Time For the SNB to Push Its Luck - Wall Street Journal (blog)


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Time For the SNB to Push Its Luck
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The Swiss National Bank is no stranger to these problems. For years the central bank struggled, and got widely criticized both at home and abroad for its attempts, to curb the strength of the Swiss franc. Then the bank hit on gold — or at least on a ...
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Franc Steady Against Majors: Swiss Jan. Jobless Rate Stable - NASDAQ

Franc Steady Against Majors: Swiss Jan. Jobless Rate Stable
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(RTTNews.com) - The Swiss franc halted its Asian session's downtrend and held steady against its major counterparts in early European trading on Wednesday. Switzerland's unemployment rate remained unchanged in January, in line with economists' forecast ...
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Credit Suisse Posts First Loss in Three Years on Investment Bank - BusinessWeek

Credit Suisse Posts First Loss in Three Years on Investment Bank
BusinessWeek
The net loss amounted to 637 million Swiss francs ($698 million), compared with an 841 million-franc profit in the year- earlier period, the Zurich-based bank said in a statement today. That missed the 446 million-franc mean profit estimate of nine ...

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Earnings Preview: Credit Suisse to post Q4 results - CBS News


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Earnings Preview: Credit Suisse to post Q4 results
CBS News
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Switzerland's second-biggest bank reported a disappointing 683 million Swiss francs ($785 million) profit in the third quarter. It also announced 3 percent across-the-board job cuts by the end of 2013, an elimination of 1500 jobs on ...
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Syngenta eyes more earnings growth in 2012 - Reuters


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Syngenta eyes more earnings growth in 2012
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VX), the world's largest agrochemicals company expects to deliver higher profits this year as price hikes and cost cuts offset the impact of the strong Swiss franc and raw material price inflation. Syngenta, which makes genetically modified seeds and ...
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Swatch Results Trigger Luxury Slide - Wall Street Journal


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Swatch Results Trigger Luxury Slide
Wall Street Journal
The world's biggest watchmaker, with brands such as Longines, Tissot and Omega, said it still expects growth in 2012 despite the strong Swiss franc and rising prices of gold and diamonds, which pinched margins at its watch and jewelry division in 2011.
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Swiss Franc Pares Losses as Exports Increase, Intervention Concern Eases - Bloomberg


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Swiss Franc Pares Losses as Exports Increase, Intervention Concern Eases
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The Swiss franc pared losses against the dollar and the euro as a government report showed exports rose in December, cooling speculation the central bank will intervene to weaken the currency. The franc also erased earlier declines versus the dollar as ...
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