 | 2011-10-06 11:02:16 Approximately 5,000 tax payers in Switzerland take advantage of the so-called ‘lump-sum taxation’ method, which offers significant tax advantages based on a flat-rate tax system. |
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 | 2011-10-06 10:03:36 Business Mir met with Mr. Johann Schneider-Amman, the Swiss Federal Councillor charged with heading the Federal Department for Economic Affairs, and interviewed him about his recent journey to the Swissrail Forum in Moscow as well as his views on Russo-Swiss relations. |
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 | 2011-10-06 09:27:42 As the old saying goes, you can’t dispute the facts. The steady increase in cooperation and development between Russia and Western nations is undeniable. |
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 | 2011-06-20 11:01:38 Irina Prokhorova is well known to art
lovers as she created the New
Literary Observer (NLO) magazine and
publishing house. She also co-founded
and heads the Mikhail Prokhorov
Foundation that is named after her
brother, the famous businessman
who founded ONEXIM. Mrs. Prokhorov
discussed the state of contemporary
Russian art, philanthropy's role in
developing and supporting Russian
culture as well as her foundation's
activities in an exclusive interview
with Business Mir. |
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 | 2011-06-20 11:35:58 The most urgent topic in recent
discussions and declarations
made by Russian leaders was
the national investment climate. This
problem has been the subject of lively
discussions day after day and experts,
economists and politicians have finally
agreed that the investment climate
is bad. Russia’s President Dmitry
Medvedev spoke even more bluntly
by stating “It is very bad. In 2010, the
business environment for many small
companies has grown even worse”. |
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 | 2011-06-20 12:07:17 Although Sergei Sobyanin was appointed the new mayor of Moscow
in October, 2010, he is a relatively unknown political figure to both
Muscovites and foreign observers. However, Sobyanin faces what seem
to be colossal challenges ahead as the new mayor following on the heels of Yuri Luzhkov's 18 year
reign. He must both justify the Kremlin's trust in him and secure long-term 'political stability'.
Sobyanin is furthermore confronted with the responsibilities of improving
Moscow’s disastrous road network as well as actively fighting
the corruption that plagues Russia's capital city... |
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 | 2011-06-20 12:26:46 The numerous attacks on Switzerland’s banking sector over the past few years worry the financial players concerned, and rightfully so. Swiss banks have reacted as best as they can by implementing measures ranging from increased vigilance regarding suspicious funds to reinforced data security while the banking sector awaits a new concession from the political arena… |
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 | 2011-06-20 12:49:55 Located on the border between French and German-speaking Switzerland, Fribourg Canton has been experiencing an economic boom over the past few years. Business Mir interviewed Beat Vonlanthen, Fribourg Canton's Minister for Economic Affairs and Employment, to discuss the factors driving the region's success. |
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 | 2011-06-20 13:16:17 Swissmem (Swiss Association of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Industries) is the largest and most widely recognized industrial trade association in Switzerland. Business Mir met with Swissmem's new chairman, Hans Hess, to learn more about Swissmem's origins and functions as well as its position on the Russian market. |
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 | 2011-06-20 13:26:42 Over the past few decades, Geneva has indisputably asserted itself as an international raw materials trading centre. An analysis of the reasons behind the city’s success, which is as much due to its privileged economic climate as it is to a bit of luck… |
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