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Swiss regret end of South African investment accord

This content was published on Nov 2, 2013 The South African authorities informed the Swiss on Thursday that they were ending the accord, having indicated over 12 months ago that investment treaties would be replaced by legislation. The agreement will still run for a year, the legal period of notice, and investments made before that time will be protected for another 20 years.…

Intelligence chief gets cabinet backing

This content was published on Nov 1, 2013 It was reacting to a highly critical report made public in September by a special commission investigating the theft of data from the service. The report found that Swiss intelligence had seriously compromised its information security before and after the incident in May 2012. FIS head Markus Seiler came under particular fire for his handling…

Computer scientists struggle to get e-voting right

This content was published on Nov 1, 2013 “Systems currently used in Switzerland do not allow voters any way to check what has happened with their vote. They have no option but to trust the system,” says Rolf Haenni, a professor of computer science at the Research Institute for Security in the Information Society (RISIS) of Bern Technical College, based in the town…

US mortgage giant attacks UBS and Credit Suisse

This content was published on Nov 1, 2013 The lawsuit claims that Fannie Mae’s trading losses were directly incurred by the banks submitting false data used to set the London interbank offered rate (Libor). The rate, used to measure the cost of borrowing between banks, is the basis for trillions of dollars in contracts, including mortgages and bonds. US banking giants Bank of…

How a bad bank saved the Swiss economy

This content was published on Oct 31, 2013 When the 2008 financial crisis arrived, Switzerland's major bank UBS was threatened with bankruptcy. Thousands of people could lose their homes.

French investigate Swiss bank for Cahuzac link

This content was published on Oct 30, 2013 The launch of a formal probe followed the grilling of the bank’s chief executive François Reyl at a hearing in Paris. The move has “resulted in a formal investigation decision that the bank contests”, Reyl said in a media statement released on Tuesday evening and quoted on news agencies. No more details of the investigation…

Bates in the jungle of Siberut, an island off of Sumatra

The fabulous destiny of a cross-cultural adventurer

This content was published on Oct 30, 2013 Liam Bates’ childhood was typically Swiss. But somewhere along the line his life took an unusual turn – because for Chinese television viewers he’s become Li Mu, presenter of adventure programmes.

Battling to preserve the Great Barrier Reef

This content was published on Oct 30, 2013 While Europe is preparing to hibernate through the winter, tropical north-eastern Australia is already warming up under a hot spring sun. Katia Nicolet, 27, picks me up from the airport and takes me to the city centre, passing Castle Hill, the 300-metre-high red granite mass that dominates the skyline. Sitting outside a downtown café, Katia…

Human Brain Project relocates to Geneva

This content was published on Oct 29, 2013 The building, on the outskirts of Geneva, used to be the headquarters of the pharmaceutical multinational Merck Serono. It was bought in May 2013 by millionaires Ernesto Bertarelli and Hansjörg Wyss and designated Campus Biotech. It has been leased by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and Geneva University since July, and research groups…

UBS told to boost funds to cover legal bills

This content was published on Oct 29, 2013 UBS said on Tuesday that it had set aside CHF586 million ($654 million) in the third quarter of 2013 to cover potential regulatory and legal costs after being told by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) to temporarily increase its capital buffer by 50%. The bank is in the process of paying off an…

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