your current positioning consists of 22% in the United Kingdom, 21.5% in Japan, and 8% to 9% in each of France, Switzerland , Germany, and Australia. While contagion is certainly possible, it is still unlikely considering the accommodative stances
there is little value left;two-year German bonds trade at half the level of two-year U.S. Treasuries, and two-year Swiss government bonds even have negative yields. Given the adverse selection issues embedded in market-cap indices, GDP-weighted
focus on the many positives that could take this stock higher in the months and years to come: 1) Weatherford is based in Switzerland and it is a global provider of drilling-related services to oil and gas companies. While many U.S. based land drillers
LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - One of Dutch chemical group AkzoNobel's employee pension funds has signed a 1.4 billion pounds ($2.20 billion) deal with reinsurer Swiss Re to help it absorb the cost of...
That whoosh in the Swiss franc (nice pic here ) comes on rumors about a Swiss tax on bank deposits to come into effect on June 1. 1 comment!
the final straw to stir the ECB to action (then why wait until September?). Something is clearly up in the currency markets, where the euro has spiked higher vs. the dollar and, more interestingly, against the Swiss franc . 1 comment!
GENEVA, May 24 (Reuters) - Libyan-owned Tamoil's Swiss branch said it will spend "tens of millions" of Swiss francs on its Collombey refinery after cantonal authorities issued an ultimatum on a clean-up of the plant and threatened to force it to suspend operations.
GENEVA, May 24 (Reuters) - Swiss -based commodities trader Trafigura has formed a joint venture with U.S. aluminium producer Ormet Corp to acquire assets in bauxite, alumina and aluminium, they said...
GENEVA, May 24 (Reuters) - Libyan-owned Tamoil's Swiss branch said it will spend "tens of millions" of Swiss francs on its Collombey refinery after cantonal authorities issued an ultimatum on a clean-up of the plant and threatened to force it to suspend operations.
BRUSSELS, May 24 (Reuters) - Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli's chocolate rabbits are devoid of any distinctive character and cannot be registered as a trade mark in the European Union, the union's top court said on Thursday.