Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Big debts at 18 because parents didn’t pay Swiss health insurance bills

2017-05-29

by Le News

2017-05-29

A recent article in the newspaper 20 Minutes highlights the nasty surprise some young people experience when their parents fail to pay their health insurance premiums. Turning 18 is one of life’s key milestones. It corresponds with the end of school and entry into a new world. In Switzerland it is also a health insurance milestone.

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Some Swiss cantons overwhelmed with confessions of tax evasion

2017-05-28

by Le News

2017-05-28

Ahead of the automatic exchange of bank account information, which comes into effect at the beginning of next year, Swiss residents with undeclared foreign bank accounts are rushing to come clean to the tax authorities, according to Swiss broadcaster RTS.

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Swiss mobile providers perform well

2017-05-28

by Swissinfo

2017-05-28

Speed, availability, network responsiveness: on all counts, the mobile experience in Switzerland is “an excellent one”, according to a new report. But improvements could still be made to advance on the leader board. This is the verdict published Wednesday May 24 by OpenSignal, a London-based private held company that issues industry reports based on crowdsourced data from worldwide users of its OpenSignal app.

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Swiss working conditions slip

2017-05-27

by Swissinfo

2017-05-27

The Swiss spend three hours more per week on average at the office than other Europeans, but working conditions are still good. While the overall health and well-being of Swiss employees is still good, a new survey shows that Switzerland has lost its place ahead of 34 other European countries when it comes to stress and autonomy in the workplace.

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New LafargeHolcim CEO given market approval

2017-05-27

by Swissinfo

2017-05-27

The markets have welcomed LafargeHolcim’s choice of chief executive to guide the company out of a reputational hole. Jan Jenisch, who will take over in October, has experienced difficult situations having spent the last two and a half years driving up Sika’s results against the backdrop of a shareholder civil war.

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Ian Bremmer: Cyberterrorism Is Coming and That Worries Me a Lot

2017-05-26

by John Mauldin

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Poor not being pushed out of Swiss cities

2017-05-26

by Le News

2017-05-26

It is widely believed that as the price of real estate climbs those on low incomes are forced out of city centres. A study by the University of Geneva, commissioned by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office focused on the period between 2010 and 2014, shows this is not true in Switzerland.

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The Investec Derby Festival: Experience Different

2017-05-26

by Investec

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cash-Talk vom 26. Mai 2017

2017-05-26

by Cash

Der Schweizer Wohnungsmarkt verändert sich vielerorts zugunsten der Mieter. Im cash-Talk sagt Immoscout24-Direktor Martin Waeber, ob die Mieten weiter sinken und wie man zu einem tieferen Mietzins kommt.

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Swiss rated third in health services quality survey

2017-05-25

by Swissinfo

2017-05-25

Switzerland has been rated third in a global ranking of the access to and the quality of healthcare systems – a report that shows large gaps between the best and worst ranked countries. The survey, published online on Thursday in the medical journal The Lancetexternal link, looked at healthcare quality in 195 countries.

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Bern train station to expand to meet growing rail traffic

2017-05-25

by Swissinfo

2017-05-25

Bern railway station, Switzerland’s second busiest after Zurich, is set to expand with the creation of a new underground rail station serving regional trains between Bern and Solothurn. A pedestrian access area is also planned.Some 202,000 passengers pass through Bern’s main train station – the second largest in Switzerland – every working day of the week.

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The Rise of Robots and the Coming Demographic Crisis | David Rosenberg

2017-05-25

by John Mauldin

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David Rosenberg: 4 Fed Hikes Would Trigger a Recession Next Year

2017-05-24

by John Mauldin

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Poverty in Switzerland has more to do with age than any other factor

2017-05-24

by Investec

2017-05-24

A recent report classifies 570,000 people in Switzerland as poor. This number represents 7% of the population, and relates to 2015. In 2014, the same percentage was 6.6%. The report, which looks only at income, defines as poor a single person with income less than CHF 2,239 per month or a family of four with income below CHF 3,984 per month.

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Novartis to shed 500 jobs in Basel

2017-05-24

by Swissinfo

2017-05-24

The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has announced that it plans to cut 500 jobs at its Basel headquarters in Switzerland over the next 18 months. It says it will also create 350 new posts, mostly in its biotech business. Novartis said in a statement on Thursday that it planned to cut up to 500 jobs in the Basel area or to relocate workers to other sites over the next 18 months.

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