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Swiss trade balance climbs as prices drop

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:52:09 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Imports stagnant, exports grow: high franc pressures both BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss trade balance for 2011 to date has ballooned by 10 percent compared to a year earlier, to CHF2.2 billion, October trade figures show. The high franc continues to put pressure on prices, and exports continued to show slowed growth of 1.5 percent [...]

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Swiss exports, imports slow down, reflecting global economic woes

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:19:12 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss exports and imports continued to expand in the first nine months of 2011, but with the rate of growth slowing down steadily and “losing strength” and reflecting the state of the world economy, the Swiss Statistical Office said Thursday morning in a press release. Exports grew by 2.4 percent from January [...]

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Partial unemployment to get bulk of gov’t CHF870m to fight high franc

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:11:16 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The two houses of parliament have given the green light to government measures to fight the high franc, with the lower house Wednesday approving the Federal Council’s CHF870 million project. The bulk of the funds will go to help companies cover the cost of partial unemployment that is likely to rise as [...]

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Swiss exports, imports up in July, but growth rate slows (update)

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:58:16 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 11:30 NEUCHATEL, SWITZERLAND – Swiss exports were up 3.3 percent in July compared to a year earlier, despite the high Swiss franc, and imports were up 2.2 percent. The figures, adjusted for one fewer open day in 2011, nevertheless show a slowdown in growth. Only 3 of 10 industries showed gains: watches, machinery and [...]

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Strong franc, weak euro give mixed impact: Roche, ABB, cartels, Swiss exports

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:20:50 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – ABB’s profits are up, but Roche’s are down, the Swiss competition commissioner says the low euro is showing that savings are not passed on to Swiss consumers, and exports are holding their own, just. The continuing strength of the Swiss franc coupled with the weakness of the euro is etching out a [...]

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Three chemicals conventions move closer to joining forces

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:23:24 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva should know by October if the world’s three dangerous substances conventions will share one secretariat under one roof in Geneva and combine some of their activities, with the goal of more closely coordinating their work. Rotterdam, Stockhom and Basel Conventions could be managed together from Geneva The Fifth Conference of the [...]

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EU takes over from Japan as China’s main import source

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 18 May 2011 07:16:05 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Chinese government figures released Tuesday 17 May show that the European Union region, which includes Switzerland, has replaced Japan as the top source for imported goods. The figures cover the first four months of 2011, reports Xinhua news agency. Trade between the two was $170 billion from April to January, a 23 [...]

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Swiss Piranha tanks were used in Bahrain, Seco confirms

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:13:35 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swiss Piranha tanks were used by Saudi Arabia in putting down protests in neighbouring Bahrain in mid-March, the Swiss Office for the Economy (Seco) confirmed Sunday 27 March to news agency ATS. The tanks, on wheels, were made by Mowag in Kreuzlingen, canton Thurgau. Some 30 were sold to the Saudi [...]

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Swiss exports show “surprising” rise (update)

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:37:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The case of Switzerland will give economists material to mull over, with Swiss exports showing a surprising leap in February, increasing by 10 percent. The machine industry and electronics led the way, with 20 percent growth. Imports grew, but more “timidly” says the federal government. Switzerland now shows a positive trade [...]

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British NGO pushes Euro Parliament to ban killer drugs

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:24:27 +0000

GenevaLunch.com British NGO Reprieve has been tracking a UK company Dream Pharma that it says has exported enough drugs to four US states to kill more than 100 prisoners under American lethal injection death row programmes. Reprieve has started a debate in the European Parliament over the need to ban exports of such drugs to back [...]

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