share Security that embodies a share in the capital of a stock corporation. It guarantees the owner membership rights (voting and election rights at the general assembly) and property rights (right to a share in profits, participation quota in capital increases or in the liquidation result). All articles on this technical term – Capital assets … Read more
The rise in mortgage interest rates in the first quarter brought to mind a truism that was almost forgotten: interest rate lows don’t last forever. The upward trend came to a standstill in April and there are no signs that the Swiss National Bank will raise the key interest rate in the next two years. … Read more
(AWP) Relief partner NeuroRx has achieved the set goals in its phase IIb / III study with Zyesami (aviptadil acetate). As the US company announced on Monday, the drug was administered intravenously to seriously ill patients who were infected with Covid-19. Thus, across all patients and locations, Zyesami achieved the goal of successful recovery from … Read more
(AWP) The real estate company Hiag (HIAG 104.50 -0.95%) returned to the black last year and wants to pay out a dividend again. The company is confident about 2021. Operationally, Hiag 2020 went well. The site developer achieved a profit of 55.2 million francs after a minus of 70.7 million in the previous year, as … Read more
New York wears mask. Whether at Whole Foods in Gowanus, at the fresh market in Carroll Gardens or while jogging along the piers on the East River: respiratory masks are part of the cityscape these days. Carrying is not compulsory. But Mayor Bill de Blasio suggests it. Because the city is still in the eye … Read more
Rats run across the tracks. Waste flows in a trickle between the rails. And the tiles fall down from the walls. The New York subway is an impertinence. Not just because of the cleanliness. Trains get stuck in tunnels, stop operating in the middle of Brooklyn and, contrary to the timetable, do not go to … Read more
Anyone who takes out a mortgage should also deal with the amortization. Should the loan be held until the end and then refinanced? Or should the debt be repaid during the contract? Repayment is usually mandatory abroad. Switzerland gives the debtor more leeway. With one exception: second mortgages. They are taken out when the legally … Read more
Here he is, he can’t help it: George Washington. Since 1882, in bronze, opposite the world’s leading stock exchange. At the place where he swore the first oath of office on April 30, 1789, in what was then Federal Hall on Wall Street. “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere,” sang Frank … Read more
The gentlemen strike an unusually sharp tone. “Apple has every reason to abuse its dominant platform to hinder our apps and their functions,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently told analysts. The attacked countered: “What on earth should speak for misleading the user?” Said Apple CEO Tim Cook. The tensions between Apple and Facebook go back … Read more
(AWP) The Bossard Group achieved significantly less sales in 2020 than in the previous year. The fault was not only the corona-related slump in spring, but also the strong franc to a large extent. In the fourth quarter, however, the company returned to the growth zone. Specifically, sales in 2020 fell by 7.2% to CHF … Read more