Ende Oktober dieses Jahres wurde die Free Speech Union Switzerland (FSUS) ins Leben gerufen. Ihr Ziel ist es, die Meinungsfreiheit in der Schweiz zu schützen und zu stärken. Als mitgliederbasierte Organisation bietet die FSUS ihren Mitgliedern Rechtsberatung und Unterstützung vor Gericht an, wenn sie von Zensur oder den Folgen der Cancel Culture betroffen sind. Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf der offiziellen Website: www.fsus.ch. Der Vorstand der FSUS setzt sich aus Professor...

Across much of the developed world, gender pay disparities all but disappear if comparisons are made like for like, looking at individuals doing the same function in the same company, according to Korn Ferry Hay Group research, which looked at 20 million salaries at 25,000 organizations in 100 nations. However, because of job and career differences women continue on average to earn less than men. Recent data published by Switzerland’s Federal Statistical Office (FSO) show this average pay...

After astounding achievements like performing seemingly-crazy and impossible feats of rocket engineering, making satellite internet service practical, rescuing social media from covert government censorship, and even managing to build battery-powered vehicles that are rather more useful and cool than golf carts, Musk slipped up and committed a colossal blunder recently. He took on an insurmountable challenge that even his extraordinary genius and indomitable will...

After astounding achievements like performing seemingly-crazy and impossible feats of rocket engineering, making satellite internet service practical, rescuing social media from covert government censorship, and even managing to build battery-powered vehicles that are rather more useful and cool than golf carts, Musk slipped up and committed a colossal blunder recently. He took on an insurmountable challenge that even his extraordinary genius and indomitable will...

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Electric heat pumps have a lower carbon footprint than gas and oil heating systems. They are more energy efficient, and, when gas, coal and oil electricity generation are eventually phased out of the grid, they will be close to emission free. However, the number of heat pumps being installed in Switzerland is falling, and the number of new gas and oil heating systems is on the rise, according to a report by RTS. Photo by Heiko Ruth on Pexels.comSo far in 2024, Swiss homeowners have...

Der unabhängige Finanzdienstleister smzh mit Sitz in Zürich meldet die Ernennung von Bekim Laski zum Chief Investment Officer (CIO) und Partner. Er arbeitete 25 Jahre lang für die UBS und die CS.

Zwei Ökonomen der Europäischen Zentralbank schiessen nicht zum ersten Mal gegen den Bitcoin. Der Bitcoin sei ein Vehikel für Kriminelle, habe keinen inneren Wert und lasse die Gesellschaft verarmen. Weshalb diese Thesen mit der Wirklichkeit nichts zu tun haben, erklärt Leon Curti in seinem Beitrag für finews.first.

Die Firma der Kommunikations-Spezialistin Brigitte Kaps will per Anfang Jahr mehr als nur einen Namenswechsel vollziehen. Aus «Rent a PR» wird neu «Kaps Advisory».

EUR/CHF mildly falls on Friday as markets digest Eurozone HICP inflation data for November.  The Euro weakens as it does little to change the outlook for interest rates , a key driver of FX valuations.  CHF gains marginally on stronger GDP growth data but hamstrung by comments for the SNB’s President Schlegel.  EUR/CHF edges lower to trade on the 0.9300 handle on Friday after the release of Eurozone inflation data continues to suggest European...