Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News
Stress rises among Swiss workers
A recent report by Travail.Suisse shows around 40% of Swiss workers report feeling often or very often stressed by their work.Stress and emotional exhaustion is a daily reality for many says Travail.Suisse. Between 2015 and 2017, the percentage suffering work related stress or emotional exhaustion has risen from 38% to 48%.
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Richest get richer – Switzerland’s top 300
The wealthiest people in one of the world’s wealthiest nations - Switzerland, have increased their assets by CHF60 billion over the past year. According to the latest edition of the German-language business magazine, Bilanz, the 300 richest residents of the country have assets totalling CHF674 billion.
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Les banques centrales demandent aux banques commerciales de créer la monnaie. La preuve.
M Marc Luckx Ghisi, ancien conseiller de M Jacques Delors apporte la preuve que nous défendons depuis des années sur ce site: Les banques centrales ne créent pas de monnaie. Elles s’endettent auprès des banques commerciales!
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Where an average Swiss household spends its income
A recent report from Switzerland Federal Statistical Office shows how an average Swiss household spends its income. In 2015, the mean income was CHF 9,946 per month, including all forms of income and any 13th month payment received at the end of the year.
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How one Swiss hospital slashed food waste
For a month, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital has weighed all of the food it throws away. The result was a real eye-opener for the hospital, and now the hospital chefs are introducing some drastic changes. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and …
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Second class-action law suit lodged against Tezos
A second class-action lawsuit has been lodged in the United States against the founders of the tokenised blockchain project Tezos, and the Swiss-based foundation that houses hundreds of millions of dollars of investors’ money. The law firm Silver Miller Law presented its complaintexternal link in Florida this week, following a California lawsuit issued last monthexternal link.
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Finding investment opportunities in a turbulent world
Leading fund manager gives examples of how to position yourself on the right side of change. Watch full #InvestecWealth Forum video: http://invest.ec/2zyP9b2
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Swiss Watchmaker Optimistic about Business Prospects
The chief executive of the Swatch Group, a leading Swiss manufacturer of watches and jewelry, is upbeat about business prospects for the coming year. Nick Hayek says the Swatch Groupexternal link hopes to reach the ambitious target of a 7%-9% increase in sales this year.
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What do the Swiss spend their money on?
The Swiss had an average net household disposable income in 2015 of CHF6,957 ($7,007) a month, the Federal Statistical Office has reported. Every month, around CHF560 was spent on leisure and cultural activities – and CHF89 on cats and dogs.
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Digitaltag 2017 I UBS Schweiz
Die Digitalisierung schenkt uns viele Vorteile. Fast alles ist heute von überall aus möglich. Einfacher, schneller und auch sicherer denn je – sofern Sie wenige Grundsätze befolgen. Der UBS Security Check hilft Ihnen, Ihre Sicherheit im Internet weiter zu erhöhen: https://www.ubs.com/microsites/security-check/de/
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UBS Security Check
Alles für Ihre digitale Sicherheit. Die Digitalisierung schenkt uns viele Vorteile. Fast alles ist heute von überall aus möglich. Einfacher, schneller und auch sicherer denn je – sofern Sie wenige Grundsätze befolgen. Dieser Security Check hilft Ihnen, Ihre Sicherheit im Internet weiter zu erhöhen. Mehr über UBS Security Check: https://ubs.com/securitycheck
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For The First Time Ever, The “1 percent” Own More Than Half The World’s Wealth: The Stunning Chart
Today Credit Suisse released its latest annual global wealth report, which traditionally lays out what has become the single biggest reason for the recent "anti-establishment" revulsion: an unprecedented concentration of wealth among a handful of people, as shown in Swiss bank's infamous global wealth pyramid, an arrangement which as observed by the "shocking" political backlash of the past year, suggests that the lower 'levels' of the pyramid are...
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Oil Trader Slams “defamatory” NGO Teport
Commodities trading company Vitol has taken legal action against “inaccurate and defamatory” allegations made by the Swiss NGO Public Eye in the wake of the Paradise Papers revelations. Public Eye issued a press release and report on November 10 accusing four Swiss-based commodities traders, including Vitol, of doing business “with dodgy individuals or politically exposed partners” and colluding with the Appleby law firm to conceal “business...
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James Sym, Fondsmanager Schroders
Fondsmanager James Sym macht derzeit einen Bogen um Schweizer Aktien – mit zwei Ausnahmen. Im Interview mit cash nennt er seine Lieblingsbank und stellt eine walisische «Apple-Aktie» vor.
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Stories making the Swiss Sunday papers
Good news from the Swiss watchmaking industry, plans to ban under-18s from solariums because of health risks and a warning that the Swiss railway system could face chaos in December. The Swiss watchmaking industry has made a turnaround following a three-year dip. Nick Hayek, CEO of the Swatch Group, told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper that his company recorded a massive increase in turnover over the past two months, resulting even in production...
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cash-Talk vom 10. November 2017
Schweizer Immobilien sind bei Investoren nach wie vor sehr beliebt. Experte Donato Scognamiglio sieht bei der Suche nach Rendite aber zusehends Risiken auftauchen, wie er im cash-Talk sagt.
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Swiss still richest, according to Credit Suisse
The Credit Suisse 2017 Global Wealth Report, shows total global wealth rose 6.4% to USD 280 trillion in 2016, taking it to the its highest level since 2007, before the financial meltdown in 2008. Globally, average wealth per adult was USD 56,540. In Switzerland, the same figure was USD 537,600 (CHF 533,000), close to ten times the global average, placing Switzerland in the lead, if Iceland – with unreliable data – is ignored.
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