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Archives for December 2016
Seven banks fined in Swiss probes of rate-rigging cartels
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. Switzerland handed out about $100 million in antitrust fines against seven U.S. and European banks for participating in cartels to manipulate widely used financial benchmarks. JPMorgan Chase & Co. was fined 33.9 million francs ($33 million) for operating a cartel with Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc for more […]
Film: Sing – a jubilant animation film – 4 stars
23 December 2016. SING **** Oh, what a joyous movie! We are truly lucky this holiday season to have such delightful films to cheer us up and forget the cold and frenzy of the Christmas rush. Go, and forget for a couple of hours all the miseries we see on the daily news. In this jubilant […]
Fondue on a parapente – an ordinary day in Switzerland
Cheese lovers love the flavour of fondue and raclette. The smell is less appreciated. Some escape to their basement or balcony to eat it. Manuel Siegrist and Sebastian Schlegel, from St Gallen in Switzerland, took to the sky on a parapente or paraglider to eat theirs. The title of their video is: “Fondue Tandem chli […]
How gifts destroy billions of dollars of value
If you haven’t had a chance to go Christmas shopping don’t despair, gifts destroy value. For example, someone on a diet is unlikely to place much value on a box of chocolates. The difference between what was paid for the chocolates and what the recipient would have paid represents destroyed value. They could have been […]
6 Swiss news items that made international headlines in 2016
Last night, Swiss broadcaster RTS presented the six Swiss news items garnering the greatest international attention in 2016. The first news peak occurred in January with eyes focused on the World Economic Forum in Davos. This was the second most reported Swiss event in world media. Then in February, the Swiss story gaining the year’s greatest […]
Zurich mosque shooter Swiss
20 Minutes. According to 20 Minutes, the author of the shooting in an islamic prayer centre in Zurich, is a Swiss citizen aged 24 with Ghanaian roots. The man has also been implicated in the death of a Swiss citizen who was found dead in a Zurich playground. According to the police, neither the shooting […]
Swiss watch exports poised for worst year since 1984: chart
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. The number of watches Switzerland exports is on track to reach the lowest level since 1984, when digital timepieces were in vogue and Swatch Group AG had just been formed in reaction to low-cost competition. Three decades later, difficult times are back: 11-month data is due Tuesday after the […]
Swiss to avoid EU clash as immigration bill passes final hurdle
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. After three years of uncertainty, Switzerland may just have solved its immigration dispute with the European Union. Lawmakers in Bern on Friday passed a bill designed to curb EU immigration by giving locals a head start on filling job vacancies. By supporting the measure — which sidesteps quotas — […]
Zurich mosque shooting suspect dead, according to police
The Zurich mosque shooting suspect has been found dead according to Zurich police. A body found in the vicinity of the mosque is believed by local police to be that of the individual suspected of injuring three people at the Zurich Islamic Centre located at Eisgasse 6, not far from Zurich’s main train station. According to Bloomberg, police […]