SNB to keep franc cap, may never need to exit it at all
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank is not expected to lift its lid on the Swiss franc until at least 2015, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, with some...
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Swatch fire seen affecting other watchmakers
ZURICH (Reuters) - A fire that destroyed a workshop at a Swatch Group factory will affect other watchmakers it supplies more than the Swiss firm itself, as a break in...
Disagreement on targets preceded Zurich CFO’s suicide
ZURICH (Reuters) - On August 14, Zurich Insurance chairman Josef Ackermann received financial chief Pierre Wauthier and head of investor relations James Quin at his office overlooking Lake Zurich to...
Modest start for Switzerland’s first drive-in ‘sex boxes’
ZURICH (Reuters) - Greeted by a press pack rather than prostitutes, the first customer to roll up to Switzerland's sex drive-in on opening night took one lap of the facility...
Modest start for Switzerland’s first drive-in ‘sex boxes’
ZURICH (Reuters) - Greeted by a press pack rather than prostitutes, the first customer to roll up to Switzerland's sex drive-in on opening night took one lap of the facility...
Marc Rich, ‘King of Oil’ pardoned by Clinton, dies
LUCERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Billionaire Marc Rich, who invented oil trading and was pardoned by President Bill Clinton over tax evasion, racketeering and busting sanctions with Iran, died on Wednesday...
Swiss take cue from EU members in corporate tax row
BERNE (Reuters) - Switzerland is considering corporate tax incentives as offered by countries like Belgium, Britain and the Netherlands as it bows to European Union pressure to scrap its own...
Transocean chairman voted out, Icahn dividend plan rejected
ZUG, Switzerland (Reuters) - Transocean Ltd shareholders voted out Chairman Michael Talbert at the annual meeting on Friday and backed a nominee of activist investor Carl Icahn to replace him...
Tom Ford unveils clothing line in London catwalk debut
LONDON (Reuters) - American designer Tom Ford unveiled his womenswear line to the world on Monday in a lavish London Fashion Week debut that will help seal the city's credentials...
British shoppers saying nay to meat after horse scandal
LONDON (Reuters) - The discovery of horsemeat in products sold as beef has shocked many British consumers into buying less meat, a survey showed on Monday. The furor, which erupted...