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Smartphones take hold in mobile market

This content was published on Oct 12, 2009 Sales of the do-it-all smartphones have defied the global economic crisis, rising steadily and expected to grow 25 per cent in 2009. Compare that with sales of conventional phones, which are set to drop by ten per cent. Apple’s iPhone, launched in 2007, quickly became an expression of how far technology has come over the…

Financial packages soften hits to labour market

This content was published on Oct 11, 2009 SECO’s chief labour economist, Serge Gaillard, said layoffs could have been much worse as the financial boost saved thousands of jobs and even created some. In an interview with the SonntagsZeitung newspaper, Gaillard said blows to the construction industry had been particularly softened as the money raised more than SFr500 million ($484.5 million) in new…

Post in comeback after losing bread and butter

This content was published on Oct 9, 2009 On World Post Day on Friday, the UPU celebrated its founding and the 100th anniversary of the installation in Bern of a major statue created to symbolise the worldwide postal service. Founded in Bern 135 years ago to promote universal postal access, the UPU is now trying to help postal services meet 21st century digital…

Switzerland fined for blocking WEF journalist

This content was published on Oct 8, 2009 The freelance journalist wanted to cover the effects of the protests on the local restaurant and hotel trade for the Gastro News publication. The 51-year-old was travelling from Klosters to Davos on a public bus on January 27, 2001 – a day when an unauthorised demonstration was due to take place. The bus was boarded…

Scientist receives top honour from Obama

This content was published on Oct 8, 2009 Rudolf Kalman, an American-Hungarian mathematics professor at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) from 1971-1997, was one of nine scientists given the National Medal of Science award by President Barack Obama in Washington DC on Wednesday The 79-year-old was singled out for his invention of the Kalman filter, a mathematical formulation widely used…

Swiss hit bottom of salary ladder increase

This content was published on Oct 8, 2009 Hewitt Associates said that among European countries, Switzerland came at the bottom of the salary increase scale. In German-speaking countries, Austria led the pack with an anticipated increase of 2.7 per cent next year, with Germany following at 2.5 per cent. With expected inflation taken into account, real salaries in Switzerland will increase by 1.5…

Swiss Railways heads towards its limit

This content was published on Oct 8, 2009 Swiss Federal Railways has extended its network and attracted thousands of new passengers. But infrastructure has been neglected and the company now needs an extra SFr1 billion ($970 million). “Our offer has simply grown over the last years and this has led to the situation that we are, in reality, at our limit,” Federal Railways…

Wealth “lighthouse” aims to brighten gloom

This content was published on Oct 7, 2009 swissinfo.ch went to Singapore to discover how bank UBS’s prestigious wealth management campus has shifted focus from being a talent production line to coping with the immense upheaval in the industry. In April 2007, when the campus opened its doors, new millionaires were springing up all over the place – none more so than in…

Julius Bär doubles presence in Geneva

This content was published on Oct 7, 2009 As part of its global restructuring, ING is selling its Asian and Swiss private banking units in what will be the biggest deal in the wealth management industry since the credit crisis began. Julius Bär, bulking up in its home market, is paying cash for the assets, and expects the deal to generate SFr35 million…

Swiss seek to entice Japanese firms

This content was published on Oct 6, 2009 A Swiss business delegation to Tokyo, headed by Economics Minister Doris Leuthard, is seeking to redress the trade imbalance between the two countries following the implementation of a free trade agreement last month. Switzerland’s low corporate tax regime, coupled with a high standard of living, has successfully attracted a number of United States and European…

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