Swiss remain competitive despite ratings slip
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Switzerland has slipped down another place in the global league of 'most competitive nations', but still ranks in the top ten.
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Sport: Britain's David Millar remained third in the Tour de France standings after some skilful climbing through the hills of Kent.
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Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse reported a 3.0-percent gain in underlying net earnings last year, in line with market expectations and despite big asset writedowns linked to current financial market turbulence.
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Business & money: Swiss bank takes hit in fourth quarter but substantially less affected by sub-prime crisis than rival UBS
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Switzerland's struggling national airline swung to a profit for the third quarter but pledged Tuesday to keep cutting costs as it felt the bite of high oil prices and competition from low-cost carriers in ...
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Switzerland could prove to be the toughest opponents in Ireland&#39;s qualifying group for the 2006 World Cup finals, manager Brian Kerr said on Tuesday.
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Credit Suisse shares rose on Tuesday amid hopes Switzerland's second-largest financial group will step up the pace of restructuring, prompted by a report that it is seeking buyers for its Winterthur insurance ...
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Business & money: Trade fair shows country is still world leader despite recalls and safety fears.
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Once again, the landlocked Swiss are masters of the ocean. The Alinghi team from Switzerland -- a country more often associated with Alpine skiing and mountain climbing -- successfully defended the venerable America's Cup yesterday, beating Emirates Team New Zealand by one second to win the best-of-nine series, 5-2.
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The far-right Swiss People's Party (SVP) shrugged off charges of racism in Switzerland's general election to consolidate its position as the strongest party in the country, preliminary results showed Monday.
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South Africa has moved up a spot on the World Economic Forumâs Global Competitiveness Index; SA is now 41 out of 104 countries ranked on the basis of competitiveness.
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The BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports on the Swiss mood after voters turned down plans to relax strict citizenship laws.
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Julia Mancuso slipped to second in the overall World Cup standings after Tanja Poutiainen won a giant slalom race yesterday and Nicole Hosp finished second in Zwiesel, Germany.
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The Swiss bank won't be the last to announce such a writedown.
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Swiss voters have rejected calls to use the central bank's profits to shoulder the growing burden of state retirement pensions, partial results from a national referendum and exit polls have shown.
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Strong results from Barclays (NYSE:BCS) on Tuesday offset news of further writedowns at Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS), helping European equities to a second session of gains.
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Switzerland is famous for its neutrality. It sat out both world wars. It's a refuge for international finance.