AMERICAN FOOTBALL

The Valais is honored Wednesday. FC Sion commits this evening in his 11th Cup Final in Switzerland with a mission to prove that he is still the best team in the country. Pascal Couchepin, he may have started Tuesday in his last fight - the rescue of the AI - with the aim, says the press to leave the arena head high. 

Couchepin his last fight could have been thinking that in the new in particular, the event would be the days of the Cup final in Switzerland. But no. This last fight, the newspaper attributed to the Valais Pascal Couchepin, whose photo chosen to illustrate the front page focuses on a look that might seem worried behind his glasses with thin frames. The Nouvelliste evokes, like other dailies, the rumors of resignation, when the minister embarked on the rescue of the AI. Pascal Couchepin needs a win to finish in beauty and balance his personal balance sheet, says the commentary. And he found a measure to battle with rising Provisional VAT to remediate disability insurance. 

Another legend valaisanne ... The 11th Cup final played by Sion Switzerland, Wednesday night against Young Boys at the Stade de Suisse, feed Does the legend or does it mark the end of a legendary series? Sums Time. FC Sion ten victories in a row behind him. Thus, for the former State Councilor valaisan Thomas Burgener, FC Sion, along with the battles of the festival queens and cantonale bands, one of the few rallying centers of the Old Country. There is still a question posed 24 hours. How to maintain the myth of the invincibility of FC Sion? Meanwhile, the club president Christian Constantin has the myth of the tension. It is in fact more closely at a pressure, are the Tribune de Genève and 24 hours. And return to the suspicions of the President to the referee of the match which is put into question the integrity. Output which is not more to the liking of the author of the article, which speaks of power struggle with an enormous pressure placed on the shoulders of the referee. And our colleague recalled that sober cup final, the Zion of the time did not need that. 

Return to football with no money But yes. There was a time when there were no ads on the jerseys and around the lawn. At most, along the fence of the stadium. In the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, return to the Switzerland-England clash. It was in Basel on 20 May 1909. The English had won 9 to 0. Tonight, 20 May 2009, exactly a century later, will be as many goals? All-German newspapers have their eyes turned towards the climax of Switzerland. If Young Boys win, promises the Berner Zeitung, there will be a special edition of 12 pages which will be distributed across the capital two hours after the final whistle. The Mittelland Zeitung, she went to the boss in the Valais of this team which has won 10 finals out of 10! The reporter spent a day with Christian Constantin panting, the man who changed more often than coach Ferrari. FC Sion, a budget of 16 million appears to be a journalist Aargau toy next to the business of the architect, who weigh ten times more. And if Sion wins tonight? Premiums 15,000 francs were promised to each player, said the Mittelland Zeitung. 

Those pensioners who live on less than 700 francs "We live with 652 francs per month. On two pages, The Morning looks at the plight of some Swiss pensioners in the light of a survey conducted by Pro-Senectute. The combination sounds the alarm and goes to war against the clichés. No, retirees are not rich. A third of pensioners are surviving thanks to the AVS. The cycle of debt is never far away. It is within the elderly population that we see the differences the most important economic, explains sociologist Amélie Pilgram, co-authored the study. It adds just that much pasta as fresh produce is expensive. "This is not funny to finish his life with everything," summarizes a woman. 

And the bosses who trinquent ... Slim consolation for retirees to small incomes. The owners also shake belt, teaches us the same morning. The salaries of executives of Swiss companies listed on a stock exchange fell by 14% in 2008 because of the economic crisis. And UBS is registering the highest decline in wages of management and board with a drop of 74%. 

The trials of UBS concern to the Florida déboires UBS financial worry U.S. based in Florida, says Le Temps. Florida, center of tax evasion, is fear. Miami hosts the fund-rich South Americans seeking refuge. UBS and quite naturally one of its divisions have taken a position on the local market. It prospered. But since her troubles with the tax American business is complicated. His wealthy clients accuse the Swiss bank to have invested their savings in funds carried by the crisis. And other banks in Florida are concerned that the setbacks of UBS n'éveillent suspicions of foreign governments that require the light on their practices. The reader can also discover the lifestyle of recruiters responsible for UBS flush of rich clients. For international managers of UBS, the party continues. And we believe or not: a business card UBS Opens seem even doors in the United States. The Agefi offer him an interview with the french Budget Minister Eric Woerth, who warns: "If the Swiss bank secrecy include in their constitutions, it will cost them dearly." This sounds like a declaration of war, commented Jeremy Nieckowski. 

UK, with Jean-François Moulin and Simon Corthay, RSR