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Survey finds older workers are more motivated, satisfied

This content was published on Mar 17, 2016 According to the EY 2016 Jobs Survey, workers in Switzerland in the over-61 age group are significantly more motivated at work than their younger colleagues.

Labour market

This content was published on Mar 17, 2016 Unemployment is low in Switzerland, and firms frequently rely on labour from outside the country. Lured by high wages, some foreigners work illegally and assume big risks. About one in three workers in the Swiss labour market is not Swiss, with most of the foreigners being skilled Europeans who benefit from bilateral accords between Switzerland…

Heat is on for Swiss commodities sector

This content was published on Mar 17, 2016 “The business world has realised how unpopular it is. It will need to work hard to improve its image,” the Le Temps newspaper wrote the day after the Feb 28 vote initiated by the Young Socialists. They had hoped to outlaw financial instruments that allow speculation in food products. The text may have been rejected…

3D printing adds new time-telling dimension

This content was published on Mar 17, 2016 The idea of an amateur making their own version of the tourbillon mechanism from scratch might seem at odds with this hallmark of haute horlogerie.

Swiss music labels feel the blues

This content was published on Mar 16, 2016 The 35 or so music labels which make up the Swiss branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) reported total turnover last year of CHF81.8 million ($82.8 million), a 3.5% drop on the previous year. Since 2001, the Swiss music market had shrunk by 73%, the association said on Wednesday. The digital…

Netherlands requests Dutch citizens’ Swiss bank data

This content was published on Mar 16, 2016 Finance ministry spokeswoman Lindy van Galen said there was no concrete information that had led to the requests made via Swiss authorities regarding the accounts at the two banks. “If you have savings, whether in Switzerland or the Netherlands, you have to pay taxes on them,” she said. “There was no possibility of checking in…

Swiss scientist lands major space rocket job

This content was published on Mar 16, 2016 The head of Switzerland’s space programme has been named as the European Space Agency's (ESA) director of launching systems

How a social network helps smokers quit

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Luxury watches for cheap: a booming business

This content was published on Mar 16, 2016 Destocking new watches and selling them through alternative channels is a taboo subject in the Swiss watchmaking industry.

Swiss teens among Europe’s top pot smokers

This content was published on Mar 15, 2016 In Switzerland, 15% of 15-year-old boys and 9% of girls said they had used cannabis in the past 30 days, according to the WHO studyExternal link, based on data from 42 countries from 2014. Switzerland was pipped by young stoners from France (16% of boys) and was level with Italy (15% of boys). In addition,…

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