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Apple takes a bite of Swiss rail design

This content was published on Sep 20, 2012 “On the one hand we’re happy that Apple adopted the Swiss railway clock. It just goes to show that it is truly a design piece,” railways spokesman Christian Ginsig told the German-language Blick am Abend newspaper on Thursday. However, he pointed out that Apple’s use of the design was unauthorised. As the owner of the…

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Evaluating the true worth of commodity trading

This content was published on Sep 20, 2012 The basic numbers make for impressive reading: gross profits increased from SFr1.3 billion in 2001 to SFr20 billion ($21 billion) last year. The sector now contributes nearly 3.5 per cent of total economic output in Switzerland, outstripping tourism and mechanical engineering. Geneva has emerged as arguably the biggest centre of oil trading in the world,…

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Is regulating the commodities trade utopian?

This content was published on Sep 20, 2012 Traders now represent three per cent of Switzerland’s GDP. Is it possible to imagine exploiting resources without some form of international accord? Would forcing companies to adhere to Swiss values, possibly encouraging them to leave the country for better conditions elsewhere, be naive or necessary?

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Millions frozen in Uzbek case

This content was published on Sep 19, 2012 The magnitude of the Swiss probe is only just becoming clear and details remain hazy. Media reports indicate that vast amounts of money have being fraudulently siphoned from a Russian-owned Uzbek telecommunications firm. The Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office issued arrest warrants for four Uzbek nationals after being tipped off by Bank Vontobel about suspicious accounts…

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Economy to slow further, experts warn

This content was published on Sep 18, 2012 Economists at the State Secretariat for Economics (Seco) now expect growth in 2012 to be just one per cent, down from the 1.4 per cent they predicted in June. Inflation is seen at minus 0.5 per cent this year, compared with an earlier minus 0.4 per cent. “The international economic slowdown has also reached Switzerland,”…

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The run on direct democracy

This content was published on Sep 18, 2012 German-speaking neighbours have been to Switzerland twice this year. Back in March a delegation from the German state of Baden-Württemberg came to follow the federal elections first-hand. Then in May the Austrian vice chancellor, Michael Spindelegger, travelled with Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter to the Landsgemeinde, or citizens’ assembly, which meets once a year in…

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Swiss vote on boosting school music

This content was published on Sep 15, 2012

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Swiss cities offer highest salaries

This content was published on Sep 14, 2012 In Zurich, the average net hourly wage was $33.40 (SFr31). Based on a sample of 15 professions, wages in Switzerland’s biggest city were on average more than 30 points higher than New York, which serves as the reference for the study. For Geneva, the average hourly rate is $30. Someone working in Delhi earns just…

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“Two planes leave the factory each week”

This content was published on Sep 14, 2012 The smell is strong, almost sickening. The fuselage of PC-21, a military trainer, has just received its last coat of paint, bright red, like a Ferrari. “We changed the colour to make the plane more visible,” explains Markus Kälin, a 25-year employee of Pilatus and our guide for the day on the site a few…

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