Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Plastic bag use continues to drop 

2019-06-06

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2019-06-06

Consumption of single-use plastic bags in some 30 Swiss food retailers has dropped 86% since they introduced a small charge in 2016. The charge of CHF0.05 (an American nickel) per bag was introduced voluntarily under a sectoral agreement in response to a parliamentary move that would have banned single-use plastic bags.

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Swiss Post processes 800,000 parcels per day

2019-06-05

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2019-06-05

The number of packages processed by the Swiss Post office’s three parcel centres has been rising steadily since they opened 20 years ago. During that time, the centres in Härkingen, Daillens and Frauenfeld have handled more than 3.1 billion packages.

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Dave Lafferty, Natixis

2019-06-04

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Dave Lafferty, Chief Market Strategist bei Natixis Investment Managers, über den starken Schweizer Franken und was er von der SNB erwartet.

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Dave Lafferty, Natixis

2019-06-04

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Dave Lafferty, Chief Market Strategist bei Natixis Investment Managers, über den starken Schweizer Franken und was er von der SNB erwartet.

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What Swiss tourists witnessed at Tiananmen Square

2019-06-04

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— swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to our YouTube channel: Website: http://www.swissinfo.ch Channel: http://www.youtube.com/swissinfovideos Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=swissinfovideos

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Digital Banking – UBS Access App

2019-06-04

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Mental health first aid course

2019-06-04

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Would you consider taking a mental health First Aid course to know how to help people in need? Nouvo brings you short videos about Switzerland, Swiss current affairs and the wider world. Keep up to date and watch the videos wherever you are, whenever you like. — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss … Continue...

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Competition watchdog takes closer look at Sunrise-UPC deal

2019-06-04

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2019-06-04

COMCO, the Swiss Competition Commission, is to intensify its investigation of telecoms operator Sunrise’s takeover of UPC Switzerland, amid fears that the move could create positions of market dominance in several areas.

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Börsen-Talk vom 24. Mai 2019

2019-06-03

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Peter Bänziger, Anlagechef bei Belvalor, nennt kaufenswerte Schweizer Aktien und sagt, wovon er derzeit die Finger lässt.

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Börsen-Talk vom 24. Mai 2019

2019-06-03

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Peter Bänziger, Anlagechef bei Belvalor, nennt kaufenswerte Schweizer Aktien und sagt, wovon er derzeit die Finger lässt.

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Switzerland world’s 4th most competitive nation, according to business school ranking

2019-06-03

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2019-06-03

Every year, Lausanne-based IMD business school publishes its global competitiveness ranking. Switzerland climbed from 5th last year to 4th behind Singapore, Hong Kong and the US. Venezuela (63rd) was last. The ranking, established in 1989, incorporates 235 indicators and takes into account a wide range of “hard” statistics such as unemployment, GDP and government spending on health and education, as well as “soft” data from an survey of business...

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Fewer Swiss farms and dairy cows, more egg-layers and goats

2019-06-02

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2019-06-02

Last year 768 farmers in Switzerland called it quits, while others increased their livestock numbers and production of organic food. Figures released this week by the Swiss Federal Statistical Officeexternal link revealed a 1.5% drop in the number of farms, bringing the total down to 50,852. However, the number of certified organic farms rose by about 400 to 7,032.

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Switzerland a top place for skilled foreign workers and students

2019-06-01

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2019-06-01

Switzerland is one of the most attractive locations for highly qualified foreign workers, according to a new study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In a ranking of 35 countries presented on Wednesday, Switzerland comes third behind Australia and Sweden as an attractive destination for skilled workers with a Masters degree or doctorate.

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Switzerland ranked world’s fourth most competitive economy

2019-05-31

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2019-05-31

Switzerland is Europe’s most competitive nation, coming fourth in the annual global ranking of the Lausanne-based IMD business school. The small Alpine nation climbed from fifth to fourth place in the 63-country competitiveness ranking. It was helped by economic growth, the stability of the Swiss franc and high-quality infrastructure, IMD said on Tuesday.

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Ranking finds Switzerland lagging on wind power

2019-05-30

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2019-05-30

In a comparison of European solar and wind power generation, Switzerland ranks near the bottom. Per year and inhabitant, Switzerland produces 250 kilowatt hours of solar (236kWh) and wind (14kWh) power – the amount needed to power a dishwasher, roughly. This puts Switzerland in 25th place when compared with the 28 European Union nations, according to a study published by the Swiss Energy Foundation (SES) on Wednesday.

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Investec IT Grad Programme

2019-05-29

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Swiss Trains Test Free Mobile Internet Access

2019-05-29

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2019-05-29

Swiss Trains Mobile Internet Access
The Swiss Federal Railways has started testing free mobile internet based on 3G/4G coverage on the main train routes. However, it does not cover all Swiss operators. The state-owned company has started testing the service on 44 Intercity trains between Zurich and Geneva, St Gallen and Lausanne, and from Basel to Biel, the federal railways announced on Tuesday in a statementexternal link.

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2019-05-28

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Chinese firms stole sensitive data from Swiss-based competitor

2019-05-28

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2019-05-28

Swiss investigators have broken up a Chinese industrial spying scheme that stole hundreds of sensitive documents from a technology company in Switzerland, reports the SonntagsZeitung newspaper. Prosecutors confirmed that a technician was fined for his part in the affair.

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Swiss authorities intervene to halt exports of nuclear weapons material

2019-05-27

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2019-05-27

Federal authorities are stepping up efforts to prevent the sale of Swiss machinery that could be used to develop nuclear weapons. The latest interventions concern direct sales to the US and France. According to reports by the German-language newspaper NZZ am Sonntag, the federal export group halted the export of suspicious machinery to the US two times last year.

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