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Swiss national pride at record high: survey

Source: Reuters, Dec 11 2012, 9:14am CST

ZURICH (Reuters) - National pride in Switzerland, which has weathered the economic downturn much better than the neighboring euro zone, is at a record high, a survey showed on Tuesday. The poll of 1,000 voters conducted by research i ...

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Swiss lower house committee rejects U.S. tax deal again

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:31am CDT

1 of 3. Swiss Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (R) follows the vote in the Council of State on the Swiss - U.S. tax agreement in Bern June 19, 2013. BERNE (Reuters) - A Swiss parliamentary committee has again urged the lower h ...

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Source: Chrono24-Luxury Watches   |   Jun 19 2013, 8:33am CDT

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"A substantial proportion of the population believes that the Swiss economy is sound and that the euro crisis will not have a serious and sustained impact on the country"


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Swiss business lobby heads quit after pay vote debacle

Source: Reuters  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:21am CDT

* Swiss voters backed controls on executive pay in March ZURICH, June 19 (Reuters) - The two heads of the main Swiss business lobby Economiesuisse announced on Wednesday they were both stepping down after the organisation c ...

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Parliament re-instates medical practice limits

Source: Swissinfo  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:18am CDT

Doctors oversee a patient at the second-smallest hospital in Switzerland, in canton Graubünden. Many parts of rural Switzerland suffer from a doctor shortage (Keystone) Parliament has green-lighted renewed limits on the number of healthcare specia ...

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Switzerland's upper house backs deal to expose US tax dodgers

Source: Economic Times  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:11am CDT

GENEVA: Switzerland's upper house today again backed a deal with Washington to expose US tax dodgers and fine Swiss banks which helped hide their money, a day after G8 leaders agreed to chase cheats and corporate fiddles. The upper and lower ho ...

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Swiss lawmakers vote against tax deal with U.S.

Source: SmartBrief: CPA  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:40am CDT

Switzerland's House of Representatives voted 126 to 67 to reject a law that would allow banks to give some information on suspected tax evaders to U.S. tax authorities. Opponents said the measure violated Swi ...

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Switzerland, the Next Great Hockey Market?

Source: On the Forecheck, For Nashville Predators Fans  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:42am CDT

Sure, the Swiss lost in the World Championship final, but back home the fans were going coo-coo. - Martin Rose Snagging 1 in 7 viewers in the US would be the equivalent of 45 million viewers, a pretty phenomenal number. So what do you think, is ...

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At the G8, Switzerland is the elephant in the room

Source: New Statesman  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:24am CDT

Another day, another plea. This time the European Union official in charge of tax policy, Commissioner Algirdas Semeta, has tried to persuade Switzerland to agree to surrender bank data as part of a drive to combat tax evasion. Semeta’ ...

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Privacy officials raise concerns over Glass

Source: Swissinfo  |   Jun 19 2013, 5:10am CDT

Google co-founder Sergey Brin sporting the new Glass eyewear last February (Keystone) The Swiss data protection commissioner and government privacy officials from a handful of other countries have written to Google to rai ...

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