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Snow falls later and melts earlier

This content was published on Sep 28, 2016 The WSL institute for Snow and Avalanche Research and the University of Neuchâtel looked at information from 11 MeteoSwiss weather monitoring devices in different alpine regions of the country, and made an analysis of the data from 1970 up until 2015. They found that the covering of snow now comes on average 12 days later…

Switzerland is the world’s most competitive economy

This content was published on Sep 28, 2016 Switzerland achieved its highest score of 5.8 out of 7 in the WEF Global CompetitivenessExternal link Report 2016/2017. It achieved top marks in four of the 11 criteria: labour market efficiency, business sophistication, innovation and technological readiness. Its weaknesses are perceived to be deepening deflation, low levels of women participating in the workforce and the amount…

Citizen science: Not a scientist? Not a problem

This content was published on Sep 27, 2016 When you open politics to the public, you get direct democracy. But what happens when you open science to the public?

Senate supports public service media

This content was published on Sep 27, 2016 On Monday the Senate rejected calls from the House for an additional report into the role and offer of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), swissinfo.ch’s parent company. The various branches of the SBC are under pressure. Media companies and above all the People’s Party constantly criticise the organisation’s monopoly status. In June, the government published…

Swiss financial centres slip in global ranking

This content was published on Sep 27, 2016 London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo remain the five leading global financial centres, according to the Global Financial Services Index (GFCIExternal link), published on Monday by the Z/Yen Group in London and the China Development Institute in Shenzhen. Geneva, however, fell eight places to 23rd in the survey, which is completed by financial…

UBS woos clients with Churchill-era war games

This content was published on Sep 27, 2016 Swiss bank UBS has invited some of its wealthiest clients to London to fight war games in Winston Churchill’s underground bunker.

Julius Baer wins Singapore share accumulator dispute

This content was published on Sep 27, 2016 Julius Baer said in a statement on Tuesday that the High Court of Singapore had dismissed the case by consent. Two former clients of the Zurich private bank’s Singapore branch filed the writ of summons with the court in 2013. The plaintiffs claimed they suffered damages and losses allegedly incurred from share accumulator transactions in…

Automatic exchange of information deal finalised

This content was published on Sep 26, 2016 The ‘Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters’ means that Switzerland is coming into line with international standards on taxation. Over a hundred other states have already signed-up to the agreement. The State Secretariat for International Financial Matters said today the ratification was “yet another step” for Switzerland in working together with other…

Swiss Abroad greener and more pension-friendly

This content was published on Sep 26, 2016 The Swiss abroad voted somewhat differently from their fellow countrymen and women in two out of three of the issues at stake on Sunday.

Swiss blue chips: US staff favour Republicans

This content was published on Sep 26, 2016 American employees of Swiss blue-chip businesses are betting on the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency and Republican business policies.

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