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The politics of disaster response

This content was published on Jul 23, 2013 In the hot noonday sun the Epeisses rescue training centre near Geneva is like a ghost town. Everywhere there are hulking piles of rubble and concrete. Buildings rest at impossible angles, their floors compressed so that they resemble the layers of a sandwich. They wait to swallow the latest group of soldiers who have come…

Battle for Swiss army set for third ballot

This content was published on Jul 23, 2013 Jakob Büchler, who heads a broad-based political committee which is against the initiative, is convinced of the true intentions of the pacifist Group for a Switzerland Without an Army. “Their initiative is an attack on the successful Swiss model, an attack against our army. The group not only want to abolish conscription, they want to eliminate…

UBS results impress despite hefty legal bills

This content was published on Jul 22, 2013 The bank said it had settled a dispute with the United States Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) over the sale of mortgage related securities and paid CHF100 million to Britain under the terms of a tax deal between the two countries. UBS will chalk up CHF865 million ($919 million) in legal bills, impairment of financial…

Voting on what to buy at night

This content was published on Jul 22, 2013 “Easing of the labour law for convenience stores”, is the official name of the referendum. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

Unions challenge parliament over 24-hour shops

This content was published on Jul 22, 2013 Under the current law shops can in principle be open from 6am to 11pm during weekdays with many local restrictions. Among the many exceptions are 24-hour petrol stations with an adjacent café and retail shop which serve customers seven days a week from 5am to 1am. There are more than 1,330 such service stations across…

Global corporate tax plan wins Swiss approval

This content was published on Jul 20, 2013 Swiss cantons have dismissed the idea that the proposed regulations could make them less attractive venues for foreign firms. But some observers feel the proposals do not go far enough to make a real difference or that they will be too difficult to implement. The corporate tax crackdown was drawn up by the Organisation for…

Novartis announces final pay-off deal for Vasella

This content was published on Jul 17, 2013 According to the board of directors of the Basel-based pharma giant, Vasella will receive $5.2 million in cash and unrestricted shares for eight months’ work this year assisting with the transition to his successor. He will also get a guaranteed minimum fee of $250,000 a year from 2014 through 2016 just to be available for…

Cycle courier Christian prepares to fight his way through Bern city traffic

This content was published on Jul 16, 2013

Take the Money and Run

This content was published on Jul 16, 2013 Counting through stashes of money can be seen in films as early as the 1920s.(Pictures: AFP/Kobal Collection, cinetext.de)

Glencore Xstrata to halt Australian iron ore work

This content was published on Jul 16, 2013 “Falling revenue, increasing production costs and on-going high logistics costs in getting our product from mine to market have eroded the margins in this business,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday. “Global iron ore prices have experienced more than a 30 per cent drop over the past two years.” The plant, which processed…

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