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The CEO of Agnelli Holding, John Elkann, has strongly criticized the insurance industry. The chairman of reinsurer Swiss Re, Sergio Ermotti, immediately countered that criticism on muula.ch.

Credit Suisse is moving forward with the announced restructuring of its investment bank. But the deal with a U.S. firm is dragging on for years.

Organizations are supposed to keep a lot of secrets. But everything comes out at some point, as an example from the media industry shows.

The Swiss Alfred Büchi revolutionized drive technology. After 100 years the ABB Group found this no longer exciting, but it could be proven wrong.

Insurance group Zurich Insurance is on track for growth. However, there is a long hair in the soup.

The Swiss Life Group is losing momentum. Revenue growth in the first three quarters is analogous to the half-year. But one point must be of far more concern.

Valiant Bank has presented its quarterly results. The 1,000 employees significantly increased earnings across two positions.

Swiss financial institutions are coming under pressure from all sides. So not only is competition strengthening, but major shareholders are also likely to interfere – loudly.

Stock market guru Warren Buffett has presented the results for the third quarter from his holding Berkshire Hathaway. And the losses are horrendous.

The energy crisis and rising prices are putting bakeries under pressure. With a trick, they are now fighting the decline in sales.

It’s a tragedy when companies don’t have the right management. Now it turns out that investors can make a decision about that ahead of time, too.

The bank Credit Suisse recently announced its new strategy and parts of its quarterly report. Now it has published the full report and new problems are coming to light.

The whole world is talking about crisis and recession. Yet numerous Swiss companies are thriving and optimistic about the future, as examples show.

Credit Suisse is in a deep crisis. But the Swiss bank currently has little to fear from the Swiss stock exchange (SIX) in one important respect.

Lausanne-based insurer Vaudoise has made an offer to investors. What this entails, muula.ch investigates.

Discount retailer Aldi Suisse and airline Swiss are coming up with similar marketing ideas. Now they are fighting over the brands ‘Saveurs Suisses’ and ‘Swiss Saveurs’.

Last week the top director of the retailer Migros resigned. Now it is becoming clearer what, probably, actually happened, contrary to the official version.

Health insurer Visana has taken a step toward better cost management. The new partnership sounds really promising.

The world’s second largest reinsurer, Swiss Re, shows how difficult the situation is with its 9-month figures. The models signalled different values than reality then produced.

The German Lufthansa Group has presented its quarterly figures. A comparison of its subsidiaries shows whether the Swiss give the Germans more pleasure than the Austrians.

Telecom provider Swisscom had weaker nine months and adjusted its forecast downward on one figure. Owners are likely to cheer nonetheless.

Ralph Hamers, the CEO of the Swiss bank UBS, had formulated a new strategic goal. But exactly there is a major problem.

Swiss business news portal muula.ch took a critical look at a company’s half-year results. Now the CEO of the insurance group concerned is resigning.

The construction chemicals group Sika is a good example of how companies have to position themselves. Business is booming, even though the whole world is talking about a crisis.