India, Switzerland, UN brainstorm on urban heritage
New Delhi, Sep 9 : A two-day conference to identify areas of partnership between India and Switzerland for heritage-based sustainable urban developmen...

Will the Strong Swiss Franc Hurt Banks
The Swiss franc's safe-haven reputation helped it hit a new high against the euro, but the currency's strength risks hurting those who have ...

Scrap extra-time at WCup
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has asked two of the governing body's committees to examine scrapping extra-time at the 2014 World Cup . -- ST PHOTO:...

Village officials selling sales tax increase
JENNA HASKITT jhaskitt@pioneerlocal.com Lake Zurich officials are trying to encourage voters to pass the upcoming sales tax referendum that is on...

Logitech CEO sees possible upside to targets
Logitech, which makes computer mouse, speakers, webcams and keyboards, raised its full fiscal year 2011 sales outlook in July to a range of $2.3 billi...

Switzerland voices strong support for UN's fight against terrorism
Switzerland on Wednesday said that it will continue to work closely with the Counter- Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF), a UN body that work...

Swiss police say 1 officer badly injured in standoff with gunman over forced sale of house
GENEVA - Swiss police say one officer has been badly injured in a standoff with a gunman in the western city of Biel.Bern cantonal (state) police say ...

US falls to 4th place in competitivness ranking behind Switzerland, Sweden and Singapore
BEIJING - The U.S. has slipped down the ranks of competitive economies, falling behind Sweden and Singapore due to huge deficits and pessimism about ...

Switzerland ranked top in competitiveness; US falls - Summary
on how rankings compiledBeijing - The United States continued its fall in the rankings of a global competitiveness report released Thursday, dropping ...

Switzerland tops WEF's rankings, US slips further
China moves up two places to 27th (Adds quotes and details) BEIJING, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Switzerland remains the world'smost competitive economy, ...