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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...
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,...
Political Propaganda and the Palette
Santa Fe New Mexican
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“Not all the mechanisms of repression in unfree societies are violent,” writes David Satter for the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Satter worked as the Moscow correspondent for the London Financial Times in the 1970s and early 1980s, and later...
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...
Malian doctor, Swiss-based NGO awarded Japan Hideyo Noguchi medical prize
Kyodo News+
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August 22, 2025
TOKYO - A doctor from Mali and a Swiss-based nonprofit organization received a Japanese government medical prize named after Hideyo Noguchi, a renowned bacteriologist, on Friday for their outstanding achievements in Africa. The fifth Hideyo...
More than 6 Million People in Switzerland Use TWINT
Financial IT
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August 22, 2025
TWINT, the Swiss payment app, surpassed the milestone of 6 million users in the middle of the year. This means that TWINT is being used more frequently than ever before and is making an important contribution to Switzerland’s digital sovereignty....
Medical equipment sector dampened by political uncertainty, say businesses
The Business Standard
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August 22, 2025
Highlights Bangla Med Expo 2025 features innovations from 120 medical, healthcare companies New medical tech on display includes an all-in-one blood testing machine and an automatic CPR device Bangladesh's medical equipment market was $442m in...
The OUTER LINE: UCI Safety Clash, Lizzy Banks Case, Vuelta 2025 & Maryland Classic
PezCycling News
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August 21, 2025
This week pro cycling delivered no shortage of drama both on and off the road. The UCI’s controversial rollout of its GPS-based rider tracking system sparked a major standoff with WorldTour teams, raising fresh questions about governance, safety,...
Pioneering the Next Wave of Bioscience Innovations & Opportunities: Trends & Dynamics of BIO Asia-Taiwan 2025
Biospectrum Asia
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August 21, 2025
Pioneering the Next Wave of Bioscience Innovations & Opportunities: Trends & Dynamics of BIO Asia-Taiwan 2025 August 22, 2025 | Friday | News | By Hithaishi C Bhaskar Taiwan's pivotal role in global healthcare and biotechnology, fostering...
The Council of the Swiss Abroad meets in Bern
Swissinfo
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August 22, 2025
This weekend, the Council of the Swiss Abroad is meeting at the Federal Palace in Bern as part of the "SwissCommunity Days". The meeting also marks the beginning of the new legislative period 2025-2029. This content was published on August 22,...
New start for the Council of the Swiss Abroad
Swissinfo
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August 22, 2025
Claudine Morier, Rolf Blaser, Simone Höch and Pascal Méan (left to right) are among the new delegates to the parliament of the Swiss Abroad. Swissinfo Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close...
Switzerland officially questions F-35A procurement after negotiations with US end without financial agreement
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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The Swiss Council therefore accepted that no fixed price can be secured, and it instructed the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) to examine alternative courses of action in depth by the end of November. Options will...
In the heart of London finance, Canary Wharf has become a swim spot
The Straits Times
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August 22, 2025
LONDON – On a warm Thursday evening in London’s Canary Wharf, crowds of bankers are smoking and drinking white wine and pints of lager outside the bars lining the waterfront as a flotilla of swimmers in brightly coloured caps bobs around the...
REPORT: Swiss Films Previews @ Locarno Pro 2025
Cineuropa
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22/08/2025 - At Locarno, Swiss Films presented previews of six features scheduled for release between late 2025 and early 2026, ranging from fictionalised biography to social critique Silent Rebellion by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo Like every year during...
Zurich, Liberty, Berkley, Charles Taylor, Howden Re: 12 APAC insurance people moves of the week
InsuranceAsia News
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August 22, 2025
InsuranceAsia News wraps up the people moves from the insurance industry in Asia this week. 1. Zurich Insurance names new CFO for Japan P&C Regina Wiedmann has been promoted to Zurich Insurance’s new chief financial officer for property and...
Swiss government predicts CHF845 million budget deficit in 2026
Swissinfo
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August 22, 2025
Spending is increasing by 5%, mainly due to the 13th state pension payment and the army budget, the Swiss government says. Keystone / Peter Klaunzer Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close...
Working on Sundays is detrimental to well-being, says Swiss study
Swissinfo
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August 22, 2025
Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence. Close Share The Swiss group "Alliance for Sunday" insists that this...
The Collapse Heard in Zurich, Reported in Antigua
I News Cayman
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August 22, 2025
The fall of Credit Suisse in 2023 was supposed to be a European story. A Swiss banking titan crumbled, $17 billion in Additional Tier 1 bonds vanished overnight, and regulators scrambled to justify the chaos. The narrative should have belonged to...
Safra Sarasin private bank and former asset manager sentenced
Swissinfo
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August 22, 2025
This conviction is linked to the international corruption case known as "Lava Jato", involving the Brazilian oil giant Petrobras. Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English...