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Swiss labour costs highest in Europe

This content was published on Oct 2, 2014 Finance and insurance employees emerged as the most costly at CHF93.4 per hour. Next in line were employees in the information and communications sector, with labour costs of CHF76.75 per hour and the education sector at CHF71.20. The sectors with the lowest labour costs were administration and secretarial, at CHF48.80 per hour, with hotel and…

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Hong Kong’s special status is stretched to its limit

This content was published on Oct 2, 2014 The student-led protests that have engulfed the city have brought into sharp, potentially dangerous, relief the contradictions at the heart of the one country, two systems formula.

Julius Baer boss says big is not beautiful

This content was published on Oct 2, 2014 “I had love at first sight with banking,” the chief executive says of his first job as an apprentice at Credit Suisse at the tender age of 19, at a time when most of his friends were putting off office hours in favour of student life and parties in Geneva. Today the 40-year-old is young…

Big pharma back in the game it made

This content was published on Oct 1, 2014 Big pharma is back. That, at least, is the impression created by a wave of new cancer drugs rapidly approaching market.

Are pampered rich wrecking cantonal finances?

This content was published on Oct 1, 2014 Incredible though it may seem to the outside world, most Swiss cantons are suffering acute cash flow problems that have smeared red ink all over their annual budgets. The policy of slashing taxes to attract the wealthy has come under renewed fire.

Work or study? The decision can confuse and divide

This content was published on Sep 30, 2014 Apprenticeships are part of the backbone of the Swiss career system, but today not every young person is sold on the idea.

Senior high school: more options, or decisions delayed?

This content was published on Sep 29, 2014 The number of young Swiss pursuing senior high school over apprenticeships has been rising, but half of them never graduate from university.

Lake Geneva tunnel project turned down by voters

This content was published on Sep 28, 2014 In Sunday’s cantonal vote, 63% of voters turned down the initiative to construct a tunnel at the far western end of the lake, known locally as “La Rade”. Turnout was 57%. The rightwing Swiss People’s Party initiative had pushed the initiative, backed by the Touring Club of Switzerland (TCS) motoring association, arguing that Geneva suffers…

Restaurants lose bid for VAT parity with takeaways

This content was published on Sep 28, 2014 Faced with competition from takeaways, the restaurant and hotel association Gastrosuisse had mounted a political campaign to derail the success of their rivals, who benefit from a lower level of taxation. The initiative was turned down by 71.5% of voters in the nationwide ballot. It failed to win the backing of any of Switzerland’s 26…

Syngenta aims to win support for ʻresponsible growthʼ

This content was published on Sep 26, 2014 The Basel-based company selling seeds, crops, fertilisers and pesticides recently presented its growth programmeExternal link with its commitments to social security and explained how it wants to do its bit to tackle the challenges of having to feed the world’s growing population. On the same day, UN researchers forecast that the world population will rise…

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