal (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, and ANGELINI FARMACÊUTICA, a Portuguese Pharmaceutical company, announce the signing of an agreement granting ANGELINI the exclusive License and Distribution rights for ALOXI® (Palonosetron hydrochloride) in PORTUGAL. ALOXI® is a strong and long acting ...
South San Francisco, Calif and Lugano, Switzerland (ots) - Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL) and Helsinn Healthcare S.A. reached an agreement for the development of XL119 (becatecarin). Under the terms of the agreement, Helsinn will pay Exelixis an upfront payment of $4 million and additional milestones up to $21 million. In addition, Helsinn will assume the cost of the Phase III program going forward. In return, Exelixis ...
Vaduz/Lausanne (ots) - In summer 2005, Telecom FL and Orange (Liechtenstein) AG, a subsidiary company of Orange Switzerland will join forces in offering telecommunication services to their Liechtenstein customers. The associated agreement was signed on 7 June 2005. From summer 2005, Telecom FL and Orange (Liechtenstein) AG will be offering their Liechtenstein customers joint services in the mobile communications sector. Private customers and businesses will receive ...
Thalwil (ots) - Swiss Air-Rescue (Rega) has adopted "FLARM" (Flight Alarm), a small-size aircraft anti-collision device containing GPS technology developed by u-blox AG. Rega is the largest air rescue organization in Switzerland and a corporate member of the Swiss Red Cross. It deploys over ten helicopters from many bases within Switzerland to transport medical assistance to the scene of an accident. The helicopter ...
Biasca, Switzerland (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, and ROCHE today announced the signing of a licensing agreement, granting HELSINN HEALTHCARE the worldwide rights for the patented, phase II product, NETUPITANT. Netupitant is a potent and selective NK-1 receptor antagonist, developed as NKE by Roche, for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). "We are ...
DUBLIN, IRELAND, May 11th, 2005 - HELSINN BIREX THERAPEUTICS LTD, one of the Irish companies of the Swiss pharmaceutical group Helsinn Healthcare SA, announced today that the company received the first delivery of ALOXI" (palonosetron hydrochloride) from Helsinn Birex Pharmaceuticals LTD, Dublin, on 9th May 2005 ...