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15 years needed to dismantle nuclear reactor near Bern

This content was published on Mar 3, 2015 The fact that 450 people showed up for the first of three informational events shows “how important it is to maintain contact with the community”, said Suzanne Thoma, CEO of the BKW GroupExternal link, the reactor’s operator and one of Switzerland’s largest energy companies. The process of dismantling and removing the parts of the reactor…

Zurich and Geneva become the world’s dearest cities

This content was published on Mar 3, 2015 Officially, Singapore retained the dubious honour of being the world’s priciest city, according to the Worldwide Cost of Living SurveyExternal link, with an index score of 129 (New York is the base at 100). Paris came in second (126), followed by Oslo (124), Zurich (121), Sydney (120), Melbourne (118) and Geneva (116), but the survey…

HSBC ‘not representative’ of Swiss banking

This content was published on Mar 3, 2015 The unsavoury activities of HSBC, UBS and others, brought into the public domain by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, were the exception rather than the rule, the Swiss banking lobby group insists. After a series of reforms which are still ongoing, the Swiss financial sector has already evolved beyond recognition from the days of…

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A Swiss model for the City?

This content was published on Mar 3, 2015 At present, UK-based financial services providers are members of up to 50 different organisations, pay ‘x’ number of different membership fees and make employees available for participation in task forces, consultations and discussions on all kinds issues. The result is duplication of effort, unbelievably high costs, decision-making becomes inefficient and for the unlucky politician, they…

Bern and Canberra work towards tax agreement

This content was published on Mar 3, 2015 The two countries intend to start collecting data in 2017 and first transmit data in 2018, after the necessary legal basis has been created in both countries, the finance ministry said in a statement. The joint declaration, signed in Canberra on Tuesday by ambassador Marcel Stutz and Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey, aims to prevent cross-border…

‘High price island’ tag under attack

This content was published on Mar 2, 2015 Consumer groups and business lobbyists are pressing for state intervention to reduce prices in Switzerland.

Switzerland produces its own silk

This content was published on Feb 28, 2015 For the first time in 100 years, silk is being produced in Switzerland – enough for a small collection of ties and scarves.

Price watchdog demands politicians lower tariffs

This content was published on Feb 26, 2015 “This year will be marked by the abandoning of the minimum exchange rate [of CHF1.20 per euro] and the elections [on October 18],” said Stefan Meierhans at the price monitoring post’s annual media conference in Bern on Thursday. Six weeks after the Swiss National Bank scrapped the franc-euro cap, Meierhans said it was particularly important…

Holcim’s cement deal merits a harder line from the watchdogs

This content was published on Feb 26, 2015 You need look no further than Holcim’s fourth-quarter results this week to understand why it has been so keen to pursue its merger with Lafarge.

Swiss await Greek input on hidden billions

This content was published on Feb 25, 2015 Mario Tuor, press spokesperson for the State Secretariat for International Finance Matters told Swiss Public Television, SRF, “We made concrete proposals a year ago about how untaxed money from Greece could be regularised”. Since then, he added, they had not heard from the old or the new government in Greece concerning the issue. Finance minister…

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