Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Swiss investors launch $100m blockchain start-up factory

2018-09-22

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2018-09-22

A consortium of Swiss investors has launched a private equity vehicle that aims to collect up to $100 million with the long-term goal of getting 1,000 blockchain companies off the ground internationally every year. The Swiss company Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC) launched its initial “Genesis Hub” incubator in Zug, home to Switzerland’s Crypto Valley, on Thursday.

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Börsen-Talk vom 21. September 2018

2018-09-21

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Trotz politischen Unsicherheiten glaubt Janwillem Acket an steigende Aktienkurse aufs Jahresende hin. Die gute Wirtschaftslage der Schweiz helfe stark, sagt der Chefökonom der Bank Julius Bär im cash-Börsen-Talk.

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Commodity Trading Consortium Launches Blockchain Platform

2018-09-21

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2018-09-21

A consortium of commodities traders, banks and the world’s largest goods inspection company have joined forces to launch a blockchain platform in Switzerland, which is intended to ease the administrative burden of shifting oil, grain and other products around the world.

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Clariant announces strategic overhaul with Saudi partner

2018-09-20

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2018-09-20

Swiss specialty chemical maker Clariant has signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a strategic partnership with Saudi Arabian firm SABIC. This will result in a major restructuring of the company along with changes in management and the board of directors. On Tuesday, Clariant said the collaboration will see the merger of units from both companies into a new High Performance Materials division.

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Parts of US plane wreck pulled from glacier 70 years on

2018-09-20

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Parts of a wrecked US military plane have been recovered from melting glacier ice 70 years after it made an emergency landing in the Alps. — 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 …

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Walter Oberhaensli, CEO Zur Rose

2018-09-19

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Walter Oberhänsli ist CEO und Gründer von Zur Rose, Europas grösster Versandapotheke. Im cash-Interview äussert er sich zu drohenden Versandverboten, einer möglichen Übernahme durch Amazon und einer denkbaren Dividende.

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Swiss Housing – the hardest and easiest places to find a home

2018-09-19

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2018-09-19

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Recent government figures show a 13% rise in the number of vacant homes over the 12 months to June 2018. The number has more than doubled since 2009 when there were close to 35,000 vacant dwellings. By 1 June 2018, there were more than 72,000, a vacancy rate of 1.62%.

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Michael Baldinger, UBS Asset Management

2018-09-18

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Michael Baldinger ist Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing bei UBS Asset Management. Im cash-Video-Interview spricht er über die Beweggründe der UBS auf diesem Markt, das Kundenbedürfnis bei nachhaltigen Anlagen sowie über Produkte und die Rolle von «pure players».

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Riet Cadonau, CEO Dormakaba

2018-09-18

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Investoren und Analysten sind bei Dormakaba nach der Gewinnwarnung im Juli etwas misstrauisch geworden, sie glauben nicht so recht an baldige Verbesserungen. Dem widerspricht CEO Riet Cadonau im cash-Video-Interview.

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Crealogix möchte wieder höhere Dividende zahlen

2018-09-18

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Der Bankensoftwarehersteller Crealogix kürzt die Ausschüttung für die Aktionäre um die Hälfte. Das soll sich bald wieder ändern, sagt CEO Thomas Avedik im cash-Video-Interview.

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Over 7,000 farms get lower subsidies due to irregularities

2018-09-18

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2018-09-18

The federal authorities last year cut direct subsidies paid to 16% of all Swiss farms due to irregularities often due to animal protection and welfare issues. In all, 7,145 farms, or 16% of the total, received lower payments, the SonntagsZeitung wrote on Sunday. The report was based on figures that have yet to be published by the Federal Office for Agriculture, but which were confirmed by the economics ministry.

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‘I take selfies, therefore I am’

2018-09-17

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‘I take selfies, therefore I am’ — 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:...

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The Swiss apprentice: biggest event of its kind shows off “Swiss Skills”

2018-09-17

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Visitors to the Swiss capital, Bern, have been finding out for themselves what it’s like to work as an apprentice. — 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 …

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Credit Suisse found lacking in fight against money laundering

2018-09-17

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2018-09-17

Swiss bank Credit Suisse has failed to meet its obligations to prevent money laundering, says Switzerland’s financial supervisory authority. According to FINMA, the Financial Market Supervisory Authorityexternal link, the misconduct is related to the alleged corruption cases around FIFA, world football’s governing body, and the oil companies Petrobas and PDVSA.

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Some Swiss Rail ticket machines set to disappear

2018-09-16

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2018-09-16

Ticket machines once replaced many of the people selling ticket from counters. Now the internet and mobile phones threatens ticket machines. As more and more people use dash past ticket machines with an electronic train ticket in their pocket, Swiss Rail is looking at phasing out some machines according to various newspapers including 20 Minutes.

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Basel-EuroAirport rail link should open in 2028

2018-09-16

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2018-09-16

The EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Fribourg Airport should be accessible by rail by 2028. Project leaders are convinced that trains will replace the buses currently connecting the city of Basel to the airport within ten years. The French national railway company SNCF said on Thursday that is it is normal that financing for a project of this magnitude is not yet fully secured in France.

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Swiss agricultural policy costs households 2,500 francs a year, according to study

2018-09-15

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2018-09-15

Broadly, Switzerland’s agricultural sector costs the country CHF 19.9 billion while contributing only CHF 3.4 billion, concludes a study published by the think tank Avenir Suisse. The CHF 19.9 billion cost the report’s authors calculate is made up of tax breaks and direct federal and cantonal payments to the sector (4.9b), the cost of artificially inflated consumer prices due to import restrictions (4.6b), environmental damage (7.3b), and the...

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New long-haul budget airline from Basel launches fundraising

2018-09-14

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2018-09-14

The idea is simple. Keep costs low by flying point-to-point, thus avoiding costly hubs, use one model of aircraft to contain pilot and aircraft maintenance costs, and charge passengers for everything from coffee to checked-in luggage. Southwest Airlines was first to launch the model and copycats like EasyJet followed.

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Is the tide turning for social media platforms in Switzerland?

2018-09-13

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2018-09-13

The Swiss appear to be switching off from social media, according to a survey, which suggests that the image of Facebook and Twitter have taken a hit. Some 55% of the Swiss population used social media in 2017, down 4% compared with a year earlier, a media brand study for the consultancy firm Publicom revealed. The report, published on Wednesday, says that social media lost more users last year than print media.

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Takeovers and trade at heart of minister’s China visit

2018-09-11

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2018-09-11

It is unfair that whilst Chinese investors can buy Swiss companies the reverse is not possible, says economics minister Johann Schneider-Ammann, who is currently on a visit to China. In an interview with the “Schweiz am Wochenende” newspaper, he reiterated his view that this must be rectified. For infrastructure like electricity supply and telecommunications, the government should be able to intervene “if a company is threatened by a foreign...

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