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Are Davos elites facing a ‘middle class rebellion’?

This content was published on Jan 17, 2017 These are nervous times for the world’s leaders gathering in Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.

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The Davos makeover

This content was published on Jan 17, 2017

In Switzerland and the world, a rich few hold the most wealth

This content was published on Jan 16, 2017 Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Carlos Slim all belong to club of the eight wealthiest people in the world, according to Oxfam’s research published ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Together, those eight individuals are worth some $426 billion (CHF431 billion), whereas about 3.6 billion of the world’s people combined hold just $409…

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WEF security costs spiral as terror risks increase

This content was published on Jan 16, 2017 This year, some 3,000 delegates will attend the event, including Chinese President Xi Jinping. The recent attack on Berlin’s Christmas market has further highlighted the threat from terrorists, the canton’s police chief Walter Schlegel said at a press conference on Monday – the day before the event kicks off in earnest. Some 100 VIPs, including…

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Healthy inflammation helps regulate blood sugar

This content was published on Jan 16, 2017 The findings shed light on how food leads to interactions among sugars and nutrients in the body and how Type 2 diabetes can develop. The newly discovered agent, which the researchers found in mice, is known as Interleukin-1beta and comes from immune cells that gather in the intestines during a meal. Interleukin-1beta then triggers a…

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More Swiss companies bring apprenticeships to US

This content was published on Jan 16, 2017 The number of companies planning to export the Swiss apprenticeship model to the United States has risen sharply, US officials say.

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Peaceful protest out of sight of Chinese officials

This content was published on Jan 16, 2017 Over 400 Tibetans in Switzerland and their supporters held a demonstration in Bern ahead of the visit of China’s President, Xi Jinping. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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Welcome to Davos: getting registered

This content was published on Jan 16, 2017 The registration centre is the first port of call for the 3,000 delegates attending the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos.

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Stories making the Swiss papers

This content was published on Jan 15, 2017 Trump effect German-language Sunday paper Schweiz am Sonntag has carried a story on how Switzerland is eyeing academic brains in the United States, after the fallout of the election of Donald Trump as president. “We will be intensifying our headhunting in the USA,” the president of swissuniversitiesExternal link Michael Hengartner, told the paper. The Trump…

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Swiss taxis get together and launch anti-Uber app

This content was published on Jan 14, 2017 “We’re proposing a global solution which benefits taxi drivers as much as it does passengers and businesses,” Michael Sommer, director of SweeTaxi, told Swiss public radio RTS, on Friday. SweeTaxi is implementing the app. The Swiss Taxi Association, which will be officially launched on January 25, wants to improve the profitability of taxis, in particular…

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