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Geneva customs fight fake products

Geneva customs has publicly destroyed tons of fake products

This content was published on Jun 17, 2015 The fake goods made of tin rather than stainless steel are usually produced in China and shipped to Europe. They’re often brought by people from Romania, Holland, France or Poland, who then try to sell the products going door to door, at very high prices. It’s not rare for a set of pans to be…

Nestlé cuts Africa workforce as middle class growth disappoints

This content was published on Jun 17, 2015 “We thought this would be the next Asia, but we have realised the middle class here in the region is extremely small and it is not really growing,” Cornel Krummenacher, chief executive for Nestlé’s equatorial Africa region, told the Financial Times in an interview at the regional headquarters in Nairobi. The region covers 21 countries…

Regulatory disadvantage for Swiss fintech start-ups

This content was published on Jun 16, 2015 Switzerland's fledgling fintech scene hopes for a kick start from two start-up incubators in Zurich and Geneva.

Strong franc forces ‘painful adaptation’ of economy

This content was published on Jun 16, 2015 Growth this year is now expected to occur at a rate of 0.8%, slightly down from the 0.9% forecast in March, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) said in a statement published on Tuesday. For 2016, the expected growth rate has been lowered to 1.6%, down from 1.8% forecast in March. “The Swiss economy…

Switzerland still a haven for rich and their money

This content was published on Jun 15, 2015 For now, Switzerland stands heads and shoulders above the rest booking over $2.4 trillion in wealth from abroad in 2014. The country accounted for over a quarter of global offshore assets. It continued to attract wealth from Western Europe, accounting for around 35% of offshore wealth originating from the region. Switzerland also has the highest…

Court says disclosure of bank employee’s data ‘illegal’

This content was published on Jun 15, 2015 A Swiss court has ruled that the transfer of a former Credit Suisse bank employee’s data to the United States as part of American tax evasion investigations was illegal.

Dougan defends his record as last day looms

This content was published on Jun 15, 2015 After 25 years at Credit Suisse Brady Dougan, who steps down at the end of June, is ready to talk about his legacy.

Authorities investigate cyberattack at nuclear talks

This content was published on Jun 11, 2015 Swiss authorities also confirmed that searches were carried out in May at an un-named Geneva hotel, in which computers were confiscated. This came after evidence was obtained from federal intelligence services, which suspected the involvement of a foreign intelligence service. On Wednesday, the Russian-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said a spy virus, known as Duqu, had…

The Swiss abroad were often dedicated fans of the international radio service, and listened wherever they could, like this man in the United States in 1948

Switzerland’s international voice in a changing world

This content was published on Jun 10, 2015 The Swiss Shortwave Service and later Swiss Radio International (SRI) broadcast from the heart of Europe from 1935 until its closure in 2004. Now researchers are going through the records, letters and recordings to see how Swiss identity played out over the airwaves.

Hop on board a bobsled

This content was published on Jun 10, 2015 Chris Dickson, a journalist from SRI’s English department reports on unusual activities to do in Switzerland for the programme, ‘Don’t just stay here, do something’, from 1975.

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