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Education: Labeling vs. Tailoring

I recently had the opportunity to attend a homeschool resource fair at a small local school for the arts in my hometown. Every classroom and corridor was filled with tables covered in information about homeschool co-ops, clubs, private classes and teachers. Everything from ballet to robotics, art, woodworking, and every conceivable academic approach were represented by eager adults, excited to share their particular interest and expertise, and most...

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Switzerland’s Growing Online Gambling Ecosystem and the Rise of iGaming White Label Solutions

Switzerland is gaining recognition for something beyond its stunning landscapes and precision timepieces – its rapidly expanding online gambling industry. The remarkable growth in gaming platforms' popularity has been partly fueled by the adoption of igaming white label casino online solutions. These pre-built, fully licensed operational setups allow new ventures to launch their online casinos or sports betting sites swiftly.

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28 Stunden Studio – Album Ernst – Thomas Andreas Beck // Label @Medienmanufaktur Wien

Am 22.10.2022 wird das neue Album „Ernst“ im TAG - Theater an der Gumpendorferstraße live präsentiert. Über Nacht entstanden die Lieder - in einem ruhigen Fluss von Einspielungen, unter der Regie vom Produzenten Thomas Pronai & gemeinsam mit Georg Allacher. In der @cselleymuehle Oslip. Label @Medienmanufaktur Wien

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Swiss consumers want repair label on electronic appliances

No less than 98% of people polled by a consumer protection alliance are in favour of a labelling system that evaluates the repairability of electronic and household appliances. Most of them were also prepared to pay more for a product that offered specific repair guarantees.

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The labels that show how much more international retailers charge Swiss

To simplify labelling, many international retailers put recommended retail prices (RRP) for multiple nations on the same label, like the one below. The Swiss retail price premium laid bare.Labels such as these show how much more Swiss customers are being charged compared to customers in other countries.

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The US labels China a currency manipulator

The near-term impact will likely be limited but this is a clear negative for trade negotiations.Shortly after the renminbi’s sharp depreciation on Monday, the US Treasury Department labelled China a currency manipulator. This is the first time in 25 years that the US government has designated a country as a currency manipulator.According to the US Treasury Department, the decision was triggered by the perceived lack of action by the PBoC to resist...

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Downward Mobility Matters More Than Liberal-Conservative Labels

The real heresy here is the American economy is now rigged for downward mobility. In the conventional narrative, one's economic class is overshadowed by one's political belief structure: liberal, conservative, libertarian, etc. In terms of economic class, the conventional narrative divides people into their ideological beliefs about economic ideologies: free market capitalism, socialism, etc.

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Halal label on Swiss chocolate sparks controversy

Some consumers in Switzerland and abroad have been questioning the halal label on Toblerone chocolate bars. Although certified as halal in April, it was only this week that a small storm began brewing on social media – with some people calling for boycotts of the chocolate produced by Mondelez in Bern.

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Swiss Supermarkets Selling Products with no Country of Origin on Label

For example, a piece of farmed salmon will typically be labelled only with its country of origin, containing no information on what the fish has been fed. Contaminated fish feed can significantly push up the level of dioxins found in the fish’s fat. Mad cows disease is another example of how animal feed contaminated food.

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Wood not labelled properly in Switzerland

Five out of six Swiss companies selling wood or wooden products fail to declare the type and origin of the wood correctly – despite a legal requirement that has been in place since 2012. As the Federal Consumer Affairs Bureauexternal link announced on Tuesday, it conducted 120 inspections last year and found that only 17% of the audited companies had declared their products correctly.

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Defying Labels

Last month US Industrial Production rose rather quickly. Gaining more than 1.1% month-over-month, it might have appeared that the US economy once dragged into downturn by manufacturing and industry was finally about to experience its belated upturn. But frustration is how it has always gone, not just in this latest phase but for all phases since around 2011. Each good month is followed immediately by a disappointing one. What should be...

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Trump Is Set To Label China A “Currency Manipulator”: What Happens Then?

While China has been banging the nationalist drums in its government-owned tabloids, warning daily of the adverse consequences to the US from either a trade war, or from Trump's violating the "One China" policy, a more tangible concern for deteriorating relations between China and the US is that Trump could, and most likely will, brand China a currency manipulator shortly after taking over the the Oval Office.

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Sri Lanka’s heritage art of batik inspired a fashion label | The Economist

Designer Sonali Dharmawardena runs one of Sri Lanka’s fashion labels from her traditional workshop in Colombo. Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: http://econ.trib.al/rWl91R7 Passport is an original travel series for the intellectually and culturally curious, exploring some of the most exciting city destinations in the world. The insiders’ guide to each city …

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Die Notenbanken bleiben im Fokus: Marktausblick mit Stefan Breintner und Markus Koch September 2024

Marketing-Anzeige - #Zins #Zinssenkung #Märkte Der September startet sehr herbstlich: Sinkende Temperaturen werden begleitet von saisonalen Schwächen bei mäßigem Gegenwind. Gebannt blickt die Welt auf die kommenden US-Wahlen, deren Auswirkungen die Kapitalmärkte maßgeblich beeinflussen dürften. Die Kapitalmärkte blicken währenddessen gespannt auf die nächsten Zinsentscheidungen der Notenbanken in den USA und Europa. Dass die Zinsen sinken...

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How intelligent are safeguards against AI abuse?

Artificial intelligence is expected to have a big impact on people's lives. Keystone Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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Gold-Spezial September 2024

Marketing-Anzeige Eine derartige Rekordjagd hat #Gold selten erlebt: An über 20 Tagen im laufenden Jahr notierten die #Märkte bereits ein neues Allzeithoch. Das #Edelmetall stieg seit Jahresbeginn um über 20 Prozent, und erstmals kostete eine Feinunze mehr als 2.500 US-Dollar. Es lohnt sich der Frage nachzugehen, warum das passiert – und ob es so weitergeht. Mehr zum Thema Gold erfahren Sie im Interview mit Mario Künzel. ► Webseite:...

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Swiss Federal Railways reports lower profit, higher punctuality

Some 1.34 million people travel on Swiss federal railways every day. Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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Swiss Re sees demand for reinsurance rise amid natural disasters

Demand for reinsurance is rising amid more natural disasters, wars and economic instability Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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Swiss Federal Railways’ Monika Ribar: ‘I really wanted to get involved and achieve something great’ 

Ribar speaking at the company's annual media conference in March 2024. Keystone / Alessandro Della Valle Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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The Taboo Against Truth: Holocausts and Historians

“Speaking truth to power” is not easy when you support that power. Perhaps this is the reason why so few Western historians are willing to tell the whole truth about state crimes during this century.Last fall the Moscow News reported the discovery by two archaeologist-historians of mass graves at Kuropaty, near Minsk, in the Soviet republic of Byelorussia.  The scholars at first estimated that the victims numbered around 102,000, a figure that was...

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