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A lesson for people’s rights grumblers

This content was published on Mar 19, 2015 The public does foolish things when you let them have a say; this is a common complaint in a democracy. In the late 1990s, business leaders and professors viewed voters as an obstacle to progress. Economist Walter Wittmann formulated this distrust against direct democracy in the book title, which describes direct democracy as an impediment…

Swiss economy tipped to weather strong franc

This content was published on Mar 19, 2015 Although the appreciation of the Swiss franc will have a detrimental impact on the competitiveness of Swiss companies, brighter economic prospects for Europe and the United States should alleviate these negative effects, a Swiss government expert group has forecast. The Swiss economy experienced a shock on January 15 when the Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced…

Breakthrough in alpine tunnel route

This content was published on Mar 18, 2015 After eight years of hard work and one final blast, miners from the north end of the Ceneri tunnel in southern Switzerland have met miners from the south. For the 600 miners working on the project it was time to celebrate. The Ceneri base tunnel is part of NRLA, a government project to create faster…

Bitcoin technology launches a Swiss start-up scene

This content was published on Mar 18, 2015 Switzerland has become fertile ground for start-ups banking on a different, digital future for currencies.

Strong dollar helps some Swiss exporters

This content was published on Mar 17, 2015 When the Swiss National Bank announced on January 15, 2015 that it would no longer hold the Swiss franc at a fixed exchange rate with the euro, the franc soared and Swiss stocks fell. Business has argued that the euro-franc exchange rate will hurt Swiss firms exporting to Europe and to Swiss tourism. It has…

Coop suspends some foreign magazine sales

This content was published on Mar 16, 2015 Basel-based Coop, which operates the second-biggest supermarket chain in Switzerland after Migros, says it is suspending sales of large foreign magazines such as Gala, Der Spiegel, Paris Match and Chi because their publishers won’t pass on their savings from the currency difference. The Swiss National Bank’s surprise decision in mid-January to ditch its effort to…

Holcim cools on terms of Lafarge merger

This content was published on Mar 16, 2015 Swiss cement maker Holcim wants to renegotiate the terms of a merger with French counterpart Lafarge.

OECD upgrades Swiss tax compliance status

This content was published on Mar 16, 2015 The OECD has passed Switzerland fit for phase 2 of its peer review on international tax transparency.

‘Fat cat’ salary initiative shows mixed results

This content was published on Mar 15, 2015 Two years after Swiss voters backed an initiative aimed at curbing the high salaries of “fat-cat” executives the overall result is mixed, says the director of the sustainable investment foundation Ethos.

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Shopping centres near the border: success or flop?

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