Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Swiss mom an ‘unofficial cultural ambassador’ in America

She kept dreaming of being on a plane that never reached its destination. Those dreams stopped about a year after moving to Colorado. “The pilot would drop us off in a desert, or in the Alps, or the luggage would blow away,” remembers Regula Grenier, who has lived in Colorado since 2007. She sees the end of those dreams as a sign that she’s finally found the right place to live. Originally from Einsiedeln in central Switzerland, Grenier quips...

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A Swiss Rifle Club in America

Swiss rifles were coveted during the American revolutionary and civil wars. Today they’re used for fun by the Swiss Rifle Club of Minneapolis. In the late 1980s, a group of Swiss expats living in Minnesota – all employed by food technology company Bühler – decided to form a shooting club to maintain a tradition from the homeland. They made a deal with a local club willing to share its facilities, and got the green light from the Swiss military,...

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Can 3D printing save the coral reefs?

The oceans produce one in every two oxygen atoms. Coral reefs are like the ocean's rainforest. But it's disappearing, and fast. Ulrike Pfreundt has made it her life's work to find a solution. Pfreundt is a marine biologist at the Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich who gets emotional when she talks about coral death. Through 3D printing, she's found a way to make artificial reefs and replace some of the coral that's being lost by providing...

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Why the rock band Queen loves Montreux

The quiet lakeside town of Montreux has become a mecca for Queen fans. They make pilgrimages here each year to leave messages at Freddie Mercury's statue and join in the annual birthday celebrations for the late star, who died in 1991. Now there's even a Freddie Tour - you can follow in the footsteps of the flamboyant singer and visit the Studio Experience in the town's casino. That exhibition is based on the recording studios Queen owned, where...

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Swiss style bakery in Boston

Swiss couple Helene and Thomas Stohr run their own bakery in Massachusetts. Every day, they produce an array of Swiss and European treats, including croissants, jelly doughnuts and braided bread. From a young age, the Stohrs dreamed of seeing the world, so they left Lucerne for North America 20 years ago. Thomas, a professional baker, worked in Canada and the US for various eateries, including Mövenpick, while Helene looked after their sons Tobias...

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Swiss footsteps in New Orleans

As a child, John Geiser III was surrounded by Swiss people in his grandfather’s adopted city of New Orleans. After the Second World War had ended, John was a young adult when his father took him to Switzerland for the first time. We met John in June 2019, when he gave us a tour of New Orleans. Over the course of a hot and humid morning – mainly on foot – he energetically showed us the traces of Swissness dotted throughout this city famous for its...

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Koyo Kouoh: Art is in the cracks, not in the polish

The Meret Oppenheim prize took Koyo Kouoh by surprise, and not just because she doesn't care about prizes. The Swiss-Cameroonian curator says she never found much of an echo in Switzerland for her artistic interests – postcolonialism, African diaspora, and identity politics – for which she has received praise in many other countries. Koyo Kouoh, described by The New York Times in 2015 as “one of Africa’s pre-eminent art curators”, is always on...

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Making prosthetic limbs from recycled bottles

Recycling plastic to make new bottles is one thing, but using the material to create prosthetic limbs? That's another. Two Swiss designers are using their skills to improve the lives of amputees.

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What is a Swiss multinational company and what’s their role in the economy?

Switzerland is home to big players in the raw materials, food and chemicals industries. The alpine country boasts one of the world’s highest concentrations of multinational headquarters. You might wonder: where does its attractiveness come from? Switzerland offers many advantages to large businesses: economic stability, a strong financial sector, qualified workers, a geographic location at the heart of transport networks – and an advantageous tax...

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Swiss start-up generates electricity from wind power

Switzerland produces less wind power than other European countries but has ambitious future targets. A Lugano start-up is developing drones to generate electricity from high-altitude winds. Winds, especially at high altitude, offer huge potential as an alternative renewable energy source to help solve the climate crisis.  In Switzerland, the main source of energy is hydropower. Building large wind turbines, especially in Swiss valleys, is...

