Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/910414/open_sms) Swissinfo talks to Herwig Shopper, former CERN director, the grandfather of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, who helped promote peace through a Middle Eastern science hub and has his qualms about the Nobel Prize. If Herwig Schopper has learned anything during his 100 years on Earth, it’s that breakthroughs only happen when we work together. Please read here this interview and the...

The Swiss are about to vote on a government plan to expand six stretches of the country’s A1 motorway. Right-wing politicians and an employer's organisation support the plan, saying there is too much congestion on the motorways, which harms the economy. Environmental organisations organised a referendum against expansion, which they believe will lead to more traffic. They think the budget would be better spent expanding the train network. Alexandra Andrist visited a stretch of the A1...

A divided nation goes to the polls today. As we wait to find out if Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will be the next US President, here’s a snippet from an interview we did over the summer. We asked Americans living in Switzerland what they think about the polarised political climate back home. Check out SWI swissinfo.ch to read more about this and what a Trump or Harris administration could mean for Switzerland. --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting...

Das Credit Research der ZKB hat seine Bonitätsnote für die UBS Group bestätigt. Sie liegt weiterhin leicht tiefer als die Ratings der internationalen Agenturen. Das hat nach Ansicht des Experten mit der Verteilung des Kapitals innerhalb der Konzerngruppe und den Migrationsrisiken zu tun.

Overview: A nervous calm hangs over the markets as the US goes to the polls. The proximity of the presidential contest warns that the results may not been known as soon as people hope. Indeed, many fear the voting simply begins the next phase of the contest, with premature declarations of victory and disputes over votes. The dollar is in mostly narrow ranges today, but the Antipodeans and Scandis are the strongest, and the Reserve Bank of Australia kept rates on...

Die Luzerner Kantonalbank hat die Nachfolge für die Kommunikation geregelt. Die neue Chefin bringt viel Erfahrung im Bereich Öffentlichkeitsarbeit mit. 

Derzeit zirkulieren vermehrt betrügerische E-Mails mit einem fingierten Absender der Finma. Damit würden vor allem Menschen ins Visier genommen, die zuvor bereits Opfer von Finanzbetrug geworden seien, warnt die Behörde.

The election is upon us. We wonder whether we have to have war, tariffs, and deficit spending, regardless of whom we support. What are we to do? Faced with the intractable problems of misgovernment, we need to look deeper. Following the great Murray Rothbard, we should ask, do we need a State at all? Rothbard’s answer was a clear “No.” And not only do we not need a State; the State is a menace.Following Franz Oppenheimer and Albert Jay Nock, Rothbard identified the...

Laut Mitteilung übernimmt Thomas Schöb ab 2025 die Unternehmensführung bei der Baloise Bank AG. Jürg Ritz wird ihm zunächst als Senior Consultant zur Seite stehen und im Anschluss in den Ruhestand gehen.

Laut Mitteilung übernimmt M&G Real Estate eine 65%ige Beteiligung an BauMont Real Estate Capital Limited, einem führenden europäischen Immobilienfondsmanager, der sich auf Value-Add-Investmentstrategien in Westeuropa spezialisiert hat.