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UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti received a total remuneration of CHF14.9 million (about $19 million) last year, the same amount as in 2024. His salary consists of a fixed part of CHF2.8 million and a variable part of CHF12.1 million, according to the annual report of Switzerland’s leading bank published today. +Get the most important news …
Swiss housing prices surged in 2025
2026-01-20
Residential property prices in Switzerland rose significantly last year, especially for single-family homes. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Across Switzerland, prices for single-family homes rose by an average of 6.5% and for condominiums by 5.9% in 2025, as mortgage broker Moneypark and Zurich-based startup Pricehubble, which specialises in real …
Greenland emerges as new source of Swiss gold imports
2026-01-19
Greenland has been in the headlines after US President Donald Trump threatened to annex the Danish-ruled territory. Less attention has been paid to its gold exports. Switzerland has been strengthening its position as the world’s leading hub for gold trading and refining by opening a new import channel from Greenland. + Get the most important …
Swiss competition regulator investigates Microsoft for price hikes
2026-01-15
The Swiss Competition Commission (ComCo) has opened an investigation into US software giant Microsoft over recent increases in licence fees. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox These could be indications of unauthorised restrictions of competition, wrote ComCo in a press release on Wednesday. A preliminary investigation has therefore been opened. …
Local Aargau government calls to preserve pharma jobs after Novartis cuts
2025-11-26
The local government of the Swiss canton Aargau has expressed regret at the decision by Swiss pharma giant Novartis to cancel 550 jobs in the canton. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “A job reduction of this magnitude hits the canton and Fricktal (region in Aargau) hard as a location …
Lower US tariffs likely in December: Swiss minister
2025-11-22
Swiss economics minister Guy Parmelin hopes to see reduced United States tariffs from the beginning of December. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “In Switzerland, we are ready”, Parmelin told Swiss public broadcaster SRF. In the US, it will take a little more time. A week ago, Switzerland and the US …
Swiss workers suffer from emotional exhaustion
2025-11-20
Swiss workers are increasingly emotionally exhausted after, finding it difficult to switch off, according to the Working Conditions Barometer from the trade union umbrella organisation Travail.Suisse. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A barometer is carried out every year by Travail.Suisse and the Bern University of Applied Sciences. For the 2025 …
Swiss Stadler Rail creates 200 US jobs
2025-11-19
Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Rail is expanding its factory in the United States, creating some 200 new jobs in Salt Lake City. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This brings the company’s total US workforce to almost 800, it told AWP on Wednesday. Demand in the US continues to grow, particularly …
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