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Switzerland in eye of Bettencourt-Woerth storm

This content was published on Jul 5, 2010 French Labour Minister Eric Woerth, who has led a high-profile clampdown on tax evasion against Switzerland, has been linked to the bitter inheritance suit involving L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, who is suspected of tax dodging. The affair began when Françoise Bettencourt-Meyer, the estranged only daughter of 87-year-old Liliane, filed a complaint against celebrity photographer Francois-Marie…

Railway cargo scheme gets on track

This content was published on Jul 5, 2010 The independent company will handle transalpine freight travelling along the north-south corridor between Germany and Italy. Hupac, an intermodal freight operator, will hold a 25 per cent stake in the new company; the cargo division of Swiss Federal Railways will hold the remaining 75 per cent. The new firm will provide 480 jobs, but the…

Swiss look to Asia for closer trade ties

This content was published on Jul 5, 2010 The visits by Leuthard, who also holds the rotating Swiss presidency, are part of the government’s strategy to develop closer ties with the two key countries. Indonesia is “above all a market of 230 million consumers and very attractive growth rates of about six per cent”, says Massimo Baggi who heads the Asia/Oceania desk at…

Finma warns of real estate bubble

This content was published on Jul 4, 2010 Patrick Raaflaub, head of the financial market supervisory authority (Finma), says low interest rates, strong demand for housing in some regions of the country and a conviction among potential buyers that real estate investments are not a risk were the perfect ingredients for a bubble. It leads to a rapid increase in valuations of real…

Tribute paid to late watch king Hayek

This content was published on Jul 3, 2010 Representatives from the world of politics, business and entertainment were among the guests at the public ceremony in the Swiss capital, Bern on Saturday. President Doris Leuthard praised Hayek as an ambassador for Switzerland and a source of inspiration for politicians. Other speakers included Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier and the president of the International Olympic…

Swiss horse breed faces uncertain future

This content was published on Jul 2, 2010 The procession includes elegant carriages, plain wagons, a pony-drawn pleasure cart, and a beefy stagecoach. It is a fairly quiet afternoon, so the clattering hooves, the neighing, snorting and occasional whinny attract quite some attention. But they are not there for the spectacle: they have come to fight for their future. As the procession passes…

Bankruptcies reach new record high

This content was published on Jul 2, 2010 The number of companies filing for bankruptcy increased by more than a quarter over the same period the previous year, with 3,137 firms going under. Fewer individuals were declared bankrupt during the first semester, decreasing slightly to 2,796. Northwestern Switzerland, including Basel, was worst affected, with a third more bankruptcies than in the first six…

Businesses increasingly optimistic post-crisis

This content was published on Jul 2, 2010 Many companies are also planning to create new jobs, according to survey results released by Ernst & Young on Thursday. Of the 700 companies questioned in June, 92 per cent described their situation as good or relatively good. In February, 89 per cent of those surveyed said business was doing well. A quarter of the…

Sunrise on the Col du Tour Noir

This content was published on Jul 1, 2010 This was a good thing, as we needed the snow to harden. It did firm up enough to stop the avalanches, but not enough to make for good snow climbing.Still, we made it over the Col du Tour Noir, watching the sun come up as we climbed. We had hoped to gain the ridge soon…

Solar Impulse postpones night flight

This content was published on Jul 1, 2010 Adventurer Bertrand Piccard, co-founder of Solar Impulse, says he cannot say when the next attempt will be made. But he says the test flight has to happen before the beginning of August because after that the days will be too short to charge the plane’s batteries to last through the night. According to the organisers,…

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