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Commission backs tax information concession

This content was published on Nov 10, 2011 The proposal is designed to reinforce a double taxation agreement already reached between Switzerland and the United States, and to end a long-simmering dispute over to what extent Bern will hand over bank client data to US tax officials. The Swiss government hopes that both parliamentary chambers will address this issue before year-end. The proposal…

“Long gone” (ORIGINAL)

This content was published on Nov 10, 2011 Die Schweizer Fotografen Stéphanie Borcard und Nicolas Métraux haben in China Orte der Verlassenheit und Leere aufgesucht. Diese wirken wie Theaterkulissen, in denen die Schauspieler die Bühne bereits verlassen oder noch nicht betreten haben. Die analogen Bilder in Schwarzweiss vermitteln eine zeitlose Atmosphäre und animieren die Zuschauer, selber eine Geschichte zu spinnen.

Banks probed over dictator asset rules

This content was published on Nov 10, 2011 The Swiss financial market regulator (Finma) has moved against four banks which it says have not fulfilled due diligence obligations in relation to dictator’s assets. Finma said it had conducted an “extraordinary audit” of 20 banks’ dealings with politically exposed persons (Peps) in the wake of decisions by the Swiss government to freeze assets belonging…

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Customers deceived in expired meat scandal

This content was published on Nov 10, 2011 Last month a lone butcher came forward on the Swiss television consumer programme Kassensturz claiming that packaged meat past its use-by date was routinely taken from the self-service fridges in the store where he worked, removed from its packaging and offered for sale at the open meat counter as fresh meat. On Tuesday, Kassensturz struck…

Bellies don’t shrink for big brains

This content was published on Nov 9, 2011 Their study, which will appear in Nature magazine, has debunked the assumption that humans were able to grow large brains after they began eating meat and cooking their food, which eased digestion. The human brain accounts for just two per cent of a person’s weight, yet uses nearly 20 per cent of the body’s available…

Retailers not sharing bargains with consumers

This content was published on Nov 9, 2011 The survey, published on Wednesday, shows that some retailers are not passing on the savings to be had thanks to the strong Swiss franc. It said that shoppers in Switzerland were paying too much for clothing, plastic items, vehicles and furniture. It registered only minimal savings on food and beverages, leather goods, shoes, electronics, machines,…

Re-Telling Swiss history

This content was published on Nov 9, 2011 They have their statue in the Swiss parliament, and every year on August 1, Swiss National Day, the alliance they sealed on the Rütli meadow on the shores of Lake Lucerne is celebrated with speeches and bonfires. But suppose it wasn’t really like that? Recent historical research has struck a body blow at the heroic…

Dynamics of dust

This content was published on Nov 9, 2011 Lausanne-based Dudouit has been named one of the winners of the 2011 Swiss Design Awards for his work, Sahel – Dynamics of Dust, a collection of striking photos from the Saharan and Sahel African belt. “With this work, which began in 2008 and is still in progress, I want to show the radical changes in…

Chagaev office searched by prosecutor

This content was published on Nov 8, 2011 The search was carried out following media reports that a document furnished by Chagaev to prove his solvency was “of doubtful origin”. In a related move, a criminal complaint was lodged with a Neuchâtel judge against the businessman, who has been based in Switzerland for some 20 years and holds four companies in Geneva, as…

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