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Swiss predict budget surplus thanks to negative interest rates

This content was published on Oct 27, 2016 Negative interest rates across Europe have created an embarrassment of riches for the Swiss federal government.

Cross-border workers in Geneva face bumpy ride

This content was published on Oct 27, 2016 They keep Geneva’s economy afloat but don’t live in the city. Yet more barriers are going up to hinder cross-border commuters’ access to jobs.

Watchdog says Swatch must stick to movements deal

This content was published on Oct 27, 2016 Switzerland’s largest watch maker, Swatch, must abide by a 2013 deal to slowly phase out the delivery of mechanical watch movements to rivals.

How to operate a nuclear reactor

This content was published on Oct 27, 2016 What is the point of training people how to operate a nuclear reactor in a power plant that is about to close down? Swiss Public Television goes to Mühleberg to find out. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

UBS can challenge client data handover to France

This content was published on Oct 26, 2016 The Federal Administrative Court on Wednesday granted UBS “party status” to the proposed data transfer after Switzerland green lighted a French request for administrative assistance issued in May. France has demanded a “five-digit” amount of client numbers from UBS, which it had received from the German authorities. The court statement did not say whether the…

Bill to fight gender wage discrimination

This content was published on Oct 26, 2016 The news comes a day after the World Economic Forum dropped Switzerland down two places in its annual Gender Gap Report. Switzerland ranked 43rd out of 144 countries in the category “wage equality for similar work”. Wage equality between men and women has not been reached 35 years after the government set up the Federal…

Mid-sized firms close executive pay gap on giants

This content was published on Oct 26, 2016 Executive at flagship SMI listed companies earned 2.7 times more than those at mid-cap SMIM index firms in 2007. By 2015, the pay gap had narrowed to a factor of 1.9, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) study released on Wednesday. In that period, the average pay of SMI chief executives declined 10.3% to CHF6.9 million…

Traditional post offices to give way

This content was published on Oct 26, 2016 However, the state-owned Swiss Post said it aims to increase its network of retail “access points” over the next four years to 4,000, up from the current 3,700. “Our customers are more mobile and flexible, and increasingly take care of their postal transactions wherever and whenever it suits them,” said Susanne Ruoff, CEO of Swiss…

Geneva Twitter bot flags up dictators’ planes

This content was published on Oct 25, 2016 The programme, launched in April by a group of investigative journalistsExternal link, mines data captured by the network of antennaeExternal link used by plane spotters. In Geneva, this was provided by the association of airport residentsExternal link. Civilian planes emit signals which give the plane number and location. These data are scanned by the computer,…

Grandmothers sue Switzerland in climate complaint

This content was published on Oct 25, 2016 They claim that older women in particular suffer from the effects of climate change, including long heat waves. “Heat can lead to death for older women,” said the group’s lawyer Ursula Brunner in Bern on Tuesday, as the complaint was handed in. “There is evidence that hot periods are occurring more often as a result…

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