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Outsourcing to a Kosovo call centre

This content was published on Dec 3, 2014 Some Kosovar Albanians who’ve been living in Switzerland are returning home to help build a new future. (RTS/swissinfo.ch)

Voters roundly reject Swiss gold initiative

This content was published on Nov 30, 2014 The Swiss central bank won’t have to increase its gold reserves after voters rejected radical changes to the bank’s balance sheet.

How the wealthy become wealthier

This content was published on Nov 28, 2014 The 300 richest Swiss residents have seen their combined fortune increase by CHF25 billion ($26 billion) to a record CHF589 billion.

Seriously rich in Switzerland get seriously richer

This content was published on Nov 28, 2014 Swiss business magazine Bilanz, which published the annual list on Friday, pointed out that this is not far below Switzerland’s GDP (CHF625 billion in 2013). Bilanz compiled its first “rich list” in 1989 with only 100 names, whose total fortune came to CHF66 billion – less than the combined wealth of this year’s top two…

Swiss chocolate opens doors for Indian cocoa farmers

This content was published on Nov 26, 2014 The train only stops on request at the Kreuzlingen Bernrain railway station that overlooks Lake Constance in northeastern Switzerland. Appearances can be deceptive because the tiny, tranquil-looking station masks a hive of activity nearby. On the other side of the train tracks, the Stella Bernrain chocolate factory is working at full steam. Winter is the…

Uncle Sam lends Swiss economy a helping hand

This content was published on Nov 25, 2014 Fresh from destroying banking secrecy and banks, the United States is one of the best friends of Swiss exporters. Swiss exports to the US will grow by 27% by 2017, some predict.

Bank data thieves to face harsher penalties

This content was published on Nov 25, 2014 The Senate on Monday increased prison sentences to a maximum of five years for bank employees who pass on stolen customer data. The law now also applies to third parties. The other parliamentary chamber, the House of Representatives, approved the amendments in September. Current law has only applied to bankers found guilty of stealing and…

Tougher operating environment calls for a new business model

This content was published on Nov 24, 2014 “Swiss private banking is in turmoil, even though no Swiss bank went down as a result of the financial crisis,” Shelby du Pasquier of Geneva law firm Lenz & Staehelin told the most recent gathering. The current state of affairs is the result of a combination of unfriendly economics, regulatory and political attacks from the…

Syngenta downsizing threatens 500 Swiss jobs

This content was published on Nov 24, 2014 The job cuts and relocations are part of the company’s Accelerating Operational Leverage programme that was announced in February 2014. The plan aims to save the company $1 billion (CHF970 million) by 2018. Despite the gloomy news, Syngenta’s CEO Mike Mack, reiterated the company’s commitment to Switzerland and highlighted investments being made to improve its…

Geneva economy thrives on foreigners, study finds

This content was published on Nov 20, 2014 With every second worker in Geneva of foreign origin, the canton owes its economic success to people from abroad, a study has found.

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