Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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End of tax-free online shopping delayed by a year

2017-10-22

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2017-10-22

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Last year Switzerland’s government announced plans to change the rules on charging VAT on imported goods. Currently, most things ordered abroad and sent through the post to Switzerland that attract VAT of less than CHF 5, are waived through customs free of charge.

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Swiss government announces TV tax cut ahead of vote to eliminate it

2017-10-21

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2017-10-21

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On Wednesday, the Federal Council said it will cut Switzerland’s TV-Radio tax from CHF 451 to CHF 365 annually from 2019. According to Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard, the cut is made possible by cost savings from simplifying the system and an increase in the numbers who will pay it – everyone will soon pay, not just those with a receiving device.

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Government against allowing foreign inter-city bus operators

2017-10-20

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2017-10-20

The Swiss cabinet is not in favour of liberalising the Swiss transport market by allowing foreign coach firms to offer inter-city services within Switzerland. In a report released on Thursday, the seven-member body said it is not keen on going beyond the current legal framework, as it deems the quality of existing international transport options in Switzerland as satisfactory.

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Investec CA Scholarship Programme

2017-10-20

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A Swiss-Lebanese-Iraqi stand-up comic

2017-10-20

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Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week she meets stand-up comic, Hamza Rya. His father is Lebanese and his mother is from Iraq. He speaks seven languages fluently and likes people a lot – whatever their ethnic background. Everyone is a target for his humour. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)  — swissinfo.ch is …

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UBS Digital Banking. Sempre subito informati.

2017-10-20

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Conti e carte sotto controllo? Sempre subito informati – via push o SMS. Attivare ora: https://www.ubs.com/ch/it/digital-banking/alerts.html UBS Digital Banking. Assolutamente pratico.

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UBS Digital Banking. Toujours informé.

2017-10-20

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Comptes et cartes sous contrôle? Toujours informé – par push ou SMS. Activez maintenant: https://www.ubs.com/ch/fr/digital-banking/alerts.html UBS Digital Banking. Très pratique.

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UBS Digital Banking. Always in the know.

2017-10-20

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Accounts and cards under control? Always immediately informed – by push notification or SMS. Activate now: https://www.ubs.com/ch/en/digital-banking/alerts.html UBS Digital Banking. Totally practical.

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UBS Digital Banking. Immer sofort informiert.

2017-10-20

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Konten und Karten im Blick? Immer sofort informiert – mit Push oder SMS. Jetzt aktivieren: https://www.ubs.com/ch/de/digital-banking/alerts.html UBS Digital Banking. Ganz praktisch.

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Paul Zumbühl, CEO Interroll

2017-10-20

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Boomender Onlinehandel und die Nachfrage nach Logistiklösungen haben Interroll geholfen. Doch was kommt nach diesem Boom und wie ist der Konzern im zweiten Halbjahr unterwegs? CEO Paul Zumbühl gibt Auskunft.

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Swiss help to illuminate the Middle Ages

2017-10-19

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The University of Fribourg is heading a project which could tell us more about the Middle Ages, through piecing together fragments of manuscripts.  (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 perspective on international events. For more articles, …

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A breakthrough in natural crop protection

2017-10-19

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With their bug-banishing products the Andermatts have been proving for years that natural crop protection works. Swiss public television, SRF meets the entrepreneurs behind this success story. (SRF, swissinfo.ch) The Andermatts, Isabel, 59 and Martin, 58 are partners in life as in business. They are Switzerland’s pioneers in organic crop protection. Thirty years ago the only products …

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Suspected Swiss tax spy trial underway in Germany

2017-10-19

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2017-10-19

The trial in Frankfurt of a Swiss private investigator accused of spying on the tax authorities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is underway, but already temporarily suspended. The 54-year-old allegedly acted on behalf of the Swiss intelligence service trying to uncover a series of thefts of CDs with data on suspected tax dodgers who held money in Swiss banks, according to German prosecutors.

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How do lobbyists work in the Swiss parliament?

2017-10-19

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Although Swiss MPs have to declare private interests, they can give lobbyists access to Parliament and lobbyists can visit anonymously for the day. Is that a problem? 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. …

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Clueless about the clitoris

2017-10-19

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Think you’d know a clitoris if you saw one? How about if it was 2 metres tall and in the middle of a roundabout…? 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 … Continue reading »

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Sven Bucher, Leiter Research ZKB

2017-10-18

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Laut Sven Bucher hat die Schweizer Börse mit Blick aufs Jahresende noch Luft nach oben. Der Research-Leiter der ZKB wirft einen Blick auf die bevorstehende Zahlensaison, nennt mögliche Risiken und seine Aktienfavoriten.

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Credit Suisse targeted for break-up by activist hedge fund

2017-10-17

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2017-10-17

A Swiss hedge fund is poised to launch an activist campaign to break up Credit Suisse, tapping into investor impatience with the progress of the bank’s turnround under chief executive Tidjane Thiam. RBR Capital Advisors, supported by Gaël de Boissard, a former Credit Suisse investment bank co-head, is set to unveil the plan later this week at the JPMorgan Robin Hood investor conference in New York, according to people briefed on it.

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Is Switzerland being overrun by foreigners?

2017-10-17

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Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week, she attends a delegates’ conference of the conservative right Swiss People’s Partyexternal link in Bern and finds out why they are afraid of the increase in Muslims in this small, Alpine country. (SRF Kulturplatz/ swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch …

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Top Swiss guns show off shooting skills

2017-10-17

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Every autumn, Swiss Air Force pilots show off their professional skills at the highest aerial firing range in Europe. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The annual Swiss Air Force live fire eventexternal link is underway at the Axalp–Ebenfluh air force shooting range in the Bernese Oberland. Tuesday’s training brought hoards of hikers to the spectators’ areas at an altitude …

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Bern’s SkyWork could be grounded at end of month

2017-10-16

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2017-10-16

SkyWork Airlines, which flies to various European destinations from Bern Airport, may be forced to cease operations by the end of October due to its unstable financial situation. The Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) has limited SkyWork’s operating permit to the end of this month because the company is unable to meet its financial commitments for its 2017 and 2018 winter schedule.

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