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US mid-terms: The ugly Beast and its unlikely Beauty

This content was published on Nov 2, 2014 Democracy in America has seen better days ever since French political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville first visited the United States more than two centuries ago. It has turned into an ugly beast with too much money and too little participation. However, at the heart of it all you can still find unlikely beauties, writes Bruno Kaufmann, editor-in-chief of people2power.info.

Lucerne sells itself as an ideal film location

This content was published on Nov 2, 2014 For some people, Lucerne epitomises Switzerland. Maybe that’s because they’ve seen it so many times on TV. Lucerne is one of the few Swiss cities to offer a complete film and TV production service. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

Small company reveals mighty ambitions

This content was published on Nov 2, 2014 “I always say you can favour another brand,” says Jean-Marc Pontroué, a Frenchman who has been chief executive since 2011, “but if you are after an exceptional timepiece, Roger Dubuis should be one of the top five.” That would be quite an ascent for a brand that has been in existence only since 1995, when…

Diving in sewage

This content was published on Nov 1, 2014

Legal woes continue to stalk Swiss banks

This content was published on Oct 31, 2014 The financial crash plus evidence of mis-selling, market rigging and tax evasion have resulted in an era of litigation for the banking sector, which also affects UBS and Credit Suisse.

Climate sceptics continue to dismiss scientific ‘farce’

This content was published on Oct 31, 2014 “It’s incredibly arrogant to believe that humans can influence the climate,” says Werner Munter, a world-renowned expert on avalanches. The 73-year-old from Bern is not a climatologist, but over the past three years he says he has read some 20 books and hundreds of scientific studies on the issue. “Nowhere have I been able to…

Swiss shadow banking risk smaller than expected

This content was published on Oct 30, 2014 A case study on shadow banking in Switzerland reveals that the sector is nearly five times smaller than expected.

Overpopulation vote stirs debate on root cause

This content was published on Oct 30, 2014 Twice a month small groups of men meet under the shade of a tree or in the village square in the west African country of Niger. They are not there to discuss how “Menas”, the Nigerien football team is faring or to indulge in a spot of “Lutte Traditionnelle”, the popular sport of traditional wrestling…

The Swiss firm behind a possible Ebola vaccine

This content was published on Oct 30, 2014 Clinical testing in humans for the vaccine is taking place at the Lausanne University Hospital. The vaccine was chosen for the trials by the World Health Organisation and is produced by the British company GlaxoSmithKline. It was first developed by a small biotech company based in Basel, before being sold for the sum of €250…

Switzerland to share banking information from 2018

This content was published on Oct 29, 2014 Along with members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and G20, Switzerland endorsed the new automatic information sharing standard at the annual meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes in Berlin on Wednesday. This standardExternal link will give tax administrations around the world a very…

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