https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Two senior executives at French-Swiss cement maker LafargeHolcim, including its former CEO, were charged on Friday over claims that top management turned a blind eye to payments to jihadists in Syria, a judicial source said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171209/switzerland-france-lafarge-bosses-in-french-court-over-jihadist-funding Sat, 09 Dec 2017 10:31:28 +0100 switzerland-france-lafarge-bosses-in-french-court-over-jihadist-funding Three top officials of Swiss-French cement-maker Lafarge were charged on Friday with indirectly financing jihadists through the company's activities in war-torn Syria, one of their lawyers and judicial sources said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171202/top-officials-french-swiss-cement-maker-financing-jihadists-lafarge Sat, 02 Dec 2017 05:34:30 +0100 top-officials-french-swiss-cement-maker-financing-jihadists-lafarge Swiss-based LafargeHolcim said on Wednesday that its profits collapsed as the cost of building the world's biggest cement company took its toll. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151125/lafargeholcim-records-drop-in-operating-profit Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:06:31 +0100 lafargeholcim-records-drop-in-operating-profit Swiss-based cement giant LafargeHolcim said Monday that it was selling some of its operations in India to Birla Corporation Limited for 750 million francs (€692 million, $767 million). https://www.thelocal.ch/20150817/lafargeholcim-to-sell-two-indian-cement-plants Mon, 17 Aug 2015 14:27:40 +0200 lafargeholcim-to-sell-two-indian-cement-plants Lafarge chief executive Bruno Lafont has been awarded a €2.5 million ($2.8 million) bonus for the successful merger with Swiss rival Holcim as the cement company announced job cuts. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150520/cement-chief-roasted-for-bonus-linked-to-job-cuts Wed, 20 May 2015 19:03:50 +0200 cement-chief-roasted-for-bonus-linked-to-job-cuts The boards of France's Lafarge and Switzerland's Holcim have approved Eric Olsen for the role of chief executive officer once the firms merge, creating the world's biggest cement company, they announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150409/holcim-and-lafarge-boards-seal-merger-deal Thu, 09 Apr 2015 11:38:07 +0200 holcim-and-lafarge-boards-seal-merger-deal Swiss-based Holcim and French-based Lafarge say they have repaired cracks that threatened to collapse their merger to create the world's biggest cement company. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150320/holcim-and-lafarge-cement-new-merger-deal Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:10:45 +0100 holcim-and-lafarge-cement-new-merger-deal Cracks appeared on Monday in a deal to create the world's biggest cement company, with Swiss group Holcim seeking a modification of the merger with French giant Lafarge. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150316/swiss-group-seeks-changes-in-cement-merger Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:38:26 +0100 swiss-group-seeks-changes-in-cement-merger EU anti-trust regulators on Monday cleared the merger of French giant Lafarge with Swiss rival Holcim to form the world's biggest cement group after both sold parts of their business to meet competition concerns. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141215/eu-regulators-approve-holcim-lafarge-merger Mon, 15 Dec 2014 22:38:00 +0100 eu-regulators-approve-holcim-lafarge-merger Swiss cement group Holcim, which is poised to merge with French rival Lafarge to create a global concrete behemoth, says that its profits plunged by 58 percent in the first quarter from the same period a year earlier. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140428/holcim-posts-plunging-profits-for-first-quarter Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:23:00 +0200 holcim-posts-plunging-profits-for-first-quarter The federal prosecutor’s office is looking into launching a probe into insider trading linked to the announced merger of cement companies Swiss-based Holcim and French company Lafarge. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140428/insider-trading-suspected-in-holcim-lafarge-deal Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:45:00 +0200 insider-trading-suspected-in-holcim-lafarge-deal Switzerland's Holcim and French rival Lafarge confirmed on Monday that they have agreed to merge, creating the world's biggest cement company. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140407/holcim-and-lafarge-confirm-mega-merger-deal-2 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:01:00 +0200 holcim-and-lafarge-confirm-mega-merger-deal-2