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Travel Picks: Europe's Top 10 Best Places to Live

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:11:53 GMT

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The Swiss city of Zurich has come top of a list of the best places to live in Europe, with no British cities making the list that was compiled by Forbes.com. Forbes.com said the list was based...

UPDATE 1-Swiss 2007 growth revised up, crisis to hit 2008

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:47:47 GMT

ZURICH, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The Swiss economy powered ahead last year even faster than previously reported, revised data from the Federal Statistics Office showed on Friday. Switzerland's gross domestic product (GDP) grew...

FOCUS: Big Pharma Casts A Hungry Eye On Switzerland's Addex(1)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:19:00 GMT

Nikkei English News - Aug. 29, 2008 By Cassandra Petrakis Zwahlen Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ZURICH (Dow Jones)--There's no question Addex Pharmaceuticals SA (ADXN.EB) is on the verge of responding to the market's clamor for...

10. Usain could have run 9.52

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:33:40 GMT

ZURICH: Triple Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Usain Bolt could have run the 100m in 9.52 if he had not slowed to celebrate, his coach said on Wednesday. Glen Mills said Bolt was at the start of his 100m...

Weltklasse encore gives Bolt chance to take a bow

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

A final snapshot before leaving Beijing on Tuesday: a young Chinese man in the Forbidden City pulling a "bow and arrow" pose for the benefit of his camera-clicking girlfriend. A welcoming picture from Zurich yesterday,...

BRIEF-Novartis stops development of Aurograb

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:45:00 GMT

ZURICH, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Novartis AG : DECIDES NOT TO PURSUE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF AUROGRAB(TM) SAYS AUROGRAB(TM) DECISION REACHED AFTER PHASE II RESULTS SHOW LACK OF efficacy SAYS USD 235 MILLION IMPAIRMENT...

Swiss employment growth strong, outlook cloudy

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:38 GMT

ZURICH, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Employment in Switzerland hit a record high in the second quarter but job growth slowed slightly and the outlook became cloudy, sending a signal that economic slowdown could soon hit the labour...

PRESS RELEASE: NEW VALUE AG: 3S Industries AG announces the half-year results and introduces a...

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:59:00 GMT

NEW VALUE AG / Miscellaneous 28.08.2008 Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Zurich, August 28,...

Leave it to the SNCF

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:04:55 GMT

My wrath against Air Canada, Lufthansa and Frankfurt Airport almost made me forget how very frustrating train travel can be. On a trip to Zurich today, I missed the "easy" train that goes from the train station nearby...

UPDATE 1-Swiss Life's H1 profit misses forecast, cuts outlook

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:13:03 GMT

ZURICH, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Swiss Life posted a sharply higher first-half net profit due to one-off gains on Thursday but missed analysts' forecasts and warned it will not meet its financial targets this year....