Thursday 18th March, 2010
Swiss Market Index Rises At Midday
MENAFNThe Swiss Market Index (SMI) was trading higher by midday by 2.11 points or 0.03% at 6894.12 at 08:06 EST; the index opened the session today at 6876.91 and recorded its highest at 6897.62 and the low...
Israeli Customers' Details Stolen From Hsbc Switzerland
GlobesHSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA, the Swiss arm of HSBC Holdings plc () reported last week that one of its former information technology division employees had stolen information and details about 24,000...
Report: Libyan Fm Says Swiss Gov Is Not Serious
Boston HeraldG ENEVA — Libya’s Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa says the Swiss government fails to take seriously the diplomatic crisis with Tripoli over the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Koussa...
Swiss Offer Firms Haven From British Tax Hikes
Swiss InfoOver the past few months prime British companies and high earners have reportedly threatened to pick up sticks and relocate to Switzerland to avoid rising taxes.
Nestle To Invest 75 Million Liras In Turkey
Turkish Daily NewsMARKET SHARE: Nestle breakfast cereal has a 60 percent share of the Turkish market, according to Dr Hans Ulrich Mayer, board chairman of Nestle Turkey. AFP photo
Continued Fall In Production And Sales Number In Swiss Industry
MENAFN(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The Swiss federal office of statistics announced on Thursday that the course of business of Swiss industry in the 4th quarter of 2009 was once again negative, alth...
Swiss Exports See Increased Demand In Asia, North America
MENAFN(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) Swiss exports were up a nominal 3.3 per cent inFebruary while imports showed a retreat of 0.9 per cent, governmentdata released Thursday showed, according to dpa.In real ...
Bermuda Concludes Cooperation Agreement With Swiss Regulators
Insurance JournalArticle Reprints The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has exchanged Letters of Cooperation with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). The Letters "formally establish the basis for ...
Hunger-striking Asylum Seeker Dies In Zurich
Earth TimesGeneva - A Nigerian asylum seeker who had gone on a hunger strike to protest against his expulsion from Switzerland died during his deportation, officials said Thursday. The 29-year-old man died Wedne...
<font Color="#996633" Face="times New Roman,times,times Newroman">swiss Banking Lobby Criticizes Us Anti-tax Evasion Bill</font>
Morning Star(Dow Jones--Switzerland's banking lobby Thursday criticized the U.S. Senate's passage of legislation which requires foreign banks to cooperate with U.S. tax authorities on fighting tax evasion.
<font Color="#996633" Face="times New Roman,times,times Newroman">nestle Drops Indonesia's Sinar Mas As Palm Oil Supplier</font>
Morning Star(SMAR.JK) as a supplier of palm oil, after environmental group Greenpeace led protests accusing the latter of destroying Indonesian rainforests.
Swiss Economic Expectations Rise In March
Quote.com(RTTNews) - Thursday, the latest financial market test carried out monthly by the Centre for European Economic Research, or ZEW, in cooperation with Credit Suisse showed that economic sentiment for S...
Nestle Drops Palm Oil From Indonesian Supplier On Greenpeace Report+
BreitbartJAKARTA, March 18 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The world's largest food and beverage company Nestle has cut direct contracts to buy palm oil from Indonesia's largest producer Sinar Mas following a report by ...
Libya Welcomes Gaddafi Photo Compensation Offer
Swiss InfoImage Caption: Geneva's cantonal president, François Longchamp, says the Tribune de Genève was ultimately responsible for publishing the photo of Hannibal (Keystone)
Swiss Exports See Increased Demand In Asia, North America - Summary
Earth TimesGeneva - Swiss exports were up a nominal 3.3 per cent in February while imports showed a retreat of 0.9 per cent, government data released Thursday showed. In real terms, corrected for inflation, the ...
Swiss Watch Exports Up 14 Per Cent In February
Earth TimesGeneva - Swiss watch exports increased 14.2 per cent in February, compared to the same month last year, according to data released Thursday by the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. Wristwatches ...
Double Package Presented To Cap Manager Pay
Swiss InfoInitiative The initiative to put an end to excessive executive pay and boost shareholder rights was handed in with more than 118,000 signatures in 2008. A nationwide ballot on the issue is expected ne...
