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Training to be the best: champion apprentices

This content was published on Oct 17, 2014 “How long have I got?” shouts an apprentice baker as she squeezes dollops of cream into a mixing bowl. “20 minutes!” comes the reply from a figure in the crowd. The teenager is one of many competing to be crowned the best Swiss apprentice in their field of work at a four-day championship of apprentices,…

Dirty dough

This content was published on Oct 17, 2014 Ex-UBS banker Raoul Weil goes on trial for tax evasion, and Transparency International tells Switzerland to tighten its money laundering laws.

Eurozone woes drag back Swiss GDP forecasts

This content was published on Oct 16, 2014 Switzerland has reduced its economic growth forecast from 2% to 1.8% this year on the back of the declining performance of its main trading partners in Europe, most notably Germany.

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Scotalonia’s Jura(ssic) moments

This content was published on Oct 16, 2014 Emotions have reached new heights in the North and South of Europe after Scotland’s no-vote to leaving the UK on September 18 and the Catalan president’s decision to downgrade the November 9 popular vote into an “unofficial” consultation about the country’s constitutional future. While unhappy losers in Scotland cried foul about the referendum processExternal link,…

Swiss-Indian tax negotiations yield modest progress

This content was published on Oct 16, 2014 On Wednesday, the Swiss State Secretary for International Financial Matters, Jacques de Watteville, met with his Indian counterpart, Revenue Secretary Shaktikanta Das, to discuss various bilateral and multilateral tax and financial issues. The meeting was a follow-up to a Swiss delegation’s visit to New Delhi in February 2014. It was also the first high-level meeting…

Why small farms are key to feeding the world

This content was published on Oct 16, 2014 With family farming chosen as the theme for this year's World Food Day, leading activist Vandana Shiva is calling for more support to small farmers.

US banking business details revealed by Weil trial witness

This content was published on Oct 15, 2014 Private business cards, hotel meetings and encrypted hard drives – just some of the details of how UBS dealt with its US clients, according to Hansruedi Schumacher, a witness called to court on Wednesday in the trial of a former UBS top banker, Raoul Weil. Schumacher, who also has a case pending against him, was…

Environmental group petitions for food waste reduction

This content was published on Oct 15, 2014 The World Wildlife Fund in Switzerland has urged producers, retailers, consumers and parliament to drastically reduce food waste.

Dübendorf: 100 years of aviation

This content was published on Oct 15, 2014

Ex-UBS executive Weil finally faces US court

This content was published on Oct 13, 2014 The tax evasion trial of Raoul Weil has opened in Florida, with the former UBS head of wealth management accused of masterminding a $20 billion scheme to swindle the Internal Revenue Service.

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