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Radical cure proposed for lack of political volunteers

This content was published on Feb 27, 2015 The death knell is ringing for a unique feature of Swiss politics: Citizens serving as volunteers in governments and administrations.

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Price watchdog demands politicians lower tariffs

This content was published on Feb 26, 2015 “This year will be marked by the abandoning of the minimum exchange rate [of CHF1.20 per euro] and the elections [on October 18],” said Stefan Meierhans at the price monitoring post’s annual media conference in Bern on Thursday. Six weeks after the Swiss National Bank scrapped the franc-euro cap, Meierhans said it was particularly important…

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Holcim’s cement deal merits a harder line from the watchdogs

This content was published on Feb 26, 2015 You need look no further than Holcim’s fourth-quarter results this week to understand why it has been so keen to pursue its merger with Lafarge.

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Swiss await Greek input on hidden billions

This content was published on Feb 25, 2015 Mario Tuor, press spokesperson for the State Secretariat for International Finance Matters told Swiss Public Television, SRF, “We made concrete proposals a year ago about how untaxed money from Greece could be regularised”. Since then, he added, they had not heard from the old or the new government in Greece concerning the issue. Finance minister…

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Family tax breaks lose ground ahead of March vote

This content was published on Feb 25, 2015 The proposal by the centrist Christian Democratic Party to make child allowances and education costs tax deductible, was supported by 40% of respondents in an opinion poll conducted a week ago. Compared with a first poll in January, support has dropped by 12%, while opponents gained an additional 17%. Some 10% of respondents are still…

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An accidental currency war?

This content was published on Feb 25, 2015 Mohamed A. El-Erian argues central banks eventually must end their unprecedented activism.

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One in four hotel bookings done online

This content was published on Feb 25, 2015 Some 27.4% of all bookings are made on the internet, generating over CHF1 billion in gross revenue in 2014, according to a survey of 265 Swiss hotels by the Tourism Institute of the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Valais. Online booking agencies like Booking.com are responsible for a significant chunk. These kinds of…

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Largest Swiss cities launch Expo plans

This content was published on Feb 24, 2015 On Tuesday, the cities of Basel, Zurich and Geneva announced plans for each of them to have a dedicated presence at the Expo’s Swiss pavilion, designed to highlight their cities‘ unique traits under the motto “innovative, sustainable, cultural and urban“. Zurich’s six-week-long programme will focus on water quality and the role clean water plays in…

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Exports keep chocolate manufacturers sweet

This content was published on Feb 24, 2015 Switzerland’s 18 manufacturers sold a total of 183,738 tonnes of chocolate last year, 4,900 tonnes more than in 2013. As a result, turnover increased by 2.7% to CHF1.72 billion ($1.81 billion). At home, however, the 68,264 tonnes sold was 1.4% less than in 2013. This converts into a per capita consumption of “only” 11.7kg, down…

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