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PostFinance to close foreign youth accounts

This content was published on May 7, 2013 The move by the Swiss Post’s financial services provider is a safety measure to cut the risks for the company and its clients, PostFinance spokesman Alex Josty told French-language public radio, RTS. Swiss banks are under pressure to refuse money from clients if they suspect that it has not been taxed. For PostFinance it is…

Solar Impulse heads south

This content was published on May 3, 2013 Piloted by Bertrand Piccard, the aircraft left Moffett Field in Mountain View near San Francisco early on Friday local time for a flight to Phoenix, Arizona, expected to take 15 to 20 hours. Solar Impulse, which relies for its power solely on the sun, consumes about the same amount of energy as a motor scooter.…

Shareholder majority approves Swiss bankers’ pay

This content was published on May 2, 2013 At the annual general meeting of UBS in Zurich on Thursday more than four out of five shareholders in a non-binding ballot backed the salary proposals, a week after 88 per cent of stock owners at Credit Suisse cleared their executives’ pay packages. There had been concern after almost two out of three shareholders in…

‘I’m not a person who works only if it’s going to be profitable’

This content was published on May 2, 2013 ‘I’m not a person who works only if it’s going to be profitable’

Labour Day demonstrators demand shared wealth

This content was published on May 1, 2013 This year unions reminded demonstrators of the success of the so-called fat-cat initiative, accepted by a majority of Swiss voters in March and aimed at curbing manager salaries and increasing shareholder rights. Union leaders also called on citizens to support initiatives in favour of better salaries for all and pensions. May 1 is traditionally Labour…

Wage calculators help fight for transparency

This content was published on May 1, 2013 It is an unspoken rule in Swiss society: questions about individual salaries are taboo. Don’t even think about asking your neighbours how much they take home at the end of the month. But at the same time, the excessive salaries of top managers, underpaid low-skilled labour, equal pay for women and men, and the introduction…

Earnings: a public or a private affair?

This content was published on May 1, 2013

Water supply assured despite shrinking glaciers

This content was published on May 1, 2013 Switzerland holds around six per cent of all fresh water reserves in Europe, and plays a vital role both in water supply and the production of hydroelectricity. Its 200 or so dammed lakes supply 30 per cent of the country’s own requirements for electric power and also help regulate the flow of water and prevent…

UBS bounces back in first quarter

This content was published on Apr 30, 2013 The results were down 4.5 per cent from the comparable period a year ago. Still, it was a major turnaround from the CHF1.9 billion loss the bank posted for the fourth quarter of 2012 in the wake of a series of lawsuits, scandals and a wave of restructuring. UBS, which is cutting 10,000 jobs in…

EU, Switzerland to suspend use of pesticides

This content was published on Apr 29, 2013 The European Commission will impose a temporary ban of a class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids effective from the beginning of December.The Federal Office for National Economic Supply said it will follow suit. The ban will affect the use of the substances on all crops, excluding winter cereals and plants, which are not attractive to…

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