Swiss Unions

Tens of thousands of jobs could disappear in Switzerland following UBS's emergency takeover of its troubled rival Credit Suisse, observers warned Tuesday, as unions demanded a rescue package for banking staff.

Zurich Airport International AG will soon be applying to Union Ministry of Home Affairs for security clearance as it plans to begin construction of the Jewar airport this year, officials said on Wednesday.

The Congress delivered a stinging comeback to union ministers Arun Jaitley and Piyush Goyal who have said it was wrong to assume that all money in Swiss Banks was black money.

India will get all data from black money from Switzerland by the end of fiscal 2019, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said today, a day after the central European nation released data that showed money parked by Indians in Swiss banks rose over 50 per cent to 1.01 billion Swiss francs (Rs 7,000 crore) in 2017.

PM Modi, accompanied by six union ministers, will be in Davos on January 22-23 to attend the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting, where he will give the opening plenary.

Union Minister KJ Alphons visited an injured Swiss couple, who were allegedly attacked in Agra's Fatehpur Sikri by a group of youths, at Apollo Hospital here today, an official statement said.

Yogi Adityanath made his first visit as Chief Minister to the country's most popular tourist spot today - he visited the Taj Mahal amid extensive commentary against the 17th century monument by several leaders from his party, the BJP, and asserted, "Why get into who built the Taj and why? What is important is that it was built with the labour of In...

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and heads of central banks from across the world got into a huddle today in this Swiss town as Britain's vote to exit European Union gave an early morning shock to the financial markets globally.

Switzerland's central bank held fire on tinkering with record-low negative interest rates on Thursday, keeping its powder dry should a British vote next week to leave the European Union spark a flood into the Swiss franc.

Gold hit a near four week high early Monday, supported by weaker Asian stocks as investors turned towards safe haven-assets ahead of this week's central bank meetings and Britain's June 23 referendum on its European Union membership.

Government today rejected suggestions that the five-month ban Swiss giant Nestle's Maggi noodles was in retaliation to the European Union's clampdown on marketing of 700 generic drugs for alleged manipulation of clinical trials by GVK Bio.

More than 700 foreign strippers received a special Swiss work permit in 2015, the last issued in a controversial programme that expires on January 1, the immigration office said today.

Switzerland votes for a new parliament today, with the populist right expected to strengthen its already dominant position amid concerns over migrants and asylum rules.

Swiss food giant Nestle failed Wednesday in a bid to get the EU's top court to let it trademark the shape of its four-fingered Kit Kat chocolate bar in Britain.

Swiss food giant Nestle is being sued in the United States for allegedly knowingly allowing its Fancy Feast cat food to contain fish from a Thai supplier that uses slave labor.

Tens of thousands of jobs could disappear in Switzerland following UBS's emergency takeover of its troubled rival Credit Suisse, observers warned Tuesday, as unions demanded a rescue package for banking staff.

Zurich Airport International AG will soon be applying to Union Ministry of Home Affairs for security clearance as it plans to begin construction of the Jewar airport this year, officials said on Wednesday.

The Congress delivered a stinging comeback to union ministers Arun Jaitley and Piyush Goyal who have said it was wrong to assume that all money in Swiss Banks was black money.

India will get all data from black money from Switzerland by the end of fiscal 2019, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said today, a day after the central European nation released data that showed money parked by Indians in Swiss banks rose over 50 per cent to 1.01 billion Swiss francs (Rs 7,000 crore) in 2017.

PM Modi, accompanied by six union ministers, will be in Davos on January 22-23 to attend the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting, where he will give the opening plenary.

Union Minister KJ Alphons visited an injured Swiss couple, who were allegedly attacked in Agra's Fatehpur Sikri by a group of youths, at Apollo Hospital here today, an official statement said.

Yogi Adityanath made his first visit as Chief Minister to the country's most popular tourist spot today - he visited the Taj Mahal amid extensive commentary against the 17th century monument by several leaders from his party, the BJP, and asserted, "Why get into who built the Taj and why? What is important is that it was built with the labour of In...

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and heads of central banks from across the world got into a huddle today in this Swiss town as Britain's vote to exit European Union gave an early morning shock to the financial markets globally.

Switzerland's central bank held fire on tinkering with record-low negative interest rates on Thursday, keeping its powder dry should a British vote next week to leave the European Union spark a flood into the Swiss franc.

Gold hit a near four week high early Monday, supported by weaker Asian stocks as investors turned towards safe haven-assets ahead of this week's central bank meetings and Britain's June 23 referendum on its European Union membership.

Government today rejected suggestions that the five-month ban Swiss giant Nestle's Maggi noodles was in retaliation to the European Union's clampdown on marketing of 700 generic drugs for alleged manipulation of clinical trials by GVK Bio.

More than 700 foreign strippers received a special Swiss work permit in 2015, the last issued in a controversial programme that expires on January 1, the immigration office said today.

Switzerland votes for a new parliament today, with the populist right expected to strengthen its already dominant position amid concerns over migrants and asylum rules.

Swiss food giant Nestle failed Wednesday in a bid to get the EU's top court to let it trademark the shape of its four-fingered Kit Kat chocolate bar in Britain.

Swiss food giant Nestle is being sued in the United States for allegedly knowingly allowing its Fancy Feast cat food to contain fish from a Thai supplier that uses slave labor.