This year the United Nations celebrates its 70th birthday. The world reflects on the organisation’s past and speculates about its future. In 1975 people did the same thing. The video below, set in New York, shows that while much has changed much is also the same as it was 40 years ago. Flared pants and […]
Archives for 2015
Swiss health insurance: low cost Assura gets expensive
24 Heures. Assura, the health insurer based in the French-speaking part of the country, pioneered low cost health insurance and is now the lowest cost option in 23 cantons. It is also one of the largest insuring around 910,000 people across the Swiss nation including a quarter of Geneva and Vaud residents. According to the […]
Geneva, Zurich, Luxembourg are most affordable cities, UBS says
A UBS study, published this week by the Swiss bank, compares the affordability of 71 cities around the world. The top three are Geneva. which is in third place, Zurich which is in second, and Luxembourg which is at the top. In addition to an overall measure of affordability, the report looks at how long […]
Markets mixed, strong franc concerns, Nestlé, Sika and Credit Suisse
18 September 2015 – Weekly Swiss and global market roundup. Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. Swiss financial markets news Markets trend higher this week but look to give up gains on Friday after central banks again postpone rate changes… Read more. Swiss economic news The Swiss National Bank is still concerned about franc’s value […]
Swiss markets news
18 September 2015 Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. Swiss markets up on week but fell back Friday The Swiss Market Index (SMI) tracked global markets higher this week but fell in early trading on Friday as investor’s reacted to news from global central banks on rate changes. On Thursday, the Swiss National Bank left […]
Swiss economic news
18 September 2015 Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. Swiss National Bank says franc still overvalued The Swiss National Bank kept interest rates at record lows and signaled the recent depreciation of the franc hasn’t diminished its willingness to intervene in currency markets if needed. The central bank, led by President Thomas Jordan, left its […]
Swiss company news
18 September 2015 Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. Nestlé fails to trademark four-fingered KitKat The European court of justice ruled that the four-fingered KitKat’s shape was not distinctive enough for consumers to associate it with the chocolate covered wafer. Nestlé is not seeking to trademark its two-fingered version of the KitKat. Sean Farrell (The […]
Film reviews: Dora, Au plus pres du soleil, Lamb, The man from U.N.C.L.E
18 September 2015 Neptune Ravar Ingwersen reviews film extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to 8 films a week and her aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff for readers. DORA ou les névroses sexuelles de nos parents ***1/2 (vo German) A film from the Locarno film fest, this intriguing story […]
Corporate tax reform. Geneva decides to wait.
20 Minutes. According to the newspaper, Geneva is in no hurry to move forward with proposed changes to the way companies are taxed. On Wednesday Geneva’s State Council also said it expects a cantonal referendum. Swiss tax changes affecting international companies (28.05.15) Examination of the proposed changes by the Federal Parliament will begin this winter […]
Swiss People’s Party (UDC) set to win record share of votes in Swiss election
20 Minutes. A Switzerland-wide online survey done by the newspaper 20 Minutes last week, predicts the Swiss People’s Party (UDC/SVP) is set to win the largest share of votes in its history at the next Federal election. In the last election four years ago the party won 26.6% of votes. The poll predicts it will […]
