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Hildebrand next president of National Bank

This content was published on Apr 8, 2009 Hildebrand, 46, is currently vice president and will succeed Jean-Pierre Roth on his retirement, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. Thomas Jordan has been chosen to replace Hildebrand as vice president. In a statement on Wednesday, the cabinet also announced that Jean-Pierre Danthine has been appointed as a member of the governing board. Dantine,…

Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland – full information at a glance

This content was published on Apr 8, 2009 The multilingual swissinfo.ch internet platform is making a particular feature of the Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland. The dossier on the 2009 IIHF World Championships provides up-to-date match reports, score summaries, background, videos, audio and picture galleries.swissinfo.ch profiles players and trainers, and gauges the mood of the fans with on-site reports. What’s more, there…

Business Professional Network

This content was published on Apr 7, 2009

OECD blacklist goes grey

This content was published on Apr 7, 2009 They join Switzerland, which could have figured on the more serious blacklist that the four countries had until Tuesday occupied. Switzerland promised cooperation with major powers including the United States and the European Union in the days leading up to the G20 summit in London last week but on Tuesday, politicians in Switzerland’s parliament were…

Ministry opens probe into Sulzer investors

This content was published on Apr 7, 2009 The ministry said there was “sufficient indication” that Vekselberg, together with Austrian investors Ronny Pecik and Georg Stumpf, had acted in concert and broken stock exchange rules in building up their stake in the group between November 2006 and April 2007. Vekselberg, who holds a controlling 31 per cent stake in Sulzer through his investment…

Business lobby wary of creeping protectionism

This content was published on Apr 6, 2009 The Swiss Business Federation, economiesuisse, has called on the government to limit short-term measures designed to prop up the domestic economy and to align itself with other export-oriented countries to fight against trade barriers. Fears over protectionism have been thrust into the spotlight in recent months as governments around the world act to guard homegrown…

UBS client managers ordered to stay at home

This content was published on Apr 5, 2009 A bank spokesman on Sunday confirmed media reports that communication between the bankers and their clients would in future be limited to telephone or email. If a personal meeting were necessary, the client would have to travel to Switzerland, he added. “UBS is carrying out a comprehensive inspection of its guidelines and rules of behaviour…

Merz moots $10 billion for the IMF

This content was published on Apr 5, 2009 Merz told a Sunday newspaper that Switzerland could afford a loan of $10 billion (SFr10.88 billion), provided by the Swiss National Bank and guaranteed by the government. Last week’s G20 summit in London – at which Switzerland was not present – strengthened the IMF’s ability to respond to financial crises by giving it up to…

How the economic crisis affects a young father’s life

This content was published on Apr 4, 2009

Tax haven grey list makes Switzerland sweat

This content was published on Apr 3, 2009 But while politicians and bankers have taken great exception to the perceived slight, observers say there is nothing to worry about provided Switzerland implements its promises in a timely fashion. Switzerland joined more than 30 other countries on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) grey list at the G20 meeting of the world’s…

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