Swiss SMEs do not expect AI-related job cuts
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Read More »Switzerland remains the world’s most innovative country, according to the UN
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Read More »The Swiss National Bank says inflation is falling
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Read More »In 2022 Switzerland rejected Denmark’s bid to provide 22 Swiss-made Piranha III infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine.
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Read More »Improved results were driven by the increase in profit at industry leader Swiss Re.
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Read More »A growing number of firms are going bust
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Read More »The pharma sector saw growth in Switzerland
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Read More »Protest against GM food in Switzerland
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Read More »Sanctions against Russia have led to a rerouting of global gold trade flows.
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Canton Graubünden wants to cull National Park wolf pack
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Canton Graubünden blames the wolf pack for killing cattle in the region.
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Swiss company bankruptcies on the rise
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Read More »FDP Chairman Burkart calls for tax on immigration for businesses
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Read More »New understanding of tourism to ensure sustainable development
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Read More »Meyer Burger stops solar cell production in Colorado
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Read More »Unia: Gap between highest and lowest wages is widening
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Fight against skills shortage is insufficient, says Swiss audit office
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The federal government has been providing the economy with financial support for years to alleviate the shortage of skilled workers. In a new report, the Swiss Federal Audit Office concludes that these measures have only had a limited effect. There is still a need for action.
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Read More »Hero jams will soon be produced abroad
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Read More »Members of the Swiss Young Socialists party (JUSO) handing in the signatures for their initiative in Bern, February 8, 2024.
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Read More »Mexico is an ideal location both geographically and economically. New registrations from Swiss companies are currently the order of the day.
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Read More »Could stock market jitters be a symptom of deeper problems?
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Read More »Only one trio out of 30 finalists completed the course—a testament to the challenging task that demanded the utmost from horse and rider, overtaxing some of the duos.
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Swiss breast cancer screening quality varies across cantons
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The quality of breast cancer screening programmes in Switzerland varies from canton to canton. However, according to a study published on Tuesday, the results align with the European standard.
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Read More »UBS took over former rival Credit Suisse after the collapse of the latter in March 2023.
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UBS Group AG was asked by a powerful US lawmaker about whether the bank it acquired, Credit Suisse Group AG, failed to report an American accused of evading taxes on $350 million (CHF307 million) in income.
Senator Ron Wyden, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, asked in a letter whether Credit Suisse told US tax authorities about accounts held by Douglas Edelman, a former military contractor who sold $7 billion of jet fuel to the US for use in military campaigns in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
Edelman and his wife, Delphine Le Dain, were accused in an indictment unsealed July 3 of hiding his profits from the Internal Revenue
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The two countries plan to exchange financial data from 2027 to help both sides track down tax evaders.
A corresponding new agreement was signed in Bern on Thursday, Switzerland’s finance ministry announced, although Swiss law will have to be amended before the change can be implemented.
Switzerland currently provides information on financial accounts to the US but does not receive any data from the other side of the Atlantic. With the automatic exchange of information from 2027, Switzerland would continue to provide banking data as it has since summer 2014, but would also receive data from the US.
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Migros is slimming down further. A buyer has been found for Melectronics, the Group announced on Tuesday. The retailer also intends to divest further subsidiaries. This will result in additional redundancies.
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As is well known, the retail group Migros wants to free itself from its complicated structures and become leaner. Migros has now found a buyer for Melectronics: It is selling 20 of the 37 specialist electronics stores to Mediamarkt. The remaining 17 will be closed, as Migros announced in a press release on Tuesday.
According to Migros, the acquired stores will continue to operate under the Mediamarkt brand. This rebranding will take place in stages, in parallel with the
Low-tax and wealthy Zug is invariably a net contributor to the Swiss financial equalistion system. Keystone / Urs Flueeler
Redistribution payments between regions will rise by 4.8% to CHF6.2 billion ($6.91 billion) in 2025, the Federal Finance Administration (FFA) said on Tuesday.
According to provisional calculations, annual compensation payments to cantons with low resource potential – the main component of the equalisation scheme – will climb by CHF331 million (7.3%) next year to reach a total of CHF4.8 billion.
Some 60% of the total payments will be financed from federal coffers; richer cantons will provide the other 40%.
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Of the 26 cantons, Zug will contribute most, with a bill of over CHF431
The idea is to make cities in Ticino, such as Lugano, more attractive for top managers Keystone – Ats / Ti-Press
High incomes in the Swiss canton of Ticino will in future benefit from tax relief. A corresponding amendment to the law was approved by voters on Sunday. Compensatory measures for planned pension cuts for cantonal employees were also approved.
With a voter turnout of 49.32%, 60,581 Ticino residents voted in favour of the new tax law and 45,908 against, according to the state chancellery.
In addition to a reduction in the maximum income tax rate, the new tax law also adjusts inheritance and gift tax as well as the taxation of capital withdrawals from pension schemes.
The new law aims to reduce the top tax rate in six stages by 0.5% per year until 2030 –