GenevaLunch » 2010 http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Swiss freight transport rose in 2010, latest figures showhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/19/swiss-freight-transport-rose-in-2010-latest-figures-show/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/19/swiss-freight-transport-rose-in-2010-latest-figures-show/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:41:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65415 GenevaLunch.com NEUCHATEL, SWITZERLAND – Freight carried by road and rail increased by 2 percent in 2010, showing some recovery after a 9 percent drop due to the faltering economy in 2009. The new figures are the most recent annual ones for the industry, published by the Swiss Statistical Office in Neuchatel.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/19/swiss-freight-transport-rose-in-2010-latest-figures-show/feed/ 0 Women lag 18% behind men for Swiss salaries: new stats show devil in the detailhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/28/women-lag-18-behind-men-for-swiss-salaries-new-stats-show-devil-in-the-detail/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/28/women-lag-18-behind-men-for-swiss-salaries-new-stats-show-devil-in-the-detail/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:14:50 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64161 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Statistical Offices new figures for average earnings in Switzerland show women making barely any progress in catching up with men for equal pay. The average salary in 2010 was CHF5,979, but the spread was large: women made on average  CHF5221 and men CHF6,397. Differences are explained to some extent [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/28/women-lag-18-behind-men-for-swiss-salaries-new-stats-show-devil-in-the-detail/feed/ 0 Swiss pension plans in slightly better shape, but 10.5% short of full coveragehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/04/swiss-pension-plans-in-slightly-better-shape-but-10-5-short-of-full-coverage/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/04/swiss-pension-plans-in-slightly-better-shape-but-10-5-short-of-full-coverage/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:55:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62064 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s 3,100 pension plans, of which 90 are public, were in slightly better shape at the end of 2010 than a year earlier, but 10.5 percent of them are not fully covered, and that figure is likely to rise for 2011. The Swiss surveillance body for pensions and foundations says, in its [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/04/swiss-pension-plans-in-slightly-better-shape-but-10-5-short-of-full-coverage/feed/ 0 Swiss central bank lays out exchange rates for past yearhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/03/swiss-central-bank-lays-out-exchange-rates-for-past-year/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/03/swiss-central-bank-lays-out-exchange-rates-for-past-year/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:57:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62033 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss National Bank 3 October published a table of the path the Swiss franc has taken against several key currencies since July 2010, showing clearly its dramatic rise. Against the euro, the rate has shifted from CHF1.3471 to CHF1.20 in 15 months and against sterling from CHF1.6111 to CHF1.3768. The dollar [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/03/swiss-central-bank-lays-out-exchange-rates-for-past-year/feed/ 0 Swiss population inches up 1%, twice as many women as men by 85http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/28/swiss-population-inches-up-1-twice-as-many-women-as-men-by-85/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/28/swiss-population-inches-up-1-twice-as-many-women-as-men-by-85/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:26:26 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57038 GenevaLunch.com Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Swiss resident population in 2010 reached 7,866,500, an increase of 80,700, according to preliminary figures published by the Swiss Statistical Office in Neuchatel 28 April. The 1 percent annual growth was comparable to the previous year’s. It includes the Swiss population as well as all resident foreigners except those with [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/28/swiss-population-inches-up-1-twice-as-many-women-as-men-by-85/feed/ 0 Swiss Timing caught in murky web of Commonwealth Games scandalhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/27/swiss-timing-caught-in-murky-web-of-commonwealth-games-scandal/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/27/swiss-timing-caught-in-murky-web-of-commonwealth-games-scandal/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:07:49 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56975 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Barely a whiff of the scandal has reached Switzerland, but it’s top of the news in India this week, and UK media have been following it with interest: the former head of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi (CWG) in October 2010, Suresh Kalmadi, was arrested Monday 25 April and appeared in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/27/swiss-timing-caught-in-murky-web-of-commonwealth-games-scandal/feed/ 2 Rough day for Europe: debt stats out, Schengen reforms demandedhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/26/rough-day-for-europe-debt-stats-out-schengen-reforms-demanded/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/26/rough-day-for-europe-debt-stats-out-schengen-reforms-demanded/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:43:31 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56940 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The European Union’s frayed edges were showing Tuesday 26 April as governments and their citizens absorbed the newly published figures for sovereign debt and deficits, some worse than expected, while Italy and France called for reforms of Schengen rules in the face of massive immigration from North Africa. Eurostat, the statistical [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/26/rough-day-for-europe-debt-stats-out-schengen-reforms-demanded/feed/ 0 Geneva airport passenger numbers continue to climb (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/18/geneva-airport-passenger-numbers-continue-to-climb-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/18/geneva-airport-passenger-numbers-continue-to-climb-update/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:45:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56695 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Sale of CHF320 million and a profit of nearly CHF49m have given Geneva’s international airport a record year for 2010. The airport published the figures 18 April. Passenger numbers were up 4.91 percent for the year to 11.88 million, despite winter storms and volcanic ashes in the first part of 2010. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/18/geneva-airport-passenger-numbers-continue-to-climb-update/feed/ 0 Wages inched up in Switzerland in 2010, but so did inflationhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/08/wages-inched-up-in-switzerland-in-2010-but-so-did-inflation/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/08/wages-inched-up-in-switzerland-in-2010-but-so-did-inflation/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:50:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56330 GenevaLunch.com Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - There wasn’t a lot left over for additional spending in 2010, in Swiss households, despite wages inching up by 0.8 percent. Inflation also rose by a whiff, 0.7 percent, leaving a small improvement of 0.1 percent. A monthly salary of CHF10,000 would thus have seen a real improvement of CHF100 in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/08/wages-inched-up-in-switzerland-in-2010-but-so-did-inflation/feed/ 0 Swiss Post profits up 25%: package business strong, new clientshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/31/swiss-post-profits-up-25-package-business-strong-new-clients/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/31/swiss-post-profits-up-25-package-business-strong-new-clients/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:24:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55958 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – More packages are being sent in Switzerland, the letter business remains strong and more people are switching their banking to Post Finance, says Swiss Post. The result is higher profits for 2010, up from CHF728 million in 2009 to CHF910 in 2010, a 25 percent increase. Revenues (operating income) were CHF8.36 [...]

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