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Swiss investigate cause of deadly bridge collapse

2018-11-20

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Scientists at a lab near Zurich are investigating why a bridge collapsed in Genoa in August, killing 43 people. Scientists at a specialist lab in Switzerland are trying to determine why a bridge collapsed in the Italian port of Genoa in August this year, killing 43 people. The Federal Laboratory for Materials Science and Technology, …

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How CERN’s rotting photos were restored

2018-11-20

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Mouldy slides captured in the 80s at the CERN particle physics laboratory in Geneva and left to rot have been made into artwork. Mouldy slides captured in the 1980s at the CERN particle physics laboratory in Geneva and left to rot, have been made into artwork. The slides were mostly copies of negatives dating from … Continue...

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Bankers are no longer Switzerland’s top earners

2018-11-20

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2018-11-20

The pharmaceutical industry and insurance companies have overtaken banking as the best paid sectors in Switzerland, according to the NZZ am Sonntag. In 2016, bank executives took home an average gross salary of CHF220,000 ($220,394) per year, which is CHF 40,000 less than ten years ago.

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Börsen-Talk vom 16. November 2018

2018-11-19

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Die Finanzmärkte werden kaum in ruhigere Fahrwasser kommen, sagt Janet Mui. Im cash-Börsen-Talk sagt die Ökonomin des Vermögensverwalters Schroders, welche Sektoren sich für Aktienanleger eignen, und welcher nicht.

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Markus Bernhard, CEO Mobilezone

2018-11-19

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Mobilezone erhielt immer wieder Übernahme-Anfragen, möchte aber in erster Linie selber Firmen kaufen, sagt Markus Bernhard im cash-Interview. Er verrät Details zur Dividende und den Abräumer bei den Smartphones 2018.

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Swiss civil servants incur CHF121 million in expenses

2018-11-19

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2018-11-19

The expenses of Swiss civil servants added up to CHF 121.7 million ($122 million) last year, according to the SonntagsBlick newspaper. Counting the 34,800 full-time positions in the federal administration in 2016, that level of spending amounts to almost CHF3,500 per civil servant.

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Minimum return on Swiss pensions unchanged

2018-11-18

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2018-11-18

A government commission looking at the rate, called for a reduction to 0.75%, while unions demanded a rise to 1.25%. In the end the Federal Council decided to take the middle road and leave the rate at 1% for 2019. The rate is the minimum pension funds must apply to employment related 2nd pillar pension assets in 2019.

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Home-care services increase, nursing home stays stagnate

2018-11-17

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2018-11-17

Better at home than in a home: almost 350,000 people made use of assistance and home-care services (Spitex) last year, 10,000 more than in 2016. In contrast, the number of residents of old-age and nursing homes remained constant at 149,000, 15% of them for a short stay. Spitex, a Swiss non-profit organisation that provides in-home nursing services like changing bandages and administering medicine, chalked up nearly 16 million hours of home care and...

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Switzerland’s rising rate of farm suicide

2018-11-16

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2018-11-16

The high and rising suicide rate among Switzerland’s male farmers stands in contrast to the declining rate among rural men working in other professions, according to a new study by the University of Bern published by the newspaper SonntagsZeitung. The rate among rural men working outside farming is 33 per 100,000, compared to 38 per 100,000 among farmers, a rate that has risen since 2003.

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In The Lift at Investec with the All Blacks and Bryan Habana

2018-11-15

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“I have dreamt about this day, guys!” Things get Out of the Ordinary in a lift at Investec…ft. the All Blacks, Bryan Habana and Cindy Poluta.

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Financial institutions raided over mobile pay deals

2018-11-15

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2018-11-15

The Swiss Competition Commission has searched the premises of Credit Suisse and UBS, PostFinance and the credit card companies Swisscard and Aduno for allegedly boycotting mobile payment methods such as Apple Pay and Samsung Pay. The Competition Commission said on Thursday it had opened an investigation on Tuesday.

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Sinking or swimming in a tough climate

2018-11-15

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Sinking or swimming in a tough climate — 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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A special kind of home for people with dementia

2018-11-14

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Around 150,000 people have dementia in Switzerland, with the figure set to double in the next 20 years. So the question of how best to care for sufferers of the disease is all the more pressing. An unconventional residential community for people with dementia has been created in Hasle-Rüegsau in Emmental. A team from Swiss …

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The Swiss return of Nazi ‘Angel of Death’ Josef Mengele

2018-11-14

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After the Second World War, Josef Mengele – a war criminal and the man behind experiments on human beings at the Auschwitz concentration camp – fled to South America. There he managed to hide and escape justice until his death. However, he returned to Europe once as a tourist – and came to Switzerland. — …

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Ageing cheese with music

2018-11-14

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A cheesemaker in Emmental has been ageing his cheese with music, a different genre for each wheel. The idea behind this crazy experiment is to find out if sound waves can influence the cheese’s taste like humidity and temperature do. Nouvo brings you short videos about Switzerland, Swiss current affairs and the wider world. Keep …

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Visana insurance president commits suicide

2018-11-14

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2018-11-14

The president of the Swiss insurance firm Visana, Urs Roth, committed suicide on Monday, the firm has announced. In recent years, several top Swiss executives have taken their lives. “It is with great sadness that we inform you about the death of our Chairman of the Executive Board, Mr. Urs Roth, who took his own life yesterday," Visana said in a brief statement.

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Donato Scognamiglio, IAZI-Experte

2018-11-13

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Laut Donato Scognamiglio steht der Schweizer Immobilienboom vor seinem Ende. Im cash-Video-Interview nennt der IAZI-Experte gefährdete Segmente und mögliche Folgen der Preiskorrektur.

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Börsen-Talk vom 9. November 2018

2018-11-13

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«Die Zahlensaison ist ernüchternd», sagt Bellerive-Anlagechef Thomas Steinemann im Börsen-Talk. Trotzdem erwartet er bis Jahresende höhere Aktienkurse und sieht nun den idealen Einstiegszeitpunkt bei Versicherungsaktien. Link to the full project: http://media10.simplex.tv/content/4357/4375/109235/

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Switzerland signs up to ‘Paris Call’ for a safer internet

2018-11-13

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2018-11-13

In Paris on Monday, several hundred governments and tech companies – and Switzerland – signed a new charter for trust and security online. In the so-called ‘Paris Call’, launched by French President Macron at the UNESCO Internet Governance Forum in Paris, signatories pledged to support “an open, safe, stable, accessible, and peaceful cyberspace” where international law applies, and individual rights are protected.

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A Swiss revolution that started in a pulpit

2018-11-12

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Switzerland nowadays might be known for being a peaceful and neutral country, but that hasn’t always been the case. The nation has also had its share of civil wars and revolutions. One of them was brought about by the reformer, Ulrich Zwingli. — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its …

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