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Lufthansa, cabin crew eye pay accord by November

Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) and the union representing cabin crew say they are confident they will reach an agreement in a protracted dispute over pay and pensions. The cabin crew union, UFO, representing about 19,000 flight attendants, opposes changes to company pension plans and has for more than a year been negotiating with Lufthansa over a new wage contract. “I’m convinced that we can find constructive solutions,” Lufthansa personnel chief Bettina Volkens

Swiss banks step up battle for Asia's super-rich

ZURICH/HONG KONG (Reuters) – UBS’s giant banner on Hong Kong’s One Peking Road skyscraper, so big it has drawn complaints for keeping solar panels in the shade, is a testament to the renewed push among Swiss banks to win business from Asia’s burgeoning ranks of millionaires. Switzerland’s wealth managers have long courted Asia’s super-rich amid slowing growth at home and an international crackdown on its bank secrecy rules that has

Swiss banks step up battle for Asia's super-rich

ZURICH/HONG KONG (Reuters) – UBS’s giant banner on Hong Kong’s One Peking Road skyscraper, so big it has drawn complaints for keeping solar panels in the shade, is a testament to the renewed push among Swiss banks to win business from Asia’s burgeoning ranks of millionaires. Switzerland’s wealth managers have long courted Asia’s super-rich amid slowing growth at home and an international crackdown on its bank secrecy rules that has

Swiss banks step up battle for Asia's super-rich

ZURICH/HONG KONG (Reuters) – UBS’s giant banner on Hong Kong’s One Peking Road skyscraper, so big it has drawn complaints for keeping solar panels in the shade, is a testament to the renewed push among Swiss banks to win business from Asia’s burgeoning ranks of millionaires. Switzerland’s wealth managers have long courted Asia’s super-rich amid slowing growth at home and an international crackdown on its bank secrecy rules that has