Sweat Deal – Nestle sells its U.S. confectionery business to Ferrero for $2.8 billion

  Nestle is selling its U.S. confectionery business including Nestle Crunch, Butterfinger, Baby Ruth, Raisinets, Nips, Skinny Cow and Laffy Taffy.to Italia... »

SMI hits new record high on 5 January 2018

    On Friday 5 January 2018 the SMI increased 48 points or 0.50% to 9557.  The previous record for the SMI 20-stock index, which is unadjusted for di... »

Top performing Swiss Shares 2017

  Performance on the Swiss Stock Market was excellent in 2017 both on the  Swiss Market Index (SMI), the Swiss Blue Chips +14%, as well as the Swiss Perfor... »

Because no amount is ever enough

  A cautionary tale from our Austrian neighbours:   The sunny boy of the Austrian Government, ex-finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser, and others are o... »

Saudi Corruption Crackdown – 100 billion reasons for panic at Swiss Banks?

  Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s crackdown on corruption in Saudi Arabia may have serious repercussions for Swiss Banks that have not complied with reg... »

Secrets & Lies: The toxic culture of ‘Open Secrets’

  Open Secrets’ cannot exist if shareholders and stakeholders want to ensure that their companies are ethically squeaky clean and virtuously untouchable, w... »

crucif AI – Artificial Intelligence for detecting ethical deficits and dysfunctional behavior

WHISTLE-BLOWING: A civic duty

Enhanced Corporate Governance through Independent Oversight

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