Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Gender equality in the art world

2019-06-11

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125 museums, hundred of exhibitions, pages of data. We wanted to know what percentage of exhibited artworks in Swiss museums was created by women artists. The results of our exclusive research show that female artists struggle for visibility even today, thirty years after the first call for action launched by the Guerrilla Girls in front …

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Mmane Boikanyo | My story is real

2019-06-10

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Mmane Boikanyo talks resilience in the face of difficulties, how excelling at Maths led to a life-changing bursary, and the makings of a leader. Find out more: https://invest.ec/2KGFCDc

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Swiss government decides not to act on roaming charges

2019-06-08

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2019-06-08

The National Council, Switzerland’s parliament, rejected a motion to force Swiss mobile phone operators to remove EU roaming charges. 99 voted against, 78 for and 14 abstained, according to the newspaper 20 Minutes. In 2017, the European Union (EU) forced EU operators to stop charging their customers extra for calls made outside their home country but within the EU.

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Börsen-Talk vom 7. Juni 2019

2019-06-07

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Spätestens im Herbst steht laut Thomas Stucki der Franken wieder massiv unter Druck. Im Börsen-Talk sagt der Anlagechef der St. Galler Kantonalbank, wieso die Negativzinsen wohl auch dann nicht ausgeweitet werden.

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Börsen-Talk vom 7. Juni 2019

2019-06-07

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Spätestens im Herbst steht laut Thomas Stucki der Franken wieder massiv unter Druck. Im Börsen-Talk sagt der Anlagechef der St. Galler Kantonalbank, wieso die Negativzinsen wohl auch dann nicht ausgeweitet werden.

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Swiss regulator fines banks over improper forex trading

2019-06-07

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2019-06-07

The Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) has fined five international banks for their involvement in the formation of cartels that manipulated the foreign exchange market. COMCO fined Barclays, Citigroup, JPMorgan, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and the MUFG Bank a total of CHF90 million ($90.6 million) for “anti-competitive arrangements between banks in foreign exchange spot trading”.

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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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Log in with one hand. Secure and easy access to Mobile Banking with the UBS Access App. Log in with ease. Find out more: https://www.ubs.com/microsites/digital/en/private/access-app.html

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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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