Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Ben Stokes, Joe Root, and Stuart Broad undertake longest drive challenge with Paul McGinley

2016-04-28

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Test cricket sponsors Investec brought together three of the biggest names in English cricket to test their golf skills at Woburn Golf Club. More used to smashing a leather ball than a dimpled one, Ben Stokes Joe Root, and Stuart Broad attempted to outhit each other under the tutelage of three-time Ryder Cup winner and …

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Provenance research at Bern’s Kunstmuseum

2016-04-28

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How much stolen or looted art is on display in Swiss galleries? The Kunstmuseum in Bern has taken a close look at its own pictures and has made provenance research the subject of its latest exhibition. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on …

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Chernobyl fallout in Ticino: an exaggerated reaction to a real threat

2016-04-28

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The man responsible for dealing with the effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Switzerland’s worst hit region revisits what happened 30 years ago. (Carlo Pisani, swissinfo.ch) At the time of 1986 disaster, Mario Camani was head of Sezione della protezione dell’aria dell’acqua e del suolo (SPAAS), the environmental protection office of the southern canton …

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Hunting down carrion crows

2016-04-28

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In canton Aargau, vegetable farmers are disheartened as flocks of carrion crows descend on their seedlings, destroying large parts of their crops. Now cantonal authorities have taken the situation into their own hands with a pilot project that involves hunters shooting a limited number of the birds. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of …

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Graeme Swann and Phil Tufnell commentate on the Investec Derby Trial

2016-04-26

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Cricketing legends Graeme Swann and Phil Tufnell swapped stumps for stalls, as they commentated on the Investec Derby Trial at the Investec Spring Meeting. Investec, the sponsor of Test cricket in England and the Investec Derby Festival, invited England spin legends Graeme Swann and Phil Tufnell to call the action on this year’s Investec Derby …

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Germany’s AFD leader Frauke Petry wants ‘more Switzerland for Germany’

2016-04-24

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2016-04-24

Fauke Petry, leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), believes Germany “needs more Switzerland … more democracy” and that Switzerland is some way ahead of her country when it comes to a “culture of democracy”.

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Last Swiss tobacco factory faces closure

2016-04-24

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Switzerland’s only remaining factory processing local tobacco is threatened with closure. (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. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to our YouTube channel: Website: …

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Switzerland Readies Military In Preparation For A New Wave Of Migrants

2016-04-23

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2016-04-23

According to The BBC, the most asylum claims in 2015 occurred in Germany, which saw >500,000...   With the main route (reportedly shut down) being from Turkey to Greece, and up through the Balkans... With Syrians making up the bulk of migrants tryi...

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Everest guide’s Swiss training

2016-04-23

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Tendi Sherpa, one of Nepal’s first mountain guides to be certified, has been in the southern canton of Valais on a five week mountain rescue course. (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. …

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New in the supermarket: lettuce with roots

2016-04-21

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One of Switzerland’s biggest supermarkets, Coop, now features a completely new type of lettuce with roots attached, grown not in a field but in a trough. (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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The internet of the future

2016-04-21

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In the future the internet will not only allow people to comunicate with each other but with objects too. Swiss public television’s 10vor10 programme explains the “Internet of Things”. (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 …

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The Shocking Reason For FATCA… And What Comes Next

2016-04-21

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2016-04-21

Submitted by Nick Giambruno via InterntionalMan.com, If you’ve never heard of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), you’re not alone. Few people have, and even fewer fully grasp the terrible things it foreshadows. FATCA is a U.S. ...

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Michael Ringier, Verleger und VR-Präsident Ringier

2016-04-20

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Bei Ringier hat sich 2015 der Reingewinn halbiert. Das sei kein Anlass zur Sorge, sagt VR-Präsident Michael Ringier im Interview mit cash. Das Verlagshaus will weiter in hohem Tempo investieren.

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Investec Derby Drone Video

2016-04-19

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Explore the iconic Investec Derby course at Epsom Downs Racecourse. The Greatest Flat Race on Earth takes place on June 4, 2016.

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Q&A with George Friedman: Venezuela, North Korea, the Middle East, Kazakhstan

2016-04-19

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Send your questions for George Friedman to Mauldin Economics on Twitter (@mauldinecon) with the hashtag #TWIG. Every week, we’ll pick the most interesting questions and have George Friedman answer them in this Q&A video series. Stay tuned!

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Investec Women’s League Finals Review

2016-04-19

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See the highlights from the Investec Women’s League Finals, which took place on April 16 and 17, 2016.

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Severin Schwan, CEO Roche

2016-04-19

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Roche hat den Umsatz überraschend stark gesteigert. Im Interview erklärt CEO Severin Schwan, dass auch Wechselkurse einen Anteil am guten Ergebnis hätten. Ausserdem äussert er sich zur Entwicklung neuer Wirkstoffe.

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Malaysia CDS Spike After Abu Dhabi Puts Scandal-Ridden 1MDB In Default, Funds hidden in Switzerland

2016-04-19

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2016-04-19

Over the better part of the past year, we’ve documented the curious case of 1MDB, Malaysia’s government investment fund founded in 2009. It’s a long and exceptionally convoluted story that doesn’t exactly lend itself to a concise summary but suffice...

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Panama Papers Names Revealed: Multiple Connections to Clinton Foundation, Marc Rich

2016-04-18

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2016-04-18

There has been much confusion, at time quite angry, how in the aftermath of the Soros-funded Panama Papers revelations few, if any, prominent U.S. name emerged as a result of the biggest offshore tax leak in history. Now, thanks to McClatchy more U.S...

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George Friedman: Eastern Europe Is Trapped Between Russia and the West

2016-04-18

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George Friedman writes the free weekly column “This Week in Geopolitics” (http://www.mauldineconomics.com/subscribe-twig) for Mauldin Economics. Subscribe now and get an in-depth view of the forces that will drive events and investors in the next year, decade, or even a century from now. — The European Union’s eastern bloc finds the ongoing refugee crisis annoying but …

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