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BKW Energie AG

Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant / Federal Administrative Court Decision on operating permit

Bern (ots) - The Federal Administrative Court has lifted the existing time limit on the operating permit for Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM) and simultaneously ruled on a new time limit up to 28 June 2013. The Federal Administrative Court has also decreed that a comprehensive maintenance concept for the long-term operation of the KKM be submitted to the Federal ...

Nestlé Nespresso SA

Growing consumer demand fuels Nespresso momentum worldwide / Consumers seeking daily indulgence in turbulent times keep Nespresso ahead

Lausanne (ots) - Growing consumer demand in 2011 fuelled the momentum for Nespresso as the engine of the dynamic portioned coffee segment. Nestlé Nespresso SA achieved sales above CHF 3.5 billion and organic growth of around 20%. "Last year, consumers seeking moments of pleasure continued to choose Nespresso ...

HWZ Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich

First Time Ranking of the Strongest Social Network Brands / Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are the Most Valuable Social Media Brands

Zürich (ots) - A global study carried out by the brand value rating agency BV4, in cooperation with the Department of Social Media Management of the HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich, ranks for the first time the most valuable social network brands. Facebook takes the top of the ...

Sequana Medical AG

Sequana Medical's ALFApump® System receives reimbursement in Germany for breakthrough technology in ascites management

Zurich (ots) - NUB grants approval for fifteen leading hepatology centres in Germany. Sequana Medical announced today that its ALFApump® System has received German Neue Untersuchungs und Behandlungsmethode (NUB) approval which allows participating hospitals to receive reimbursement for innovative new products. ...

UBP - Union Bancaire Privée

Union Bancaire Privée to acquire Nexar Capital Group

Geneva, New York, Paris (ots) - Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA ("UBP"), one of Switzerland's leading and best-capitalised private banks and a leader in the hedge fund industry, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nexar Capital Group ("Nexar"), a global alternative investment manager. The combined UBP-Nexar alternative investment group will boast a broader platform, established global ...

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BKW Energie AG

BKW Inc. / Advance information on fiscal 2011 / Result impacted by impairment charges and provisions - net loss much smaller than expected

Bern (ots) - In a challenging economic and regulatory environment, the BKW Group recorded total consolidated operating revenue of CHF 2,633 million for the 2011 financial year: 5.6% lower than in 2010. Electricity sales dropped by 7.9% to 20,721 ...

IMD

Good governance rewarded by markets, says IMD study

Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - New research has uncovered consistent evidence of how good corporate governance is recognized and rewarded by the markets. A commonly-held assumption is that costs of voluntarily adopting and implementing better governance practices outweigh benefits to a company. But a study by IMD business school, suggests market prices positively reflect such a move. The finding is of particular ...

Andermatt Swiss Alps AG

Andermatt Swiss Alps Continues to Develop Dynamically in 2012

Altdorf/Andermatt (ots) - The development of the Andermatt Swiss Alps tourist resort continues to progress in leaps and bounds. Further important construction phases are planned for 2012 including the building of the first villa, the first apartment building and the Golf Clubhouse as well as final façade work on the 5-star hotel The Chedi Andermatt, completion of the 18-hole golf course and further development of the new ...

BKW Energie AG

Cost reduction programme Implementation of personnel measures

Bern (ots) - With the consultation procedure with social partners now concluded, the BKW Group has finalised decisions on the personnel and organisational measures to be implemented as part of the cost reduction programme announced in December 2011. The workforce will reduced in phases by around 255 jobs and across all divisions and subsidiaries, wherever possible ...

LOCATION GROUP

Location Group Research: New record rent of 12,500 Swiss francs per square metre in Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse

Zürich (ots) - The latest Retail Market Study carried out by the Location Group examined the 65 most noteworthy international fashion capitals, together with Switzerland, Germany and Austria. As part of this study, 850 retailers, 600 High Streets and ...

theScreener Investor Services AG

theScreener launches a new fund & ETF analysis service

Zurich, Switzerland (ots) - In a time when funds and ETFs are being traded more actively than ever, theScreener, market leader in independent stock analysis, launches a new service by evaluating funds and ETFs in a directly comparable way. For the first time, it is possible to comprehensively recognize where passive investments beat active ones and vice ...

High-Tech Bridge SA

High-Tech Bridge announces capital increase and adapted expansion strategy for 2012

Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - High-Tech Bridge ( https://www.htbridge.ch/pages/company/overview.html ), a leading provider of information security services headquartered in Geneva, increases its nominal share-capital to CHF 3M (approximately USD 3.3M), and announces its development strategy for 2012. High-Tech Bridge remains a privately held company funded by Swiss ...

