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Swiss financials find lucrative opportunities at home

This content was published on Sep 26, 2016 Domestic focus contrasts with Swiss institutions’ ambitions for global expansion before 2008.

A Gruyère is the top Swiss cheese

This content was published on Sep 25, 2016 A Gruyère cheese made high on an alp in the Vaud mountains has been named the best Swiss cheese of 2016.

Animal (mid)husbandry

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‘People power’ is path to democratic enforcement of human rights

This content was published on Sep 23, 2016 Alfred de ZayasExternal link was a senior lawyer with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Since 2012 he has worked as the UN independent expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order. He reports to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council and the General Assembly on matters such…

Autonomous post bus gets in accident

This content was published on Sep 22, 2016 One window on the post bus broke and the rear door of the van “was slightly damaged,” according to a press release from PostBus, the company which operates the bus. The vehicle recently made headlines for becoming the first of its kind in Switzerland and one of the first in the world to transport passengers…

Swiss Railways announces further job cuts by 2020

This content was published on Sep 22, 2016 Swiss Federal Railways says it will make 300 more job cuts than it had announced last year under its ‘RailFit20/30’ cost-savings programme. In all, 1,400 jobs are now slated to be on the chopping block by 2020 as part of efforts to save CHF1.2 billion ($1.23 billion). The cuts over the next three years will…

‘Bahamas Leaks’ puts spotlight on UBS and Credit Suisse

This content was published on Sep 22, 2016 The two banks have set up around 9,500 companies each in the tax free country over the last 25 years, out of a total of 175,000, according to information revealed in leaked files, which were based on data from a corporate registry in the Bahamas. UBS and Credit Suisse came second and third in a…

Swiss economic health remains in the balance

This content was published on Sep 21, 2016 On Wednesday, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) lowered its global economic growth forecastExternal link from 3.2% to 2.9% for this year. In the last few weeks, some Swiss forecasters have been busy raising their Swiss GDP forecasts. Last week BAK Basel said the Swiss economy would grow by 1.6% this year –…

Self-driving trains pilot project is on the horizon

This content was published on Sep 20, 2016 According to Swiss public radio, SRFExternal link, the ‘Südostbahn’, South-East Railways, which operates between St Gallen and Lucerne, is planning a pilot project with self-driving trains. A pre-study is near completion. The director of the railway company, Thomas Küchler, did not want to be drawn on which stretch the trains would be trialled on, but…

Swiss blue-chip bosses earn the most in Europe

This content was published on Sep 20, 2016 The Eurotop 100 study, published on Tuesday, analysed the direct remuneration – not including pension or bonuses – of the CEOs of the 100 most highly capitalised blue-chip companiesExternal link in Europe. The report only includes the 74 bosses who had held the position all year – with the result, for example, that Credit Suisse…

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