Lugano (ots) - The BSI Group posted positive results in 2003. Gross operating profit reached CHF 128 million, income came in at CHF 387 million and expenses for the year fell to CHF 259 million. Net profit for the year was CHF 93.5 million. In addition to these solid results, assets under management climbed from CHF 42 billion to CHF 44.3 billion. Dr. Giorgio Ghiringhelli will succeed Dr. Hugo von der Crone as Chairman ...
Lausanne (ots) - Orange Communications SA, Lausanne, achieved total revenue of CHF 1'169 million in 2003. At the same time, the operating result was increased 266% compared to the previous year. By end 2003, Orange Switzerland numbered 1'085'000 active customers (+12,7%). The Orange total revenue rose from CHF 1'018 million to CHF 1'169 million in 2003, thus ...
Lugano (ots) - 2003 annual results of Banca del Gottardo for 2003 beat expectations, with all main business sectors making positive contributions. Consolidated net profit was 85 million francs. As at 31 December the bank had 38.5 billion francs in assets under management. Financial results recovered strongly in 2003 compared with the previous two fiscal years. Gross profit was 174 million francs, a 54% increase ...
Lucerne, Switzerland (ots) - The parent company of T.E.A.M., Highlight Communications AG ("Highlight"), concluded an agreement with Klaus J. Hempel and Jürgen Lenz for the purpose of securing their existing management- and corporate functions within the T.E.A.M. group until 30 June 2009. Within the scope of this agreement Klaus J. Hempel and Jürgen Lenz will sell ...
SVV Schweizerischer Versicherungsverband
Zurich (ots) - The Swiss Insurance Association (SIA) calculates that the private insurance sector returned to profitability in 2003. The insurance industry seems to have come through the worst of a rather turbulent period, nevertheless, any talk of having turned the corner is still premature. There are several factors pointing to a recovery: most insurers' investment returns rose over the past year, underwriting ...
Zurich (ots) - As of 1 January 2004, Reto Camenisch is in charge of Business Management & Development at Telekurs Services Ltd. as a Member of the Executive Committee. Reto Camenisch, born in 1964, was previously Head of Account Management & Marketing, as well as Head of Sales at Swisscom IT Services AG, Bern, on the Executive Board and prior to that, Member of ...
Volketswil (ots) - JUVENA of Switzerland is working side by side with a strong partner: Professor Odile Damour, an authority in the field of natural skin reconstruction. She heads the Laboratoire des Substituts Cutanés of the University of Lyon, one of the leading institutes for the healing of burn related injuries. JUVENA of Switzerland decided at the beginning of ...
Lausanne/Zurich/Berne (ots) - Orange, sunrise and Swisscom (Fixnet, Mobile and Enterprise Solutions) will in future be taking a joint stance against misuse by providers of chargeable 090x numbers. To this end an agreement governing misuse of value-added services offered via the telephone or Internet (dialer) has been reached. A wide range of companies is involved in the provision of value-added services. The ...
More media diversity for mobile handsets in Europe - Project is funded by the EC - dpa is leading consortium Bern (ots) - Five leading European news agencies have founded a consortium to create a new generation of information and new services for mobile communication. The project MINDS (Mobile Information and News Data Services for 3G) is funded by the EC through ...
Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Zurich and Geneva (ots) - Mercer Human Resource Consulting, a unit of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with the shareholders of KPMG Benefit Consulting to acquire their consulting business in Switzerland. The acquisition includes both Zurich- and ...