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  How to Build a Strategic Digital Presence: Advice for Early-Career Researchers
For early-career researchers (ECRs), building a digital research space can feel like another burden piled onto an already demanding schedule. The idea of online professional networking often evokes images of overwhelming social media feeds and...
    
  Gartner Recognizes Flowable in 2025 Magic Quadrant for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies
ZÜRICH, Switzerland – Flowable, a global provider of enterprise automation and orchestration software, has been recognized in the inaugural 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies. The Magic Quadrant...
    
  New Bern runoff races on Tuesday ballot
Election Day is nearing as voters will cast their ballots in the runoff races for New Bern mayor and the Ward 4 seat on the New Bern Board of Aldermen. The runoff races followed the results of the Oct. 7 nonpartisan municipal election where...
    
  Rethinking Urban Liveability to Prevent India’s Millionaire Migration
‘Millionaire migration,’ a trend in which many high-net-worth individuals leave their motherland to migrate abroad, has seen a disquieting rise in India recently. In 2023, 283,000 Indians with a net worth of over US$3 million left the country....
    
  Bank Negara says consultation, agreement with US Treasury in line with existing practice
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has said its close consultation and agreement with the US Treasury reflect existing practices and "do not in any way affect the ability to independently formulate monetary policy, or our ability to...
    
  Business News | Post Tariffs, US Trade Deficit Declined, but Grows with Top 5 Trade Partners Including India: SBI Report
New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): Post tariffs, trade deficit of United States declined by USD 42 billion but during the same period it has gone up by USD 9 billion with top five trading partners including India, noted a research report by the...
    
  10 Hottest Swiss Cloud Mining Services in 2025: Definitive List and Insights
As the cryptocurrency market expands in 2025, cloud mining is becoming a popular and legally compliant way to earn passive crypto income—without the cost of hardware or high electricity bills. Switzerland stands out as a key hub, backed by clear...
    
  Sheikh Khaled arrives in South Korea to attend major economic summit
Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has arrived in South Korea to attend a key economic summit. He will lead an Emirati delegation, on behalf of President Sheikh Mohamed, at the two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec)...
The Solution to Europe’s AI Problem Is Hiding in Plain Sight
It was over a swanky lunch in Mayfair in 2013 that a local venture capital investor reality-checked the ambitions of what was once Europe’s most important AI company. In between bites of Cantonese cuisine, the founders of DeepMind were telling...
Switzerland is the most competitive country in the world
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 06:30 Switzerland has been named the world’s most competitive country in a new global ranking by consulting firm Eight Advisory. Out of 58 nations assessed on the economy, education, sustainability, and social cohesion,...
Basel high SUV parking rates 'excessive'
Tuesday, 4 November 2025 06:30 file image A heated dispute is unfolding in Basel over parking fees. Since the start of the year, the price now depends on the length of their car, leading to increases of up to 80 percent - and up to 160 percent by...
    
  People Moves: Tiesi Joins Canopius as US Head of Financial Lines
John Tiesi Canopius Group, headquartered in Chicago, named John Tiesi as U.S. Head of Financial Lines. Tiesi leads the financial lines portfolio across Canopius’ U.S. operations. Tiesi has over 25 years of experience in financial and professional...
    
  AI boom sparks concern over data-centre power and water use in Switzerland
Artificial intelligence is not only consuming attention—it is also consuming electricity and water. A surge in AI activity has driven up demand for data-centre capacity across Europe, and the Swiss are increasingly uneasy about its environmental...
Nordic bank that once shunned crypto to soon offer a Bitcoin ETP
Scandinavia’s largest bank, Nordea, has shifted its stance on crypto in the face of growing adoption and regulatory clarity, announcing its customers can access an external Bitcoin-linked exchange-traded product (ETP) in December. The Bitcoin ETP,...
HiSEAS International Joins WTTC as Global Member at WTM
Breadcrumb Trail Links Newsfile Article content London, United Kingdom–(Newsfile Corp. – November 4, 2025) – HiSEAS International, a leading global tech-powered Destination Management Company (DMC), is proud to join the World Travel & Tourism...
    
  Tech manufacturer TT Electronics set to be taken over by Swiss rival
A tech manufacturer with a plant in Northumberland is set to be taken over by a Swiss rival as part of a £287m cash and shares deal. The board of TT Electronics, has agreed to a takeover by Cicor Technologies in a deal which will give shareholders...
    
  Gopichand Hinduja, chairman of Hinduja Group and richest man in UK, passes away at 85
Gopichand Hinduja had been the chairman of the Hinduja Group since May 2023. Gopichand Parmanand Hinduja, the Hinduja Group Chairman, passed away at the age of 85 in London on Tuesday. He was popularly known as GP Hinduja. He had been unwell for...
    
  Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Switzerland’s Angry Strings
There may be no more beautiful place in the world than Basel, Switzerland, and indeed, the bluegrass band that calls itself Angry Strings knows that all too well. The city is located on the Rhine River which divides Germany and France, and that’s...
    
  Grant Thornton adds New Zealand firm
Grant Thornton Advisors is adding Grant Thornton New Zealand to its multinational platform, extending its reach into the Asia Pacific region. The New Zealand firm has over $40 million in revenue and more than 300 employees. The deal is expected to...
    
  From JP Morgan to Zurich: How HBZ’s Sheheryar Rasul is redefining value for the ultra-wealthy
Image credit: Supplied As global wealth shifts generations, Sheheryar I. Rasul, Group Wealth Management head and country head, Switzerland Habib Bank AG Zurich, explains how trust, technology, and cultural insight are reshaping client...