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Canton of Zurich

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Zurich adds plans for pet firms SCHAUMBURG - Zurich, one of the world's largest property- casualty insurance companies, will offer an integrated management liability solution for owners of boarding kennels, doggie day cares and...

Best city poll: Swiss, the swish set; Baghdad bombs

Canberra: Zurich in Switzerland has again come top of a list of 215 cities as the location with the best quality of living while Luxembourg was ranked the safest - and Baghdad, Iraq, came last on both counts. Management...

SNB offers funds at 1.65 pct in repo

ZURICH, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank offered both overnight and tomorrow next funds at the rate of 1.65 percent on Friday. The central bank also announced its regular daily offering of dollar overnight funds for...

UBS turns a corner, predicting profits for the third quarter

ZURICH (AFP) - Swiss banking giant UBS on Thursday said it would swing into profit in the third quarter, as it seeks to regain client trust after successive quarters of losses on massive asset writedowns.

Zurich banks on Stallone, Fonda

Thesps add glitz to Swiss fest ZURICH — The Zurich Film Festival received a dose of Hollywood glamour this week with the appearance of Sylvester Stallone and Peter Fonda. After receiving a Golden Icon Award for his lifetime...

UBS Going To Be Fine, Fingers Crossed

So, not even sure if this was on your minds but just to put your non-existant fears to rest, we'll pass it on that yesterday in Zurich, Hartmuth Wetzel, a consultant for the Swiss bank said, "UBS won't go bankrupt," before...

Dignitas clinic in Switzerland claims to have helped 100 Britons die

A total of 100 Britons are said to have been helped to die by the centre for assisted suicide in Switzerland. By Martin Beckford, Social Affairs Correspondent Dignitas, which has operated in and around Zurich for 10 years,...

BRIEF-UBS CEO still sees considerable subprime risks

NEW YORK ZURICH, Oct 2 (Reuters) - UBS AG Chief Executive Officer Marcel Rohner says: * our belief was that it was better to reduce our positions. There still are considerable risks. We regard the losses as nonetheless the...

Gold Awaits US Bail-Out Final Approval

THE PRICE OF GOLD sank 2.1% Thursday morning in London, dropping to a two-week low near $850 an ounce – the very peak of gold's last bull in Jan. 1980. Asian stock markets closed the day lower, while European shares gave back...

Swiss govt repeats growth forecast, points to risks

ZURICH, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The Swiss government confirmed its forecasts for the Swiss economy but said the risk of a more severe slowdown were increasing due to the sharp downturn in key Swiss export markets in Europe and the...

               

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