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Amazee or Amazon – what’s in a name?

This content was published on May 1, 2009 Amazon has warned it will try to stop Amazee from using its brand in the US on the grounds that the names are too similar, despite the two companies offering different services. The blocking bid follows an earlier threat to prevent Amazee from operating under its own name in Switzerland. Zurich-based Amazee successfully registered the…

Wall Street traders hit the ropes

This content was published on Apr 29, 2009 In his latest documentary, Traders, Swiss director Jean-Stéphane Bron captures bankers taking part in the 2008 Wall Street Boxing Charity Championship at the height of the financial crisis. Traders was shown on Monday at the Visions du Réel documentary film festival in Nyon, which runs until Thursday. Six years after his smash-hit documentary, Mais im…

Switzerland demands more fairness from OECD

This content was published on Apr 29, 2009 In a letter sent on Tuesday to Angel Gurría, the OECD secretary-general, Swiss President and Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz demanded “fairness, transparency and equal terms”. At the beginning of this month, the OECD placed Switzerland on a “grey” list of countries considered to only partially respect the body’s criteria in tax matters. Merz’s letter contained…

Sweet Taste

This content was published on Apr 29, 2009 Hermann Fuhrer is a pensioner and beekeeping is his hobby. (Pictures and text: Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo, 2004).

More Swiss plan to holiday at home this year

This content was published on Apr 29, 2009 According to the GfK Switzerland market research institute, residents in French-speaking Switzerland and people with low incomes are most likely to take a less expensive vacation, or cancel their travel plans altogether. The results of the survey, published on Wednesday, found that more than ten per cent were considering spending their time off from work…

Reform of EU trade barriers mooted

This content was published on Apr 29, 2009 The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted in favour of a government proposal aimed at lowering prices for consumer goods, despite opposition by the rightwing Swiss People’s Party and the Greens. They argued Switzerland should not introduce the so-called Cassis de Dijon rule unilaterally without winning similar pledges by the EU. However, the house agreed…

UBS expects no 2nd quarter economic recovery

This content was published on Apr 29, 2009 In a report based on a survey of around 400 companies in the first quarter of 2009, UBS said “exporters are particularly feeling the heat”. However, UBS said that domestically oriented industries and service providers are faring better. New orders, production, sales and earnings melted away in the first three months of the year, and…

Economy unites to fight youth unemployment

This content was published on Apr 28, 2009 At a news conference in Bern, Leuthard called for increased cooperation so that young people could have a better education. She also advised companies to continue to employ their apprentices after their vocational training. The call did not fall on deaf ears, with employers and the unions agreeing joint action was necessary to remedy the…

Business warns e-passports key for economy

This content was published on Apr 28, 2009 Swiss voters will decide whether to introduce passports with electronic chips as well as a central fingerprint register at the ballot box on May 17. A committee of representatives of the Business Federation, the hotel industry and travel agents, as well as the centre-right Radical Party on Tuesday argued the new travel document was in…

EU plans tax move as Swiss-US talks begin

This content was published on Apr 28, 2009 Switzerland and the US began four days of negotiations to update a bilateral tax treaty to include recent changes to Swiss banking secrecy laws. The treaty is one of many bilateral agreements Switzerland will have to renegotiate as a result of its decision in March to meet standards set by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation…

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