According to Le Matin, following his eight year FIFA suspension, Sepp Blatter must hand over his professional mobile phone and access to emails. He is however allowed to keep his salary, company car and apartment in Zurich until 26 February 2016. On 22 December 2015, FIFA’s ethics committee imposed an eight year suspension on Mr […]
Archives for 2015
Could Syngenta be close to a merger?
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. Syngenta AG Chairman Michel Demare said his company is in “advanced, formal and intense negotiations” with competitors about a possible combination, as the global agrochemicals industry consolidates and the merger of DuPont. Co. and Dow Chemical Co. adds pressure on others to review their standalone strategy. Speaking extensively in […]
Number of asylum seekers up in Switzerland
Tribune de Genève. The number of people seeking refuge in Switzerland climbed in November compared to October according to the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration SEM. According to recent statistics, November arrivals increased to 5,691, 941 more than in October 2015. While the number from Eritrea dropped substantially, those from Syria and Afghanistan went up. […]
Swiss watch exports fall in November on steep Hong Kong decline
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. Swiss watch exports dropped in November, led by a 28 percent decline in shipments to Hong Kong, the industry’s largest market. Shipments slid 5.6 percent to 1.95 billion Swiss francs ($1.96 billion), according to figures released Tuesday by the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. That compares with a […]
More people have climbed Everest than done this
If you are young, able bodied and looking for a physical challenge you might consider running a marathon or a triathlon. If someone suggested rowing across the Atlantic you’d probably think they were going mad. When I heard about the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, a race where rowers can spend months rowing the close to […]
The latest Star Wars film set to break records
18 December 2015. The latest Star Wars movie is set to break records. The seventh film in the series has already made more than US$ 100 million in advance sales. It’s a great film that deserves to do well. STAR WARS – THE FORCE AWAKENS **** Director JJ. Abrams has done an excellent job in revitalising […]
Swiss stocks outperform as Fed rate rise brings volatility to markets
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. Swiss stocks outperformed global equity markets in a week of volatile trading after the Federal Reserve finally raised US interest rates for the first time in a decade on Wednesday. The decision by the FOMC to raise rates by 0.25% to 0.50% for the first time since 2006 draws […]
Book review: Montreux Riviera Switzerland by Farrol Kahn
Books in English about the Lake Geneva region are rare and good books are even rarer. In his third book about Switzerland, Farrol Kahn, a British journalist who has lived in the region for several years has succeeded in describing in a refreshingly eclectic style, the Montreux Riviera (a region he denotes as starting in […]
The world’s best restaurant is in Switzerland
Switzerland has two of the world’s top five restaurants according to recently published rankings by “La Liste”. The Schauenstein restaurant in the small town of Fürstenau, a village of around 300 people sitting at 650m in the mountains of Graubunden in Switzerland, came in at number five, and the Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville, in Crissier near […]
Why the Swiss need to value their foreigners
After being rejected by a number of Swiss newspapers, this article was published by swissinfo.ch, part of Switzerland’s national broadcaster, in December 2014 before being taken down six hours later. It was then published on 22 December 2014 on The Essential Edge. Swissinfo’s explanation for why it was taken down follows the article. Get the funds you need […]