• The 2013 Swiss executive pay initiative of 2013 was a successful federal popular initiative in Switzerland to control executive pay of companies listed...
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  • referendums were held in Switzerland during 2013. Voters approved six proposals related to spatial planning, executive pay, family policy, amendments...
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    (minaret ban), 2010, 2012, 2013 (executive pay), 2014 (immigration), 2014 (convicted child sex offender work ban). Successful initiatives were thus quite rare...
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    Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France...
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    Wage ratio (redirect from Pay ratio)
    democratic vote. Switzerland: Popular Initiative "1:12 Initiative - For fair wages" [de; fr] was a Swiss referendum held on November 24, 2013, in an attempt...
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    for holiday homes 3 March 2013: provisions for the right of shareholders in Swiss public companies to determine executive pay 9 February 2014: principle...
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  • Voting in Switzerland (called votation) is the process by which Swiss citizens make decisions about governance and elect officials. The history of voting...
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  • referendums were held in Switzerland during 2016. On 28 February 2016, referendums were held on four initiatives: Popular initiative of 5 November 2012 "For...
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    join Yahoo. PayPal announced that Marcus would be succeeded by Dan Schulman, who previously served as CEO of Virgin Mobile and Executive vice president...
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  • Basler Kantonalbank (category Companies listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange)
    Kantonalbank (Basel Cantonal Bank) is a Swiss cantonal bank, one of the 24 cantonal banks serving Switzerland's 26 cantons, founded in 1899. In 2019, Basler...
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    Klaus Schwab (category CS1 Swiss High German-language sources (de-ch))
    Lutheran, Schwab was raised Catholic. Although having three Swiss grandparents and two Swiss brothers, he is a citizen of Germany and has declined multiple...
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  • 2021. 13.468 Initiative parlementaire: Mariage civil pour tous Archived 1 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Swiss Parliament "Swiss Greens pushing...
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    referendums were held in Switzerland on 13 February, 15 May and 25 September 2022. Swiss referendums take three forms: popular initiatives, which are citizen...
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    "Zurich Financial Services". This comprised the Swiss company "Zurich Allied AG", listed on the Swiss Market Index, and the British company "Allied Zurich...
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    World Economic Forum (category CS1 Swiss High German-language sources (de-ch))
    several hundred million Swiss francs and paying its executives salaries of around 1 million Swiss francs per year, would not pay any federal tax and moreover...
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  • collecting them, varies from one sovereign Swiss canton to another. First used in 1893, the federal popular initiative has gradually developed over time to...
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    German: [ˈnɛstlə] ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest...
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    Credit Suisse (redirect from Credit Swiss)
    pronunciation: [kʁe.di sɥis], lit. 'Swiss Credit') is a global investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland as a standalone firm but...
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    Logitech (category Companies listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange)
    all lowercase) is a Swiss multinational manufacturer of computer peripherals and software. Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, the company has offices...
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  • China's signature international program is the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). As of August 2023,[update] 215 cooperation documents have been signed with...
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  • 2017. Proponents of the initiative argued it was not fair for everyone to pay the fee regardless of whether they consumed Swiss Broadcasting Corporation...
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    2013 to 2019 Macleod was a member of the management board of New York-based Cornerstone Capital. Now he is Chairman of Griffin Law, a Non-Executive Director...
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  • Google Wallet (redirect from Android Pay)
    was introduced in 2011 before being merged with Android Pay into a new app called Google Pay in 2018. The old Wallet app, with its functionality reduced...
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    Andrea Orcel (category Bank presidents and chief executive officers)
    Lynch in 2012 to join Swiss investment bank UBS at the behest of its CEO, Sergio Ermotti. From 2012 to 2018, Orcel endured the 2013 Libor trading scandal...
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    federal administration of Switzerland, each Councillor heads one of the seven federal executive departments. The President of the Swiss Confederation chairs...
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    Other major initiatives undertaken by Cutler included establishing relationships in the technology sector and organizing boot camps for executives of companies...
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    Priya Hiranandani-Vandrevala (category Indian women business executives)
    India initiative in 2009, for creating awareness about mental health and providing support services. The foundation has implemented various initiatives, including...
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    line with the city's mid- and long-term cultural development goals. This initiative was launched during the 2016 Hong Kong edition of Art Basel. The first...
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    of L’Epée 1839, a Swiss manufacturer known for high-end clocks and horological creations. L’Epée 1839, based in Delémont, Switzerland, has been recognized...
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    in the federal Swiss Civil Code and locally through cantonal law. In December 2017, the Swiss parliament launched a standing initiative and expressed an...
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