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Business Style

Shock therapy

For the past 30 years and more, perhaps, the neoliberal model of capitalism has ruled supreme, promoting ultimate freedom in markets and the globalisation of finance to apparently deliver endless [...]

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Cream scene

Poets, philosophers, gurus and other thinkers have always suggested that the best way to combat age is to accept it, be yourself, enjoy the moment. But given the chance and [...]

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Health pie recut

Rising healthcare costs: that old chestnut of most countries’ political debate, which gets its fair share of recurrent press coverage – this one among them – has seen legions of [...]

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Meal deals

Recovery or not, 2010 was a tense year for everyone. The penny-pinching set off by the recession affected suppliers to big companies as well. And yet for the catering company [...]

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Geneva trader

Geneva is known for its wealth management industry, its hundreds of banks and independent asset managers, some large, some small, all huddled around the Rue du Rhône. Less well known [...]

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Trials and tribulations

As a youth, François Carrard used to practice breast stroke, but he did not become a swimmer. Instead, he followed in the family tradition and became a lawyer in 1967. [...]

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Just Rewards

The British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce Business Awards The British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (BSCC) this year launched its new Business Awards, advancing its mission to promote trade relations between Switzerland and [...]

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Bling boom

At first glance, the auctioning of diamonds might seem unimportant, and record-breaking proceeds just the price ultra-high-net-worth individuals are willing to pay to dump excess cash. But Swiss Style’s Lauriane [...]

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Executive maintenance

The benefits of progress are measurable, or so it seems. At times, however, the costs are high, human costs in particular, which is frequently ignored in the bottom line. Even [...]

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Growth project

New generations of leaders in a family enterprise can make or break the business. The job of balancing legacy products and services with the needs of a fickle market can [...]

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Mario Garnero Given ‘Global Innovation Award’

At a Ceremony held in London, Prize acknowledges Lifelong Commitment to Development by Brasilinvest´s Boss Mario Garnero, Chairman of Brasilinvest, Brazil’s pioneer merchant bank, was presented with the 2011 Global [...]

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Techno matchmaker

Back in the land of Arcadia, people would rely on barter economy and stay clear of any potentially hazardous cutting-edge technology, aware of the human capacity of turning sophistication into [...]

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Raising coin

The scapegoat, the Bible tells us, is an animal sent into the desert to carry away sins. Similarly, in many cultures, being charitable is a way of unburdening the soul. [...]

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The right stuff

A constant influx of individuals and companies taking up badly needed space in a tiny city has turned Geneva into a nightmare for many dwellers. Real estate companies can make [...]

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The big BRIC bricks

The media always seem surprised by sudden national manifestations like the emerging economies even though they were long in the making. And then comes the blind awe at the events. [...]

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Ringleaders

When two people decide to marry, the future of the union is as predictable as a game of blackjack. All hopes for permanence are often placed in a small but [...]

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Up close and personal

Each industry has its special rules demanded by product and user. Cosmetics, in particular at the high end of the market, are governed by various such forces as intimacy versus [...]

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Company on the couch

What’s good for the goose isn’t always good for the gander. When Meinrad Fleischmann moved from a clothing company to Pfister, a venerable but somewhat plodding furniture chain, he had [...]

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Foreign affairs

Every second franc in Switzerland is earned from export, they say. But a lot more is also being exported that cannot be calculated in francs and centimes and registered in [...]

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Pass it on…

Fiscal pressures, the search for talent, international expansion… family companies need to deal with a wide array of challenges. Without doubt, however, the most critical challenge involves generational change. More [...]

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