JTI Japan Tobacco International AG

New JTI international headquarters in Geneva: Works starting in spring 2012 / Day-care center project confirmed

Actavis Inc.

New Actavis/Bioton alliance to shake up diabetes market / Global managed-care offering to help bring down treatment costs for 366 million diabetics

Warsaw, Poland (ots) - Actavis and Bioton (WSE:BIO) announced today that they have formed a joint venture company for the development and registration of insulins, including analogue insulins. Within the framework of the joint-venture, Bioton will be responsible for the development and manufacture of insulin ...

BKW Energie AG

Wind Power / New partners for HelveticWind

Bern (ots) - The Elektra Baselland Cooperative (EBL), EKZ Renewables AG - a subsidiary of the electrical utilities of the canton of Zurich (EKZ) - and SN Erneuerbare Energie AG (SNEE) have become partners in the HelveticWind joint venture. The partnership was founded in March 2010 by Energie Wasser Bern and BKW Inc. with the aim of building up a wind power portfolio with a capacity of 170 Megawatts (MW) over the next few ...

WISeKey SA

WISeKey Hosts the Davos Swiss Night at the World Economic Forum in Cooperation with Hublot

Davos, Switzerland (ots) - WISeKey, the Swiss digital security company has become a Global Growth Company Partner of the 2012 World Economic Forum. WISeKey is the first startup in Switzerland to become a member in such a short time; other technology companies with the distinction include Google and Facebook. WISeKey is using its new status with the WEF to promote Swiss ...

WISeKey SA

WISeKey in Focus at Davos as the WEF Names Cyber-security a Top Global Risk

Davos, Switzerland (ots) - WISeKey has been named a Global Growth Company Partner of the World Economic Forum (WEF), granting the company full participation at the 2012 Annual Meeting in Davos. WISeKey is recognized as a role model for innovative cyber-security technology and efforts to protect individuals, businesses, and governments on the Internet. The WEF ranks ...

UBP - Union Bancaire Privée

2011 annual results: Union Bancaire Privée books a consolidated profit of CHF 198 million before ABN AMRO Bank (Switzerland) AG integration costs

Geneva (ots) - - - Seeing healthy prospects in the private banking industry, Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (UBP) strengthened its presence in that area of the Swiss market with the acquisition of ABN AMRO Bank (Switzerland) AG in the second half of 2011 - UBP booked consolidated profit of CHF 198 million (USD 211.7 ...

BKW Energie AG

BKW FMB Energy Ltd. registered shares to be delisted on 20 April 2012

Bern (ots) - With the aim of introducing a holding structure, BKW Inc. submitted a public exchange offer on 3 October 2011 for all BKW FMB Energy Ltd. registered shares in free float. In return for each tendered share in BKW FMB Energy Ltd., shareholders of BKW FMB Energy Ltd. were offered one new share in BKW Inc. with the same par value. Since 12 December 2011 BKW ...

BKW Energie AG

BKW Group: Changed market conditions necessitate impairment charges and provisions

Bern (ots) - Based on an assessment of the future market trend, the BKW Group will charge impairments and make provisions for onerous energy contracts to the 2011 financial statements. As a result of this measure, the Group expects to post a net loss of around CHF 150 million for the 2011 financial year, contrary to earlier expectations. The impairment charges concern ...

WISeKey SA

WISeKey Launches WISeID Generation C at the Sixth Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ots) - WISeKey launches the WISeID special edition app designed for "Generation C" and coordinates its release with the participation of Carlos Moreira at the Sixth Annual Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF). Hundreds of business leaders, politicians, and intellectuals will converge in Riyadh from January 21-24 to take part in the GCF 2012 probing ...

WISeKey SA

WISeKey appoints Abel Linares to its Advisory Board to reinforce its Security-as-a-Service Strategy

Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - WISeKey announces the appointment of Abel Linares as a member of its Advisory Committee with the objective of reinforcing its Security-as-a-service (SaaS) Strategy. The group has a key role to advise WISeKey senior management on matters of strategic business and revenue growth. Abel Linares is a predominant Spanish business leader, formerly ...

Wegelin & Co. Privatbankiers

No threat to Wegelin & Co. Private Bankers

St. Gallen (ots) - In the Swiss newspaper "SonntagsZeitung" of 08.01.2012, two questions were raised in regard to the controversy between the US authorities and the Swiss financial centre: what would happen to a bank structured as a limited partnership - such as Wegelin & Co. - firstly if one of its Partners were indicted by the USA, and secondly, if the bank itself were indicted by the USA. The answer to these ...