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Swiss shadow banking risk smaller than expected

This content was published on Oct 30, 2014 A case study on shadow banking in Switzerland reveals that the sector is nearly five times smaller than expected.

The Swiss firm behind a possible Ebola vaccine

This content was published on Oct 30, 2014 Clinical testing in humans for the vaccine is taking place at the Lausanne University Hospital. The vaccine was chosen for the trials by the World Health Organisation and is produced by the British company GlaxoSmithKline. It was first developed by a small biotech company based in Basel, before being sold for the sum of €250…

Switzerland to share banking information from 2018

This content was published on Oct 29, 2014 Along with members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and G20, Switzerland endorsed the new automatic information sharing standard at the annual meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes in Berlin on Wednesday. This standardExternal link will give tax administrations around the world a very…

Doing business in Switzerland got easier

This content was published on Oct 29, 2014 Switzerland has moved into the top 20 in the World Bank’s annual ranking of countries in terms of the ease of doing business.

Switzerland joins new corporate tax landscape

This content was published on Oct 29, 2014 From 2017, multinationals will have to pay taxes in the countries where they actually operate and will not be able to resort to sleight-of-hand to avoid paying tax. That’s the goal of Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), a project of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) supported by the G20 group of…

Switzerland applauds India’s subsidies for farmers

This content was published on Oct 28, 2014 A move to guarantee food sovereignty in Switzerland comes as the question of India’s subsidy programme for its poor farmers threatens to sink the WTO deeper into crisis.

Saffron, the ‘red gold’ from the mountains of Valais

This content was published on Oct 25, 2014 For just three weeks in October, Crocus sativus is in bloom near the Matterhorn in Switzerland. The plant’s flowers produce the spice saffron.

Traditional train departure boards to be replaced

This content was published on Oct 24, 2014 A test-run of the new screens began at Neuchâtel railway station on Friday. It is the first location in the country to have an LED screen as the main departure board, instead of the traditional split-flap display – where small tiles with interchangeable letters and numbers spin round to show different platforms, times and destinations.…

Swiss firms slow to embrace digital revolution

This content was published on Oct 24, 2014 While a large majority of Swiss companies surveyed (84%) see new technologies like 3D printing, autonomous drones, artificial intelligence, intelligent robots and sensors as an opportunity to boost competitiveness, they are slow to introduce them, the report published on Friday showed. Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) known as “Industry 4.0” have shaken up…

Swiss help Germans with tax evasion raids at Sarasin

This content was published on Oct 24, 2014 Numerous bankers and lawyers in the cantons Basel City, Basel Country, Graubünden, St Gallen, Schywz, Zurich and Zug received a visit from the police and public prosecutors. In an unusual act of cooperation with Germany over the thorny issue of Swiss banks helping German citizens evade taxes, the Zurich Public Prosecutor’s Office coordinated the raids,…

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