World Business Search the World News Network
Advanced Search
Zurich Merchants
Zurich Merchants News Coverage from hundreds of sources.
Breaking News Sat, 31 Jul 2010
Air Berlin Boeing 737-700 in front of the terminal at the airport of Saarbrcken/Germany
(photo: GFDL / Kleinblittersdorfer)
Air Berlin to link up with Fort Worth-based American Airlines, Oneworld alliance
The Dallas Morning News
| Low-cost carrier Air Berlin PLC, the second-largest carrier in Germany and fifth-largest in Europe in passengers carried, is linking up with American Airlines Inc. and the Oneworld alliance, the carriers announced Tuesday. | The addition of Air Berlin to American's network and to Oneworld fills a ...
In this Sept. 17, 2008 file photo the lLogo of Swiss bank UBS is seen in Zurich, Switzerland. Swiss bank UBS AG said Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 it lost 8.1 billion Swiss francs (U.S. dlrs 7.57 billion) in the fourth quarter and announced it would cut a further 2,000 jobs as it refocuses on its home market after a troubled year abroad. The results exceeded the fears of analysts, who on average had predicted net losses of 6.2 billion francs (U.S. dlrs 5.79 bil
(photo: AP / Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella, File)
UBS and Deutsche Bank Report Gains for Second Quarter
The New York Times
| FRANKFURT — Shares of UBS of Switzerland and Deutsche Bank of Germany rose sharply after they reported second-quarter earnings Tuesday, signaling renewed confidence in European banks after official stress tests showed that most large institutions are solid. | Shares of UBS soared 9 percent a...
Fitch puts Avis on ratings watch
Fresno Bee
| The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/30/2024324/fitch-puts-avis-on-ratings-watch.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | Ahead of the Bell: Avis outbids Hertz for Dollar Ahead of t...
Euro zone trusts dark days are over
Business Report
  | Confidence levels highest in two years as bellwethers report surging profits and debt concerns recede | By Simone Meier Zurich | Submit your comment | European confidence in the economic outlook improved to its best level in more than two ye...
Tata Advanced Systems and Asian Global Technologies Establish a Joint Venture Company 'AVANA' to Provide ...
redOrbit
| MUMBAI, India, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Tata Advanced Systems (TAS) and AGT International (AGT) have announced the formation of a new Joint Venture company 'AVANA Integrated Systems' to provide Integrated Solutions for the emerging Homeland Security...
DIA unveiling design for South Terminal expansion
Business Journal
Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | Get new image | Audio verification | reCAPTCHA™ Print Reprints...
Drug maker Novartis' Q2 profit up 19 percent
EC / EU
Drug maker Novartis' Q2 profit up 19 percent
Newsvine
| GENEVA — Drug maker Novartis AG reported a second-quarter increase in net profit of 19 percent Thursday, as sales in its pharmaceuticals business offset health care cost-cu...
The logo of Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seen in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, April 24, 2008. Credit Suisse Group on Thursday posted a 2.1 billion Swiss franc (US$2.1 billion; euro 1.32 billion) net loss for the first quarter as the global effects of the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis continued to spre
AP / Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella
German branches searched in tax evasion inquiry
Gulf News
| Berlin:  Police searched all 13 branches of Swiss bank Credit Suisse AG in Germany yesterday in an investigation of suspected tax evasion, prosecutors said. | Some 140 offic...
The logo of Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seen in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, April 24, 2008.
AP / Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella
UPDATE 1-Swiss may gain from stress test transparency
The Guardian
* Publishing details of tests advisable-top Swiss banker * Transparency would work to UBS, C.Suisse advantage * Switzerland working on solution for untaxed money * Swiss proposal w...
Basel panel softens some banking capital rules
The Times Of India
NEW YORK: The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision softened some of its proposed capital and liquidity rules while introducing new restrictions on how much lenders can borrow as part of an effort to rein in their risk-taking. | The panel agreed on ...
UBS outshines rivals in Q2
The Times Of India
ZURICH: UBS flagged a return to client inflows by year-end as strong equities and currency trading gains helped it outdo Deutsche Bank and other rivals, which were hit hard by the European sovereign debt crisis. | UBS’s strong second quarter invest...
UBS and Deutsche Bank Report Gains for Second Quarter
The New York Times
| FRANKFURT — Shares of UBS of Switzerland and Deutsche Bank of Germany rose sharply after they reported second-quarter earnings Tuesday, signaling renewed confidence in European banks after official stress tests showed that most large institut...
Money Markets
European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday March 25, 2010.
(photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)
Report Warns That Many Western Banks Still Vulnerable to Crises
The New York Times
| BASEL, SWITZERLAND — Many banks in Europe and the United States remain heavily leveraged and dependent on cheap money provided by central banks — leaving them dangerously vulnerable to a new crisis, according to a report Monday by an organization that brings together the world’s central banks. | The Bank for International Settle...
Finance
French bank Societe Generale (Socit Gnrale)
(photo: Creative Commons / Canadian Pacific)
SocGen disappointed as tests missed point
Gulf News
| Geneva: The European Union's "tough" and "transparent" stress tests disappointed because a sovereign risk shock was only applied to bonds that banks trade rather than those they hold to maturity, Société Générale SA said. | "The one disappointment was that the sovereign stress test was onl...



Headlines »

Slideshow »

Get News Updates by Email
WORLD WEATHER
Zurich, Switzerland
2009.02.25
sunny intervals.
Min:
-3°C/27°F

Max:
3°C/37°F
Business Daily
Cable Suisse
Endowment Business
Europe Financial
Finance Journal
Forex Capital News
Geneva FM
Suisse Digital
Swiss Business Centre
Switzerland Post
World Economist
Zurich TV