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Peak Brexit? Toblerone redesign angers British fans

This content was published on Nov 8, 2016 Mondelēz International, an American company that owns the Toblerone brand, had introduced a lighter and cheaper version of its “Matterhorn-peak”-inspired chocolates in September 2016 in the UK. It’s a fact that caught British fans by surprise recently, and they expressed their disappointment at the manner in which the brand has cut corners. “This must be…

Swiss middle class enjoying rare income stability

This content was published on Nov 8, 2016 A UBS study explains why Swiss middle class incomes have escaped the stagnation felt by other industrialised nations as a result of globalisation.

Indian man faces stiff fine for Geneva Airport bomb hoax

This content was published on Nov 7, 2016 An Indian man who made a false bomb threat at Geneva Airport last month faces a CHF50,000 ($51,200) bill from Geneva police, according to reports.

End of an era for printed transport timetables

This content was published on Nov 3, 2016 However, it will still be downloadable, and regional and city printed timetables – as well as posters in stations – will continue to exist. The Swiss Federal Railways said on Thursday that while it receives 360 million digital queries a year, demand for the printed timetable had dropped from around half a million copies in…

Scheme sheds light on billions of undeclared Brazilian assets

This content was published on Nov 2, 2016 The revelation came after a Monday, October 31 deadline on a repatriation scheme run by the federal revenue office, ‘Receita Federal’. The programme came into effect in mid-January this year, after a law on tax amnesty was approved by then president Dilma Rousseff. The legislation piece granted companies and individuals, with a registered tax address…

Switzerland faces shortage in IT staff

This content was published on Nov 2, 2016 A report issued by ICT Switzerland on Wednesday painted a bleak position across all industries that will increasingly rely on IT staff in the digital age. Firms employ 13,000 more IT specialists than in 2013 but are likely to need another 75,000 in the next eight years just to keep up with retirements and people…

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A quick nuclear power exit will advance renewables

This content was published on Nov 2, 2016 Switzerland’s nuclear power plants are among the oldest in the world and an accident could have catastrophic consequences.

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The risks of a rapid nuclear exit

This content was published on Nov 2, 2016 The Green Party initiative before voters on November 27 endangers the security and cleanliness of the energy supply.

EFG completes acquisition of BSI

This content was published on Nov 1, 2016 This is significantly less than the CHF1.33 billion agreed with Pactual in February. In a statement on Tuesday, EFG said the “preliminary downward-adjustments of CHF217 million … reflect BSI negative net new money differences since November 30, 2015”. Since the middle of this year alone, BSI’s assets under management have shrunk from CHF76 billion to…

Low-cost buses would be ‘welcome shock’ to Swiss transport

This content was published on Oct 31, 2016 On Monday, price watchdog Stefan Meierhans expressed his support for the arrival in Switzerland of low-cost bus services from abroad.

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