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Paris court affirms €1.1 billion bond for UBS

This content was published on Sep 22, 2014 A Paris appeals court has ordered Swiss bank UBS to pay a bond of €1.1 billion on charges of helping French customers hide their assets.

Engineers meet challenge of Gotthard tunnel

This content was published on Sep 22, 2014 Travelling at 250 km/h you will hardly notice them, and if all goes well, they will never be used by railway passengers: Yet the emergency exits in the 57-kilometre tunnel are a little marvel of engineering. “We had to design doors that can be opened by a child and that at the same time will…

Global climate cooperation: what does it take?

This content was published on Sep 22, 2014

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How can countries make progress on global climate policy?

This content was published on Sep 22, 2014 Tuesday’s climate summit in New York brings together policymakers from around the globe to facilitate reaching agreement on an effective climate deal in 2015. Given the frequent warnings from international scientists about the dangers of global warming and the role of human activity as well as months marked by several destructive extreme weather events, it…

Swiss watch exporters take long view of China

This content was published on Sep 21, 2014 Last summer, Switzerland became the second European country to sign a free-trade agreement with China, following Iceland’s lead. On July 1, the pact came into force.

‘Tax cheats will have nowhere to hide’

This content was published on Sep 19, 2014 G20 finance ministers meeting in Australia have put their seal of approval on the global standard for automatic exchange of tax information (AIE).

Cabinet moves to protect Swiss wages

This content was published on Sep 19, 2014 The government says it wants to strengthen measures to protect workers in Switzerland under its free movement of people agreement with the European Union – despite the fact the February 9 anti-immigration vote has thrown this accord’s future into doubt.

Reed Hastings on competition

This content was published on Sep 19, 2014

Scotland the not-so brave

This content was published on Sep 19, 2014 The result of the Scottish independence referendum was actually easy to predict, says IMD professor John Walsh.

Scotland vote: a true victory for people power

This content was published on Sep 19, 2014 The citizens of Scotland have decided against full independence: 55% versus 45% in favour. This fascinating process could become a model for other sovereignty referendums, writes Bruno Kaufmann, editor-in-chief at people2power.info.

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