Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Is Swiss inflation back to stay?

2018-05-08

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2018-05-08

Swiss inflation
Swiss inflation reappeared in February 2018 and has continued. According to the Federal Statistical Office, inflation was 0.2% in April. Since the beginning of 2018, prices have risen 0.9%. Jan-Egbert Sturm of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute says it shows the Swiss economy is doing well, and that inflation is close to what is “normal” in Switzerland.

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Nestlé and Starbucks agree million-dollar tie-up

2018-05-07

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2018-05-07

The Swiss food giant Nestlé is set to pay Starbucks $7.1 billion (CHF7.1 billion) to market the American firm’s products outside Starbucks’ coffee shops. Under the alliance deal, announced on Monday, Starbucks and Nestlé have agreed to work together on marketing strategies and innovation.

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Results of the Annual General Meeting 2018 of UBS Group AG

2018-05-06

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2018-05-06

UBS Group
UBS shareholders approved all the Board of Directors’ proposals at today’s Annual General Meeting in Basel. Shareholders confirmed the re-election of the Chairman and the members of the Board of Directors. They elected Jeremy Anderson and Fred Hu as new members of the Board. They approved the payment of an ordinary dividend of CHF 0.65 per share, an increase compared with the previous year.

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Thousands of Swiss take to streets to mark May Day

2018-05-05

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2018-05-05

Workers and activists have been celebrating May Day in Switzerland with rallies in numerous cities urging their government to address employment issues, such as equal pay. Around 50 rallies and events are planned across Switzerland. On Tuesday morning, 13,000 took part in a demonstration in Zurich city centre. Other major rallies were held in Basel in the morning, and in Bern and Geneva in the afternoon.

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Demand for organic food grows strongly in Switzerland

2018-05-04

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2018-05-04

One in ten fresh food items sold in Switzerland last year was organic, according to the Federal Office for Agriculture. The market share of organic products rose from 4.6% in 2007 to 9% in 2017, while the share of fresh organic food sold in Switzerland rose from just under 6% to 11.5% over the same period, the agriculture office reported on Tuesday.

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Börsen-Talk vom 4. Mai 2018

2018-05-04

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Der Börse steht kein grosser Knall bevor, aber es kann weiter abwärts gehen, sagt Daniel Egger im cash-Börsen-Talk. Der Falcon-Chefstratege nennt auch Aktien, die zum Einstieg locken – und solche, die zu teuer sind.

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Trilogie des Fiatgeldes (III): Vollgeld ist reines Staatsgeld und somit längst erprobt

2018-05-03

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2018-05-03

Banknotes
Als Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) zur Finanzierung des „American Civil War“ bei den Banken um Kredit nachsuchte, sah er sich mit Zinsen von 24 bis 36% konfrontiert. Lincoln sträubte sich gegen solchen Zinswucher und suchte nach einer anderen Lösung. Sie kam von Colonel „Dick“ Taylor, einem Geschäftsmann aus Illinois. „Just get to Congress to pass a bill authorizing the printing of full legal tender treasury notes

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Unions seek to blacklist Swiss firms that underpay women

2018-05-03

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2018-05-03

The workers’ union umbrella group Travail Suisse is calling for the introduction of a blacklist to shame Swiss companies that fail to pay women and men equally. This is one of 28 recommendations which feature in a position paper published by Travail Suisse external linkon Monday, on the eve of International Workers’ Day.

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Swiss city fights sexual harassment with humour

2018-05-03

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A number of associations have been fighting sexual harassment for years, but now Swiss cities are also getting involved in the campaign to stamp it out. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — 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. …

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A one-way ticket to a greener planet

2018-05-03

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Is the night train one solution for our carbon footprint problems? 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 Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to …

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Some Swiss train fares to fall in June

2018-05-02

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2018-05-02

Swiss Rail
This week, ch-direct, an association of public transport providers that sets ticket prices, announced there would be no ticket price rises in 2019. Instead the prices of some tickets will fall slightly on 1 June 2018. The price small cuts on standard fares in June relate to the shift from 8.0% to 7.7% VAT at the beginning of the year.

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Why don’t the Swiss recycle more plastic?

2018-05-02

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Most plastics carry a recycling label, but few are convenient to recycle in Switzerland. For 30 days, swissinfo.ch journalist Susan Misicka saved all of her plastic garbage. She filled four shopping bags, but found that not even half of the waste could be recycled. Is it as bad as it sounds? (swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is …

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French strike limits rail links with Switzerland

2018-05-01

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2018-05-01

Rail services between Switzerland and France are limited on Saturday, owing to a strike by French workers against railway reforms. Most high-speed train (TGV) services have been cancelled, with the exception of six return journeys between Paris and Zurich (2), Paris and Geneva (2) and Paris and Lausanne. A similar service is planned for Sunday.

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One in four Swiss tenants wants to move, but can’t

2018-04-30

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2018-04-30

More than a quarter of tenants in Switzerland are unhappy with their accommodation, but are unable to move – especially for financial reasons. A survey published by online price comparison portal comparis.chexternal link on Thursday has found that 26% of Swiss tenants consider their housing situation to be unsatisfactory. Of the 4,000 tenants surveyed, 67% said that they could not afford to move to a better place.

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Formula E comes to Zurich

2018-04-30

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Motor racing on race circuits has been banned in Switzerland for the last 63 years. Now, environmentally friendly Formula E is coming to Zurich. On June 10, these electric racing cars will be hurtling along the banks of Lake Zurich. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role …

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The first LSD trip

2018-04-30

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The first LSD trip 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 Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a … Continue reading...

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Basel airport – night time take-offs to be cut in half

2018-04-29

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2018-04-29

Basel Airport
For those who fly regularly, living close to an airport might be convenient, but it’s also noisy. To reduce noise, Basel-Mulhouse airport has decided to reduce the number of flights taking off between 11pm and midnight by half, according to a press release. Unlike Geneva airport, which is located entirely on Swiss soil but still operates a French side, Basel-Mulhouse, Switzerland’s third major airport is on French territory, but run by the Swiss.

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Taxes – one in seven in some Swiss cantons has unpaid tax

2018-04-28

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2018-04-28

Tax Debt
The cantons of Neuchâtel (14.7%) and Geneva (14.6%) have the highest percentages of taxpayers owing money, according to the newspaper SonntagsBlick. Fribourg (12.6%), Bern (9.5%) and Luzern (6.5%) complete the top-five. Vaud (5.9%), Basel-City (5.5%) and Zurich (2.4%) are further down. Aargau (2.0%) and Uri (1.0%) sit at the bottom with fewest with oustanding tax payments.

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Swiss travel and watch firms named best places to work

2018-04-27

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2018-04-27

Swiss International Air Lines has been ranked as the most attractive employer in a survey on the 150 largest companies in Switzerland. Zurich Airport came in second, followed by watchmaker Patek Philippe. The survey, published by Dutch recruitment agency Randstadexternal link on Thursday, asked 4,800 people aged 18-65 where they would like to work.

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UBS Vitainvest Funds Review – 2017-Anno intero

2018-04-26

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per ulteriori informazioni visita: https://www.ubs.com/ch/it/private/pension/pillar-3/vitainvest.html • Come hanno inciso sulla performance gli eventi geopolitici? • Quale influenza hanno avuto le politiche delle principali banche centrali e gli indicatori economici? • Qual è stato, nell’ultimo trimestre, l’andamento di azioni, investimenti a tasso fisso, obbligazioni e investimenti alternativi come hedge fund?

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