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Unions call for “decent work” for all

This content was published on May 1, 2007 It has called for better working conditions, fair wages and social security available to everyone. Unions say these should be the main aims of Swiss economic policy. The federation president, Paul Rechsteiner, said in a May 1 speech in Kreuzlingen that the centre-left Social Democrats, the Greens and the unions had to pull together for…

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Phishers angle their way into economic crime

This content was published on Apr 30, 2007 It adds that fictitious banks have also been attempting to profit from Switzerland’s reputation as a financial centre. The crime details were published on Monday in the semi-annual study of the government’s Reporting and Analysis Centre for Information Assurance (Melani). The report notes that during 2006 cyber crime developed definitively into a “widespread criminal activity”…

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Auction house stages virtual sale in Geneva

This content was published on Apr 28, 2007 The auctioneers say security has been a top priority in designing the system, adding that all virtual clients will be carefully vetted. The online auction service will get its first run-out in Switzerland on May 14 during a watch sale in Geneva that is expected to fetch in excess of SFr13 million ($15.6 million). Assuming…

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Merz tax plans sidestep EU critics

This content was published on Apr 28, 2007 Merz hopes to take the wind out of EU’s sails with a possible solution to the corporate tax row three days after its member states approved a mandate for negotiators to engage Switzerland. The proposed corporate tax reform could defuse the controversy that centres on Switzerland’s policy of taxing company profits generated abroad differently from…

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SNB signals further interest rate hikes

This content was published on Apr 27, 2007 While expressing cautious optimism about the state of the Swiss economy, he warned on Friday that the bank would tighten credit further as needed to ensure price stability. “We remain cautious since the productive resources in our economy are currently more or less fully employed and the Swiss franc has depreciated on the foreign exchange…

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Dry weather fires up irrigation debate

This content was published on Apr 27, 2007 With no end in sight to the unusually warm weather, farmers fear that this year will be a repeat of 2003’s drought, which cost them around SFr400 million ($330 million). The government’s Agroscope agriculture research station has warned that if no rain comes in the next two weeks the situation will become critical. It has…

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Leuthard says trade talks at “decisive stage”

This content was published on Apr 26, 2007 Doris Leuthard said on Thursday a strong political will existed among nations to strike a deal despite the continued failure to reach a consensus. Time is of the essence for the stalled Doha round as the Bush administration’s fast-track trade negotiation powers are due to expire at the end of June. Earlier this week Pascal…

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EU puts more pressure on Bern on tax issue

This content was published on Apr 26, 2007 The criticism concerns tax relief – described as illegal and politically unacceptable – offered by a number of Swiss cantons on profits generated by companies inside the EU. “The European Commission has no doubt that cantonal tax schemes qualify as tax subsidies because they offer an unfair tax advantage to companies in Switzerland for profits…

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Immigration to boost population increase

This content was published on Apr 26, 2007 The Federal Statistics Office predicts significant regional differences as people move away from cities into outlying regions with easy access to the centres. According to the forecast, two cantons – Zug in central Switzerland and Fribourg in the west – will record the biggest growth, with a population increase of more than 20 per cent.…

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