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A defender of Eritreans’ human rights

Immigration affects everyone in Switzerland, but some people more directly than others. Veronica Almedom, who arrived from Eritrea as a baby with her family, is now an activist for the human rights of Eritreans. Almedom grew up in Martigny in French-speaking Switzerland and is now a student at the University of Geneva. Since 2016 she has been a member of the Federal Commission on Migration. Since 2017 Switzerland has steadily tightened its...

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Meet me at the the online ‘piazza’!

A woman living in a southern Swiss town noticed that people around her felt isolated and wanted to connect and share things but didn't know how. So she created the "smart village": a virtual town square. Monica Rush Solcà from the Italian-speaking region of Ticino set up a platform where people can meet and share things. The concept was later used in other towns in the region, with group members hosting events to advertise the service....

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What is it like to work in Switzerland?

Switzerland has a strong economy, low inflation, low national debt and a low unemployment rate. It’s hard to believe that only a few generations ago, Switzerland was poor and many had to leave to find work abroad. In this episode of 'Switzerland Explained' we look at how the job market has dramatically transformed since then and continues to change. In the 19th century, the country’s textile and chemical industry started taking off, followed by...

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Debitkarten Mobile Banking

► Debitkarten Mobile Banking ► UBS Mobile Banking ► https://www.ubs.com/ch/de.html ► UBS Schweiz – Ihre Bank – seit über 150 Jahren. Erfahren Sie, wie Sie alle Funktionen der UBS Debitkarte mit Ihrer Mobile Banking App kontrollieren können. ► Mehr rund um das Thema Mobile Banking finden Sie hier: https://www.ubs.com/ch/de/private/digital-banking/private/mobile-banking.html ► Abonnieren Sie UBS Schweiz:...

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Mobile Banking Debit Cards

► Mobile Banking Debit Cards ► UBS Mobile Banking ► https://www.ubs.com/ch/en.html ► UBS Switzerland - your bank - for over 150 years. Learn how to check the functions of your UBS Debit Card in your Mobile Banking App. ► You can find more information about mobile banking here: https://www.ubs.com/ch/en/private/digital-banking/private/mobile-banking.html ► Subscribe to UBS Switzerland:...

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Carte di debito Mobile Banking

► Carte di debito Mobile Banking ► UBS Mobile Banking ► https://www.ubs.com/ch/it.html ► UBS Svizzera - la vostra banca - da oltre 150 anni. Scoprite come controllare tutte le funzioni della vostra Carta di debito UBS nell’app Mobile Banking. ► Potete trovare ulteriori informazioni sul mobile banking qui: https://www.ubs.com/ch/it/private/digital-banking/private/mobile-banking.html ► Abbonatevi a UBS Svizzera:...

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Cartes de débit Mobile Banking

►Cartes de débit Mobile Banking ► UBS Mobile Banking ► https://www.ubs.com/ch/fr.html ► UBS Suisse - votre banque - depuis plus de 150 ans. Découvrez comment contrôler l’ensemble des fonctions de la carte de débit UBS avec votre app Mobile Banking. ► Vous trouverez de plus amples information sur les services bancaires mobiles à l'adresse suivante : https://www.ubs.com/ch/fr/private/digital-banking/private/mobile-banking.html ► Abonnez-vous à...

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Doing good feels good.

UBS Helpetica: the volunteering network for more sustainability. Support an environmental project or submit an idea. https://ubs-helpetica.ch/

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Fare del bene fa bene.

UBS Helpetica: la rete di volontari per una maggiore sostenibilità. Sostenete un progetto ambientalista o inoltrate la vostra idea. https://ubs-helpetica.ch/

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Doing good feels good.

UBS Helpetica: the volunteering network for more sustainability. Support an entrepreneurial project or submit an idea. https://ubs-helpetica.ch/

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