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Antoine Martin: Swiss Credit Market Holds Up Amid Turbulence
finews.com
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August 22, 2025
The Swiss credit market has remained surprisingly resilient despite sweeping structural changes, Swiss National Bank (SNB) Vice President Antoine Martin said in Zurich on Thursday evening. Rising financing costs reflect several factors — but a...
Autonomous Robots Begin Food Deliveries in Zurich
Fintech News Switzerland
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August 22, 2025
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Switzerland News once a month in your Inbox Just Eat Takeaway.com has partnered with Swiss robotics company RIVR to pilot the use of autonomous ground robots for food deliveries. The company is the first...
Meta Revamps WhatsApp Business Pricing, Creating New Opportunities for Conversational AI and Commerce
Fintech News Switzerland
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August 22, 2025
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Switzerland News once a month in your Inbox Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, has revised how businesses are charged for using the WhatsApp Business Platform, making pricing more straightforward, cheaper...
Tokenization, Agentic AI Emerge as Top Trends in Financial Markets
Fintech News Switzerland
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August 22, 2025
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Switzerland News once a month in your Inbox Despite volatility and uncertainties, financial markets continue to innovate and adapt. According to a report by S&P Global, tokenization, artificial intelligence...
Around the Swiss Alps in a Porsche: following in the footsteps of 007
Irish Examiner
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August 23, 2025
“James Bond drove this,” I think as I approach the bottom of Switzerland’s Furkapass, a 2,429m-high col down which 007 was pursued by a glamorous blonde in a convertible Ford Mustang in the 1964 movie classic Goldfinger.Bond was in his famous...
Who is Andre Hoffmann? WEF interim co-chair, Swiss billionaire & big pharma heir advancing Agenda 2030, stakeholder economy
The Sociable
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August 22, 2025
Following the World Economic Forum (WEF) announcement to appoint interim co-chairs, much of the public focus has been on BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, but not so much on Andre Hoffmann, who is a Swiss billionaire and heir to the fifth largest...
Puck Pieterse forgoes Rwanda Road Worlds to focus on title defense at Mountain Bike World Championships in Switzerland
Cyclingnews
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August 22, 2025
U23 road world champion Puck Pieterse is no longer on the start list for the Netherlands at the UCI Road World Championships, as she has withdrawn from the elite women's lineup scheduled for September 21-28 in Kigalli, Rwanda. Pieterse, who turned...
On your bike! 20 really easy routes for the bank holiday
The Times
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With the sunshine set to hold a little longer, and a long weekend stretching out in front of us, it’s the perfect time to get on your bike for a peaceful cycle into the countryside. From a family-friendly canalside trail in Somerset to a former...
England to ring changes and ‘get everyone started’, says John Mitchell
The Guardian
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August 22, 2025
England should “get everyone started” across their 32-player Rugby World Cup squad in their opening two games, says the head coach, John Mitchell, who all but confirmed there will be a raft of changes to the Red Roses matchday XV to face Samoa...
Lord Swraj Paul obituary: Made his mark in UK for philanthropy, business acumen
The Federal
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August 23, 2025
Lord Swraj Paul, the Indian-born industrialist, first came to London in 1966 to find medical treatment for his three-year-old daughter Ambika, who was suffering from leukaemia. Unfortunately, little Ambika did not survive, but Swraj Paul decided...
England power past USA to start World Cup with dominant victory
Talking Rugby Union
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Player of the Match Ellie Kildunne chipped in with two tries for England ©Photo by Morgan Harlow - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images As opening acts go, this particular script was pretty much followed to a tee. A record crowd of 42,723...
Cartier Debuts First Airport Boutique In Switzerland At Zurich Airport
Luxferity
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New!See details Place Pre-order A Luxurious Oasis Amidst Global Travel As the latest jewel in Cartier’s expanding airport boutique network, Zurich’s Airside Center provides an ideal stage for the Maison’s unparalleled legacy. This strategic...
Celebrating one year of research at the Churchill Marine Observatory
University of Manitoba
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August 22, 2025
August 22, 2025 — August 27th, 2025 marks the first anniversary of the grand opening of the Churchill Marine Observatory (CMO). Both internal and international researchers have made use of the facility, which is led by Project Lead Dr. Feiyue Wang...
Crypto bank Amina appoints Apac and Hong Kong head
FinanceAsia
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Amina Bank, a Swiss FINMA-regulated crypto bank, has named Michael Benz as head of Amina Hong Kong and Asia Pacific (Apac). Based in Amina's Hong Kong office, Benz (pictured) has been tasked with spearheading Amina's Apac expansion and will report...
SWISS launches exclusive “First Grand Suite” for unparalleled privacy in the skies
Aviation24.be
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August 22, 2025
SWISS has unveiled the First Grand Suite, a new ultra-premium First Class product that transforms two adjoining suites into a private loft-like space in the sky. The suite can function as a bedroom, office, dining area, or meeting room, offering...
SWISS Adds Two-Part Luxury ‘Grand Suite’
Airline Geeks
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August 22, 2025
The offering will become available in 2026. [ News ]August 22, 2025 9:06 am ET By Zach Vasile Swiss International Air Lines this week unveiled a new premium product called the “First Grand Suite,” which combines two First Class suites into a...
Tajikistan was warned about the decline in gold prices. This will have a negative impact on the country's economy.
Asia Plus
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11:11, august 22Author: Payrav Chorshanbiyev, Asia-Plus In the next two years, the prices of precious metals on world markets may collapse. The projected decline in global gold prices in the coming years may negatively affect Tajikistan's economy,...
Precision and Presence: How Swiss Chronographs Transform Daily Mindfulness
Wellbeing Magazine
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August 22, 2025
In motorsport, timing precision can mean the difference between victory and defeat. A Formula 1 driver navigating Monaco’s treacherous corners relies on split-second timing decisions that would overwhelm most of us. Yet this same precision, when...
Swiss bank Safra Sarasin fined 3.5 million francs in 'Car Wash' probe
Yahoo Finance
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(adds dropped part of company name in third paragraph) ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland's attorney general has fined Swiss private bank J. Safra Sarasin SA 3.5 million Swiss francs ($4.3 million) under a years-long corruption and money laundering...
Swiss CEO salaries rose by 7% in 2024
Swissinfo
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August 22, 2025
Flemming Ornskov, head of the American-Swiss pharmaceutical company Galderma, was the highest paid CEO in 2024, earning CHF19 million. Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close...