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Starting a business

This content was published on Jul 14, 2016 However, there are certain terms: only holders of a valid C permit (settlement permit for third-country nationals), the spouse of a C permit holder or the spouse of a Swiss citizen have the legal right to establish their own business in Switzerland. All other persons have no legal right to set up their own business.…

The stock market

This content was published on Jul 14, 2016 Unlike the SPIExternal link, the SMIExternal link is not corrected for dividends. Which shares go into the SMI are examined annually. The stocks traded in the SMI represent 90% of the entire market value and trading volume of all stocks listed on the SIX Swiss ExchangeExternal link, one of Switzerland’s two stock exchanges (the other…

Passport to profit for travel exec with a vision for visas

This content was published on Jul 14, 2016 A look at the chief executive who has guided Swiss travel firm Kuoni through a bumpy time for the tourism industry.

Swiss fintech faces uphill struggle for toehold

This content was published on Jul 14, 2016 The Swiss fintech scene pales in comparison with the likes of New York, London and Berlin. Even the likes of Luxembourg and the Netherlands are threatening to overtake Switzerland as a European fintech centre, while China, India and Singapore are causing waves in Asia. One crucial industry figure shows just how much work Switzerland has…

Swiss aid workers evacuated from South Sudan

This content was published on Jul 13, 2016 Two Swiss workers had already left the SDC’s cooperation office in the capital Juba, and the three staff in the project office in Aweil in the north of the country would leave South Sudan as soon as possible, the Swiss foreign ministry said on Wednesday. It added that they would return as soon as the…

Investigators coy on UBS link to 1MDB

This content was published on Jul 13, 2016 Investigative journalists at the Sarawak Report pressure group this week published bank statementsExternal link that apparently show well over $2 billion (CHF1.97 billion) from 1MDB subsidiaries being funnelled to a UBS account held by a fraudulent entity. The documents have not yet been verified, and to date the bank and regulators in Switzerland and Singapore…

President’s Singapore visit focuses on career training

This content was published on Jul 12, 2016 Switzerland’s vocational education system is featuring front and centre during the Swiss president’s visit to Asia.

Swiss add Asian airports to passenger data list

This content was published on Jul 12, 2016 The State Secretariat for Migration has decided to expand its passenger data list following a risk analysis. Airlines and charter flights already have to hand over data if they are flying from São Paulo, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Beijing and Shanghai, Dubai, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Pristina, Istanbul, Moscow, Casablanca and Marrakesh. The obligation to report…

Swiss SMEs see potential in the Chinese market

This content was published on Jul 12, 2016 Last quarter, 56% of Swiss SMEs said they intended to export to the Asia-Pacific region, up from 49% in the previous three months, according to an export study conducted by Credit Suisse and Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE) among around 200 SMEs. Exports to China are thus set to gain importance in the next five years,…

What is end-to-end encryption?

This content was published on Jul 11, 2016 (Carlo Pisani, swissinfo.ch)

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