Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Jumbolinos Wheeled out to Pasture

2017-08-16

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2017-08-16

Swiss International Air Lines has for the last time flown passengers in an Avro RJ100, fondly called a Jumbolino by many pilots, flight attendants and passengers. The full plane, which flew from London to Zurich on Monday night, carried 81 passengers.

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Indian arms dealer’s Swiss accounts under scrutiny

2017-08-16

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2017-08-16

Swiss authorities have received requests for information concerning possible Swiss bank accounts of Indian defence deals broker Sanjay Bhandari. He is under investigation for allegedly helping Swiss firm Pilatus secure an order for 75 training aircraft for the Indian Air Force in 2012.

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Lettre à la Suisse. Par Sébastien Jallamion

2017-08-15

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2017-08-15

Tout d’abord, j’ai posé mon regard sur un paysage naturel où les nombreux sites se marient avec une agriculture dont la France a perdu jusqu’au souvenir. Ici, pas de monoculture subventionnée par l’Union Européenne : les champs sont restés des mosaïques aux couleurs de blé, de tournesol, de maïs, et les vignes, lorsqu’elles s’étendent en bordure des villages, les prolongent en même temps qu’elles les protègent d’une urbanisation...

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Swiss Rail advert triggers accusation of sexism

2017-08-15

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2017-08-15

According to various newspapers, Swiss Rail placed an advert on a job portal at ETH, a university in Zurich, offering work to cunning vixens, “schlaue Füchsinnen” in German. Successful applicants need to dress up as foxes, including fox tails, and run around train stations with posters informing travellers of alternative train connections.

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Swiss rank second in Europe for online spending

2017-08-13

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2017-08-13

According to a European comparison, Swiss residents spend the second-most money annually on online purchases, after British shoppers. Each year, people in Switzerland click their way to an average of CHF1,172 ($1,202) in online goods per person. Shoppers in Britain topped the list with CHF1,280 in online purchases, with Norwegians coming in third at CHF1,053 per year.

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UberPop service cancelled in Zurich

2017-08-12

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2017-08-12

Car-and-driver provider Uber has decided to drop its UberPop service in Zurich following controversy over its legality. The change does not apply to Basel or Geneva. The change takes effect on Thursday at midday. Zurich UberPop drivers will have three months to get permits that will allow them to chauffeur passengers for pay under the more expensive UberX and UberBlack services.

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Meet the little orange men of Switzerland

2017-08-12

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Crossing the roads can be a peculiarity in itself! Join Diccon Bewes on the streets of Bern and marvel at the oddities of the Swiss traffic light system. (Diccon Bewes for 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 …

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Would you take a pilotless plane?

2017-08-11

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2017-08-11

Pilotless cargo and passenger planes could be in use within eight years and save airlines billions, according to a report by Swiss bank UBS. But customers remain wary of the new technology despite potential fare reductions. “In the not-too-distant future, we would expect to see a situation where flights are pilotless or the number of pilots shrinks to one, with a remote pilot based on the ground and highly-secure ground-to-air communications,” the...

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Value or growth?

2017-08-10

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Two of the world’s top fund managers at the #InvestecWealth Forum share the sectors and countries that they’re investing in. Get all forum insights here: invest.ec/2wWpkwK Growth vs value investing is one of the enduring debates within the investment field. Investec Wealth & Investment was privileged to host two of the leading exponents of the …

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When Swiss kids are forced to go hiking

2017-08-10

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Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week she teams up with singer, Marco Kunz, from Lucerne. They discuss what makes Swiss kids different from foreign kids growing up in Switzerland, everything from the type of sandwiches they take on school trips to TV viewing rights. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch) — …

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Increased demand from Asia helps fill Swiss hotel rooms

2017-08-10

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2017-08-10

The number of overnight stays in Swiss hotels rose by 4.4% in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period the year before. Tourists from India and China were largely responsible for the increase in demand. According to figures released by Federal Statistical Office on Monday, tourists – both domestic and international – spent a total of 17.6 million nights in Swiss hotels during the first semester.

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Lessons from Sport | GB Hockey

2017-08-10

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Developing a Winning Team | GB Hockey

2017-08-10

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Embracing Sacrifice | GB Hockey

2017-08-10

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Development of Women’s Sport | GB Hockey

2017-08-10

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Addax Petroleum to close operations in Geneva

2017-08-10

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2017-08-10

Chinese-owned oil and gas extractor firm Addax Petroleum is shutting its offices in the Swiss city of Geneva as well as in Aberdeen, Scotland and Houston in the United States. The company on Monday confirmed a report by the Tribune de Genève newspaper, saying its parent firm Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation (SIPC) would integrate the three offices into a new technical centre in Beijing by the end of this year.

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Stuart Broad introduces the first Day/Night Investec Test Match

2017-08-10

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Investec ambassador Stuart Broad talks us through the first ever Day/Night Investec Test Match, taking place from Thursday 17 to Monday 21 August at Edgbaston. England will face a determined West Indies side in the first Test of the Investec Series.

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Finding smuggled goods on cross-border coaches

2017-08-10

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The holiday period is a busy time for customs officers. People travelling by coach may have to face delays as the Swiss border guards don’t always wave the vehicles through, but conduct meticulous searches instead. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland …

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Switzerland: Number of ‘near miss’ plane incidents double

2017-08-09

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2017-08-09

Switzerland’s transport safety authority reports an increase in serious violations of air safety regulations that could have potentially led to collisions. According the 2016 annual report of the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board released end of July, the number of aviation incidents are on the decrease (1,219 in 2016 vs 1,260 in 2015).

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Aldi Switzerland stops selling eggs as insecticide scandal widens

2017-08-09

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2017-08-09

The discount supermarket chain Aldi Switzerland is withdrawing all imported eggs from sale at its 190 stores as a precaution, it said on Friday, as a scare over possible insecticide contamination spreads. Swiss eggs are not affected, officials say.

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