Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Chocolate industry makes pact to improve conditions

2017-06-30

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2017-06-30

Members of the new sustainable cocoa platform have set and pledged to work towards ten strategic objectives. The key target is one stipulating that by 2025, at least 80% of imported cocoa products should come from sustainable production.

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Higher Swiss health premiums for those with big deductables

2017-06-30

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2017-06-30

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The Swiss government announced plans to reduce the discounts offered to those willing to risk paying the first chunk of their annual medical bills. It also plans to adjust deductibles in line with shifts in medical costs. This will be discussed until 19 October 2017.

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L’apartheid financier, une perversité du Système. Une de plus… Liliane Held-Khawam + Article de la Tribune

2017-06-29

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2017-06-29

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Economie de marché et libre-échange constituent, en théorie, les bases du Système commercial international. Ce système est supposé offrir une liberté équivalente à TOUS les agents économiques du marché mondialisé… Ceci est la théorie… Dans la vraie vie, les discriminations entre grandes entreprises et PME, entre l’industrie mondialisée et l’artisanat /agriculture, entre les entreprises industrialisées et celles à capital familial, … n’ont jamais...

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Government considers easing off on traffic offenders

2017-06-29

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2017-06-29

The decision came in response to a parliamentary demand that cabinet reconsider the terms of a road safety program called Via Sicura, introduced in 2013 in a bit to tackle road accidents.

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Swiss companies’ computers held for ransom in global hack attack

2017-06-28

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2017-06-28

Swiss advertising conglomerate Admeira and six other Swiss companies are among those who fell victim to the latest global cyberattack demanding payment in Bitcoin in exchange for the return of hacked files and computer systems. According to Admeira Head of Communications Romi Hofer, the first sign that something was wrong was when “screens went blank” at the company on Tuesday afternoon.

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Driving out the devil in Switzerland

2017-06-28

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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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Naked hikers do it in Switzerland

2017-06-28

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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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Is “stealthing” a sexual crime?

2017-06-28

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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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All you need to know about smoking in Switzerland

2017-06-28

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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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Who earns what in Switzerland?

2017-06-28

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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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UBS alpine summer – Cheese Production Assistant

2017-06-27

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We are looking for helpers on the Alp. Apply now for a two-week summer job and win a voucher worth 5,000 francs: http://www.ubs.com/alp-summer https://www.ubs.com/alp-summer

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Estate in alpeggio UBS – Cheese Production Assistant

2017-06-27

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Cerchiamo aiutanti per l’alpeggio. Candidatevi subito per un lavoro estivo di due settimane e vincete un buono da CHF 5000: https://www.ubs.com/alpeggio

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Un été à l’alpage UBS: Cheese Production Assistant

2017-06-27

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Nous cherchons des assistants pour l’alpage. Postulez maintenant pour un job d’été de 2 semaines et gagnez un bon d’une valeur de 5000.- https://www.ubs.com/alpage

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UBS Alpsommer: Cheese Production Assistant

2017-06-27

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Wir suchen Helfer für die Alp. Jetzt für zweiwöchigen Sommerjob bewerben und Gutschein im Wert von 5000 Franken gewinnen: https://www.ubs.com/alp

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Activist fund aims to spur ‘staid’ Nestle into action

2017-06-27

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2017-06-27

Mark Schneider, Nestlé chief executive, addressed a conference in Berlin last week. "Size alone won't protect you from change," he told the Consumer Goods Forum and, after listing the challenges facing the industry, added that "status quo is not an option".

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Peter Boockvar: Trump Will Perpetuate This Bubble for Political Reasons

2017-06-26

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Gruyère cheese is getting a new home

2017-06-26

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Fans of the characteristic Swiss cheese Gruyère will be able to learn more about (and taste) it in a new development planned for the town of the same name. (RTS, 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 …

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Swiss researchers dish up the dirt on petrol

2017-06-26

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Diesel vehicles are to blame for lots of particulate matter, but modern petrol engines produce 100 times more. That’s the conclusion of researchers at the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Nidau. (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 …

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Peter Boockvar: Trump Will Perpetuate This Bubble for Political Reasons

2017-06-26

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Claim your SIC 2017 bundle here: http://www.mauldineconomics.com/go/v34ktq/MEC

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Swiss abroad keep yodelling tradition alive

2017-06-26

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Some people will go an awfully long way to yodel: the “Wildrose” yodel club, for example, has come all the way from Canada to take part in this weekend’s Federal Yodelling Festival in Brig-Glis, canton Valais. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to …

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