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GENEVA AIRPORT CLOSED BY ICY 'BEAST FROM THE EAST'
Because of the prevailing weather conditions, Geneve Aeroport is currently closed to air traffic until further notice, the airport said on its website... READ MORE›
WHERE IN EUROPE IS ASSISTED DYING LEGAL?
Assisted dying refers to both voluntary active euthanasia and physician-assisted death... READ MORE›
BREITLING CEO DITCHED RACY ADS FEATURING WOMEN AS UNSUITABLE
Breitling has many loyal customers and we grew during the past two very difficult years for the watch industry, he said... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Chairman Urs Rohner
HSBC THERES NOW A VERY HIGH CHANCE OF A SEVERE FALL IN US STOCKS
With the U.S. stock market selling off aggressively on October 11, we now issue a RED ALERT, he writes... READ MORE›
ABB BUYS GE BUSINESS FOR $2.6 BILLION IN BET IT CAN BOOST MARGINS
And then afterwards, we will make this business bigger and better, said ABB Chief Executive Ulrich Spiesshofer... READ MORE›
WORLD'S STEEPEST FUNICULAR RAIL LINE TO OPEN IN SWITZERLAND
Schwyz-Stoos funicular, hailed as triumph of engineering, goes into service on Sunday... READ MORE›
THIS CHART PREDICTS TRUMP WILL WIN UNLESS THE SP RALLIES IN OCTOBER
But the pattern is solid, as shown in this chart by Sam Stovall, equity strategist for S&P Global Market Intelligence1... READ MORE›
WORLD'S LONGEST AND DEEPEST RAIL TUNNEL TO OPEN IN SWITZERLAND
The 57km 35-mile twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel will provide a high-speed rail link under the Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe... READ MORE›
THE US IS THE WORLDS THIRD-BEST EQUITY MARKET SINCE 1900
Between 1900 and 2016, the world economy moved from telegraphy to smartphones, horse-drawn carriages to supercars and from letter press to Internet... READ MORE›
CONSUMER ANXIETY IN CHINA UNDERMINES GOVERNMENTS ECONOMIC PLANS
Those who have lost money in the ongoing stock market crash are especially anxious... READ MORE›
PARALYSED DJ TAKES OWN LIFE IN SWISS CLINIC AGED 40
Fabiano Antoniani died at a euthanasia facility in Forch after reportedly triggering the lethal substance... READ MORE›
LOOKING FOR LOVE WILL COST YOU MORE IN ZURICH THAN ANYWHERE ELSE
Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid and Sukanto Chanda advised Zurich residents to choose their dates carefully, and marry young... READ MORE›
WORLD'S LONGEST RAIL TUNNEL TO OPEN IN SWITZERLAND UNDER ALPS
EU heads to take 57km maiden voyage in EUR11bn Gotthard base tunnel on Wednesday... READ MORE›
CHINAS PARTY-RUN MEDIA IS SILENT ON MARKET MAYHEM
The slump in the stock markets is destroying what remains of investor confidence, and this problem is profoundly serious, the paper said in a front-page commentary... READ MORE›
PLANES GROUNDED AS SOUTH KOREAN STUDENTS TAKE UNI ENTRANCE EXAMS
The Yonhap news agency quoted his parents as saying that he had become severely stressed in the run-up to the exams... READ MORE›
SWITZERLAND TO HOLD FIRST EVER VOTE ON BASIC INCOME
But Che Wagner from the campaign group Basic Income Switzerland, says it wouldn't be money for nothing... READ MORE›
CENTURYLINK TO BUY LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS FOR $19.43 BILLION
Level 3's shares were up 3.9 percent at 56.15 in light premarket trading while CenturyLink's shares were unchanged... READ MORE›
GUNMAN WOUNDS 3 AT MUSLIM PRAYER CENTER IN ZURICH
Around 5 30 p.m., the gunman entered the prayer center, in a neighborhood known as Aussersihl, just south of the city's main train station... READ MORE›
PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE IN IRAN, 44 KILLED
Semi-official Mehr news agency said four of the dead were railway employees aboard the trains... READ MORE›
SWISS RAILWAY TICKET MACHINES TO SELL BITCOIN DIGITAL CURRENCY
From 11 November, customers will be able to trade Swiss francs for Bitcoins using ticket machines... READ MORE›
MOST CLARIANT SHAREHOLDERS SUPPORT MERGER SAYS HUNTSMAN
White Tale, whose principals include U.S. hedge fund manager Keith Meister, has amassed a 10 percent Clariant stake worth nearly 750 million Swiss francs 778 million ... READ MORE›
CREDIT SUISSE AND UBS TELL WEALTHY CLIENTS THE SAME THING
Credit Suisse Group AG and UBS Group AG have a message for their wealthy clients it's not too late to buy equities... READ MORE›
SWISS REGULATOR FINDS JPMORGAN BROKE MONEY-LAUNDERING RULES
The court had been examining whether FINMA's previously undisclosed decision on JPMorgan could be made public, in a case first reported by the Handelszeitung paper... READ MORE›
GUARANTEED INCOME FOR ALL SWITZERLANDS VOTERS SAY NO THANKS
A third of voters in Geneva backed the idea of a guaranteed income... READ MORE›
J&J RAISES ACTELION TAKEOVER PRESSURE WITH HIGHER PRICE
Actelion shares closed up 10 percent at 209 Swiss francs, just off a record high, following news of the higher offer... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES IN CHINA BLAST AMID CONTAMINATION FEARS
Some 95 people including 85 firefighters remain missing following the blasts in the city of Tianjin northern China on Wednesday night China's official Xinhua news agency reported... READ MORE›
CREDIT SUISSE RISKS THIRD STRAIGHT LOSS ON TRUMP'S TAX OVERHAUL
The new tax bill means both Credit Suisse and UBS will have to book a loss, Andreas Brun, an analyst at Mirabaud, said by phone... READ MORE›
AMAZON LAUNCHES READING FEATURE FOR U.S. PRIME MEMBERS
SunTrust Robinson also raised its price target to 850 from 800... READ MORE›
STOCKS CLOSE OUT WEEK WITH WORST START TO YEAR EVER
Shares of the Shanghai composite index ended up 1.97 percent Friday, capping off the worst week for the Chinese stock market in its short 25-year history... READ MORE›
HOLCIM WINS BETTER TERMS TO GET LAFARGE TIE-UP BACK ON TRACK
A source close to the situation said the plan was for a new candidate to be named before Holcim's annual shareholder meeting on May 7... READ MORE›
5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS
EST January 19, 2015 The logo of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL CHINAS CRACKDOWN ON RUMORS WILL ONLY HURT ITS ECONOMY
The authorities have punished 197 people for spreading rumors about the stock market and the explosion Xinhua the state-owned news service reported on Monday... READ MORE›
'THE INTENSITY IS CRAZY': STOCK ADVISERS BASK IN THE BULL MARKET
A survey by the University of Michigan shows that 66 percent of Americans think the stock market will go up in the next year, a record high... READ MORE›