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Immigration vote weighs on economic forecast

This content was published on Mar 28, 2014 According to KOF’s latest economic forecast, Swiss gross domestic product will expand by 2% this year and 2.1% in 2015 with a recovery of the global economy boosting exports. This represents a slight reduction of 0.2% on previous forecasts made in December. The institute said the approval by 50.3% of voters of a popular initiative…

Swiss-Swedish plane deal fires up vote campaign

This content was published on Mar 28, 2014 A memorandum of understanding to produce and deliver about 20 PC-21 trainer planes has been signed, according to statements published in Stans and Linköping on Friday. It added that Pilatus and Saab aimed to create about 100 new jobs in the aerospace sector for the production of PC-21, the Gripen and other aircraft types made…

Financial officers worried by immigration vote

This content was published on Mar 27, 2014 Of the 111 companies surveyed by consultants Deloitte, 88% said they expected negative consequences to befall Switzerland as a result of the February 9 vote. Only 6% expected positive outcomes. In addition, 69% of CFOs anticipated negative fallout for their own businesses, while 29% didn’t expect anything to change after the decision to re-establish quotas…

Community doctors hope for a shot in the arm

This content was published on Mar 27, 2014 General practitioners have lobbied hard to get the government and parliament to draw up a legal reform, as well as a series of measures to boost the role of community doctors, the cornerstone of primary healthcare. The issue has been bubbling for a number of years. From 2006 GPs began calling for new measures to…

Is Swiss watchmaking’s China boom over?

This content was published on Mar 26, 2014 Slower economic growth and a Chinese government anti-corruption campaign have cast a shadow over Swiss watch exports to China.

Swiss voters may impose a minimum wage on industry

This content was published on Mar 25, 2014 Whether it is fat-cat salaries or the plight of the working poor, rates of pay have been a recurrent focus in recent political debate in Switzerland. The upcoming vote on May 18 is the third time in just over a year that Swiss voters are being called upon to decide how much – or how…

IMF gives Swiss economy a ‘thumbs–up’

This content was published on Mar 24, 2014 Following its regular assessment of the Swiss economy, carried out from March 14-24, the IMF said monetary conditions had improved over the past 12 months but renewed appreciation of the Swiss franc could quickly bring back deflationary pressures. As a result it recommends the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to maintain its exchange rate floor of…

What attracts immigrants to rightwing politics?

This content was published on Mar 24, 2014 It’s the first week of the Spring parliament session. The door to the chambers of the House of Representatives swings open, and Toni Brunner, the People’s Party president, strides over to shake my hand. The People’s Party, which was the driving force behind initiatives to expel foreign criminals, ban minarets and most recently to cut…

The decline of Kodak City

This content was published on Mar 22, 2014 It was in Rochester that George Eastman invented and commercialised, between 1887 and 1889, the first flexible photographic film. And it was in New York that Leutenegger stayed in 2007, as part of a resident artist programme. This was a logical continuation of a photographic pilgrimage which started in Switzerland as part of her thesis…

Pharmaceutical bosses remain best paid CEOs

This content was published on Mar 21, 2014 Novartis’ Joe Jimenez earned CHF13.2 million ($16 million) last year, while Severin Schwan of crosstown competitor Roche raked in CHF11.9 million. The two men already had the highest salaries in 2012. Third place went to Transocean CEO Steven L. Newman who took home an estimated CHF11.6 million, although that figure has yet to be confirmed…

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