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Sun shines on Geneva companies

This content was published on Dec 3, 2008 The solar-panel production company, SES, and the public utility, SIG, were cited for the decision to construct Switzerland’s first solar-powered plant. The roof panels are designed to provide 548,000kWh of power annually at the SES plant in the canton Geneva community of Plan-les Ouates. SES already captured this year’s Swiss Solar Prize. It manufacturers standard…

Companies see light at end of tunnel

This content was published on Dec 3, 2008 The findings of the Swiss Business Federation (economiesuisse) survey painted a relatively optimistic picture despite economists at the lobby group predicting zero growth for the country next year. Economiesuisse also expects the rate of unemployment to climb to 3.2 per cent in 2009 from 2.5 per cent this year. But the federation told a conference…

Logitech produces its billionth mouse

This content was published on Dec 3, 2008 The landmark peripheral rolled off a line in the company’s factory in Suzhou, China. “It’s rare in human history that a billionth of anything has been shipped by one company,” said Rory Dooley, Logitech’s general manager. The milestone coincides with the fortieth anniversary of the first public demonstration of the computer mouse. The first Logitech…

Swiss stay on track with highest rail usage

This content was published on Dec 3, 2008 Only the Japanese came close to the Swiss total of 2,103, according to International Union of Railways figures. Japanese people travelled 1,976 kilometres on the rails while the French and the Austrians, ranked second and third among European countries, travelled 1,350 and 1,090 kilometres respectively. Train usage is on the increase in Switzerland, up by…

Swiss banking has to push for more quality

This content was published on Dec 3, 2008 The banks will also have to focus on their own business models and target their marketing more efficiently, one of the authors, economics journalist Claude Baumann, tells swissinfo. Together with banker Werner E. Rutsch, Baumann has outlined the successes of the Swiss banking industry over the past 50 years, putting the finger on where the…

Helping consumers find fair fashion

This content was published on Dec 2, 2008 The calculation comes from the Swiss non-governmental organisation, the Berne Declaration, which has done a survey of ethical standards among Swiss clothing firms. The NGO supports the international Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), which calls for textile workers’ rights such as health and safety, a living wage, job security and reasonable working hours. As part of…

Companies find paying taxes still works well

This content was published on Dec 2, 2008 In its report “Paying Taxes 2009 – the global picture”, professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and the World Bank said a medium-sized company in Switzerland needed 63 working hours a year to fulfil its tax obligations. In Europe, only Luxembourg (59 hours) had a lower rate, the study notes. However, the country has slipped from 15th…

Asian companies could create thousands of jobs

This content was published on Dec 2, 2008 A study published on Tuesday said Asian companies could increase the country’s gross domestic product by two to four per cent. The firms could add 55,000-120,000 jobs, said the report, published by management consultants McKinsey & Company, trade development organisation Business Network Switzerland and the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce. But competition is tough in Europe…

NGOs criticise Switzerland over tax

This content was published on Nov 29, 2008 Their demands come as a United Nations conference on financing development takes place in Doha, Qatar. Among the topics being debated is how to stop capital flight and tax evasion in poorer countries. Developing nations are demanding the stronger regulation of financial markets and the reigning in of what they call “damaging” tax practices. Swiss…

Switzerland could reel in more health tourists

This content was published on Nov 28, 2008 Business and tourism representatives have now clubbed together to form Swiss Health, an organisation to promote Switzerland as a health destination. Among its targets are patients from India, Russia and the Middle East. Founded by Osec, the platform for the promotion of Swiss businesses abroad, and Switzerland Tourism, Swiss Health is intended to bring together…

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