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Top banker asks Germans to “bury hatchet”

This content was published on Jun 11, 2009 Pierre Mirabaud said investors had nowhere else to place their money since all countries were expected to comply with new banking standards set out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Speaking before journalists in the German financial capital, Frankfurt, on Thursday, Mirabaud also called for more objectivity in the debate over tax…

Mugabe holds tricky hand in clean diamond trade

This content was published on Jun 11, 2009 Partnership Africa Canada (Pac) and Global Witness have published a report saying Mugabe’s seizure of the country’s mines has compromised the Kimberley Process, a system Switzerland helped create in order to decouple diamonds from war. A harsh report called, “Zimbabwe, Diamonds and the Wrong Side of History” claims that Zimbabwe’s diamond trade has fuelled corruption…

Looking for change

This content was published on Jun 11, 2009 Young Iranians have been at the forefront of protests since the disputed re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009. Photographer Kai Wiedenhöfer documented the lives of Iranian teenagers and young adults during the late 1990s and early 2000s. (All pictures: Kai Wiedenhöfer)

Globalised marketing

This content was published on Jun 11, 2009 Switzerland exports products all over the world. We take you on a quick journey around the planet to uncover Swiss Made advertising.

Watch jobs go as luxury loses its sparkle

This content was published on Jun 10, 2009 Zenith has slashed 70 jobs out of 250, following 24 job losses in January. The brand has since 1999 belonged to the French luxury group LVMH. Metalor, which specialises in precious metals, is to cut 50 out of its current 457 jobs in its division that supplies the watchmaking industry. Both companies are based in…

Stimulus package worries business lobby group

This content was published on Jun 9, 2009 The government will decide next week whether to pump more spending into the Swiss economy to fight the recession. However, economiesuisse has urged restraint and proper targeting of additional funds. Parliament endorsed a SFr710 million ($648 million) package in March aimed at transport infrastructure projects, the environment, research and tourism. This followed a SFr980 million…

Bird flu still present in a harmless form

This content was published on Jun 9, 2009 The non-virulent strains are particularly rampant in mute swans, where 80 per cent of the local population has been infected, according to the findings of a study presented on Tuesday at a conference on the bird-flu situation. Over the past three years 554 black swans were tested as a part of the Constance research project,…

Swiss help tackle oil and mining corruption

This content was published on Jun 9, 2009 The news has been welcomed by non-governmental organisations and those working in the field, currently meeting for an international conference on the issue in Zurich. The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) will support the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) with a $3 million (SFr3.27 million) contribution. “Switzerland therefore wishes to boost its involvement…

KOF slashes economic growth forecast

This content was published on Jun 9, 2009 KOF on Tuesday again revised its growth forecast for the Swiss economy downwards and is now predicting a 3.3 per cent decline for this year and another 0.6 per cent drop in 2010. In a statement, KOF said: “The recession, which has been rather mild by international standards owing to its relatively late effect on…

Swiss sign historic trade deal with Japan

This content was published on Jun 8, 2009 The House of Representatives has already approved the Free Trade and Economic Partnership Accord with the world’s second-largest national economy. It did so unanimously as well. Monday’s vote is an “historical” step on par with a similar agreement reached with the European Union in 1972, lawmakers said. The agreement should boost Switzerland’s export industries by…

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