Watch Industry Hopes To Strike It Lucky In 2010
Swiss InfoAfter a crisis-hit 2009, the Swiss watch industry is feeling more optimistic about this year as it gathers at Baselworld, the largest global watch and jewellery fair.
Swiss Upper House Approves 5 Bank Data Deals
RTEThe Swiss parliament's upper house has approved deals with the US and four other countries to share data on potential tax dodgers, bringing the Alpine state closer in line with international standards...
Swiss Chocolate-maker Lindt Posts Profit Plunge In Economic Crisis
The China PostGENEVA -- Swiss chocolate-maker Lindt and Spruengli on Thursday said its full-year profits plunged by over a third as the economic crisis quashed demand for premium chocolates. Currency fluctuations a...
Nestle Drops Palm Oil Supplier
New Zealand HeraldNestle says it has dumped an Indonesian palm oil supplier due to concerns about the company's environmental record. The announcement comes a day after Greenpeace released a report which looked into h...
Nestle Nz Makes Palm Oil Pledge
Newstalk ZBLast night Greenpeace released a report revealing the food company is using Indonesian palm oil in products like Kit Kats. Nestle spokesman Maurice Gunnell says the company has today committed to use...
Nestle 'pulled Greenpeace Youtube Ad'
The Courier MailGREENPEACE has accused the world's leading food and drinks company, Nestlé, of having an ad featuring an office worker eating orang-utan fingers removed from YouTube.
Nestle 'pulled Greenpeace Youtube Ad'
The Daily TelegraphGREENPEACE has accused the world's leading food and drinks company, Nestlé, of having an ad featuring an office worker eating orang-utan fingers removed from YouTube.
Nestle 'pulled Greenpeace Youtube Ad'
The Daily TelegraphGREENPEACE has accused the world's leading food and drinks company, Nestlé, of having an ad featuring an office worker eating orang-utan fingers removed from YouTube.
Nestle 'pulled Greenpeace Youtube Ad'
News.com.auGREENPEACE has accused the world's leading food and drinks company, Nestlé, of having an ad featuring an office worker eating orang-utan fingers removed from YouTube.
Switzerland Set To Increase Presence In Australia
Travel BlackboardAustralians are set to learn a lot more about Switzerland this year as the European country’s tourism body sets up a permanent office in Sydney. Speaking to
Torture Expert Blasts Human Rights Council
Swiss InfoTorture and secret prisons are “global phenomena” that are not being taken seriously by the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council, warns a UN expert.
Libya Welcomes Gaddafi Compensation Offer By Swiss
World BulletinA top Libyan official on Wednesday welcomed as a "step forward" a call by Swiss officials for damages to be paid to a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who was arrested in Geneva in 2008....
Politicians Present Two Options For Manager Pay
Swiss InfoThe House of Representatives on Wednesday came out in favour of an initiative to end large bonus payments and give a greater say to shareholders, but also agreed to present a slightly less restrictive...
Special Report: Watches: Gears Mesh Again For Swiss Exports
International Herald TribuneBASEL, SWITZERLAND — In the fat years, large-faced, chunky sports watches were all the rage. So what is the message behind the return this year to lean and slender? At the Baselworld luxury wat...
Special Report: Watches: Swiss Makers Reward The Chinese Market
International Herald TribuneSINGAPORE — After the darkest days of the recession, as the U.S. market continued to stagnate, resilient Chinese buyers helped to keep the Swiss watch industry alive. Now, as the industry greets...
Swiss Priest Resigns After Confessing Sex Abuse
Swiss InfoIt said the priest also acknowledged abuses in parts of neighbouring Austria and Germany that belong to the same diocese, and has reported himself to local police.
Geneva Says Newspaper Should Pay For Gaddafi Photo
Swiss InfoImage Caption: Geneva's cantonal president says the Tribune de Genève was ultimately responsible for publishing the photo of Hannibal (Keystone)
Nestle Says Drops Palm Oil Supplier After Report
ReutersAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Nestle, the world's biggest food group, said it had stopped buying palm oil from Indonesia's Sinar Mas due to concerns about rainforest destruction, following a similar move by c...
Swiss Priest Resigns After Confessing Sexual Abuse
New Jersey Online(AP) — CHUR, Switzerland - An eastern Swiss diocese says a priest has resigned after admitting to sexually abusing children in the 1970s. The Chur diocese says it approached the priest after b...
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