Archive – Multinational Companies

Company takeovers and mergers on the rise in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 25, 2023 While their total value dropped, the number of mergers and acquisitions reached a record high in Switzerland in 2022.

Waning pandemic dents drug company returns

This content was published on Jan 23, 2023 A brief period of bumper profits for drugs manufacturers appears to be closing with the Covid-19 pandemic coming under control.

Protesters hold ‘funeral’ for site of Holcim quarry extension

This content was published on Jan 21, 2023 Some 250 people demonstrated late Saturday morning at a site in where cement group Holcim is being allowed to extend a quarry.

ABB sells power conversion division to Taiwanese firm

This content was published on Jan 20, 2023 The Zurich-based engineering conglomerate has agreed to sell its Power Conversion division to AcBel Polytech Inc. for $505 million (CHF463 million).

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WEF by the numbers: highlights and horrors

This content was published on Jan 20, 2023 Sometimes the highs and lows of WEF are best captured by numbers. Here are some that stood out to SWI swissinfo.ch this week.

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It’s time to move beyond ESG bashing

This content was published on Jan 17, 2023 Recent regulatory moves, including in Switzerland, to clamp down on greenwashing in the financial market could end up doing more harm than good.

Brazil climate chief goes to Davos with call to save the Amazon – and democracy

This content was published on Jan 16, 2023 Brazil’s Environment Minister Marina Silva is at WEF to convince world leaders her government has turned the page on the Bolsonaro era.

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WEF: Oxfam urges windfall tax on food companies

This content was published on Jan 16, 2023 Food companies making big profits as inflation has surged should face windfall taxes to help cut global inequality, says anti-poverty group Oxfam.

Workers offload a truck full of wood bought under suspicious circumstances in Burkina Faso.

Green corruption – a planetary crime fought from Basel

This content was published on Jan 16, 2023 The Basel Institute of Governance is at the centre of global efforts to fight corruption or financial crimes that harm the environment.

Anti-WEF protestors demand higher taxes and climate action

This content was published on Jan 15, 2023 A day ahead of the opening of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, some 300 people have taken to the streets of Davos demanding climate justice.

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ABB sells power conversion division to Taiwanese firm

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