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Swiss economic news: franc rises, higher mortgage deposits coming, budget surplus predicted (update)

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:56:16 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 20:00 BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss franc rose yet again Wednesday 17 August, turning around after a dip at the start of the week against most major currencies. The shift comes in the wake of a Franco-German meeting that left investors lukewarm and efforts by the Swiss National Bank to reduce its strength that [...]

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Swiss media shakeout speeds up, in face of sharp print declines

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:09:34 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Merger approved by Competition Commission, but Tamedia recently accused of “abuse” Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Tamedia and Edipresse, two of Switzerland’s largest print and online media companies, will celebrate their marriage sooner than expected. The complete merger was expected in 2013, but the companies now say they will merge this year, when Tamedia’s purchase of [...]

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Swiss competition commission investigates online sales restrictions

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:19:58 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Comco, Switzerland’s competition commission, has opened an investigation into possible cartel activity that restricts online home appliance sales. Specifically, the six to 12 month investigation, in cooperation with the two companies in question, will look into Electrolux’s and V-Zug’s refusal to allow distributors to sell their products via the Internet. The [...]

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Comco eyes Ticketcorner and Zurich’s Hallenstadion agreement

Sean Ecker — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:54:35 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland’s competition watchdog Comco is to investigate the five-year agreement, which came into force early 2009, between the country’s largest ticket-seller, Ticketron, and the Hallenstadion Zurich (AGH), one of its biggest concert venues. Comco will look into the details of the agreement which obliges the organizers of events at the Hallenstadion [...]

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Viagra-maker, other pharmas fined for price fixing

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:31:50 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 14:15 Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Three pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer, Eli Lilly & Co. and Bayer AG have been fined CHF5.7 million in total for price fixing, linked to their over-the-counter erectile functioning drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra. Bayer Switzerland promptly reacted, saying that it has not participated in price-fixing and has respected Swiss law. [...]

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Swisscom to appeal CHF 219 million fine from competition watchdog

Sean Ecker — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:08:37 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swisscom has been handed a fine for CHF 219 million for alleged anti-competitive behaviour in its DSL business until 2007. The company says it will appeal the decision by the federal Competition Commission (ComCo) 5 November, arguing that Swiss consumers have ample choice in the supply of DSL service. ComCo had [...]

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Competition authority oks Tamedia takeover of Edipresse

Sean Ecker — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:11 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Competition Commission has given its blessing to the proposed sale of Edipresse’s Swiss operations to Zurich-based Tamedia on the grounds that competition is not threatened by the takeover. Edipresse, Switzerland’s third-largest media company, is based in Lausanne and its operations in Switzerland are limited to the French-speaking area. Tamedia [...]

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Swiss competition commission takes closer look at Edipresse, Tamedia fusion

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:55:58 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss federal competition commission will take a closer look at the proposed fusion of the Swiss business of the country’s second and third largest media groups, Ediresse and Tamedia. An initial study has shown that the merger would be likely to give the new venture a dominant position in French-speaking [...]

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Fixed price for Swiss books back in political debates

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:28:43 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – The lower house of the Swiss parliament has voted to bring back fixed prices for books, but given that the Federal Council has said clearly it opposes the idea, the proposed legislation has an uneasy future. In practice, the Conseil national is insisting that the Federal Council review to see [...]

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