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Smartphones change Swiss shopping habits

This content was published on Dec 19, 2018 More and more people in Switzerland are relying on their smartphone to shop, pay and transfer money, although the Swiss are still cautious.

Halal label on Swiss chocolate sparks controversy

This content was published on Dec 19, 2018 Although certified as halal in April, it was only this week that a small storm began brewing on social media – with some people calling for boycotts of the chocolate produced by Mondelez in Bern. In recent years, voter-approved bans on burkas and minarets in Switzerland have reflected fear of Islam among some members of…

Plans for permanent e-vote option put to consultation

This content was published on Dec 19, 2018 The Swiss government is going ahead with plans to introduce the option of permanent electronic voting, defying criticism by security issues.

Why the Swiss stock exchange is gearing up for cryptoasset era

This content was published on Dec 19, 2018 The SIX Swiss stock exchange is not alone in exploring distributed ledger technology (DLT) options, so what’s behind this move?

Switzerland aims to scale up e-mobility

This content was published on Dec 18, 2018 Transport Minister Doris Leuthard, the cantons, cities, municipalities and key industry leaders have rallied around this vision. About 50 associations from the automotive, electricity and real estate sectors and fleet operators are signatories to this roadmap, the transport ministry announced on Tuesday. In order to boost the share of electric vehicles in new passenger car…

Multinationals must step up game to attract top business students

This content was published on Dec 18, 2018 Millennials at leading Swiss business schools say it will take more than a good salary to recruit and retain them.

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Apple will fix tech-glitch to benefit TWINT

This content was published on Dec 18, 2018 The automatic activation of Apple Pay at payment terminals can interrupt payments made by the TWINT application, noted the commission. “Following the intervention of the COMCO Secretariat, Apple has committed itself to offer a more competitive technical solution,” it said in a statement. + The battle over mobile payments Apple offers Apple Pay as…

Swiss gender parity ranking shows slow progress

This content was published on Dec 18, 2018 The Alpine nation has jumped one spot to 20th place in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2018.

A scorcher of a year in Swiss climate history

This content was published on Dec 17, 2018 The year 2018 will go down as the hottest in most parts of Switzerland since systematic weather record keeping was introduced in 1864.

Majority of Swiss company CEOs are foreign

This content was published on Dec 17, 2018 More than half of Switzerland’s largest companies have non-Swiss bosses.

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