Country Profile: Switzerland

ZUG, Switzerland, July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) today reported that the Company's Board has set the record and payment dates for two payments to shareholders in the form of a regular and special capital reduction.  On April 30, 2010, the shareholders of the Comp

Continued bullish indicators in Switzerland - and speculation that the Swiss National Bank is selling reserves - have the Swiss franc at its highest level against the euro this week, to under 1.36 per euro. Forecasters expect it to hit 1.34 francs/euro by the end of the year. (ETF: FXF) Post your comment!

DUDINGEN, Switzerland, July 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Von Muehlenen proves its consistency by winning Gold and then going on to be awarded "Best Swiss Cheese" for "Le Gruyere Premier Cru" at the International Cheese Awards Nantwich, Cheshire on July 27/28th 2010; this follows on from last year's

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell the European Waterworks business within its Flow Control segment to the private equity firm Triton for approximately $245 million. Tyco

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Diluted EPS from continuing operations before special items increased 24% in the quarterRevenue and operating margins improve sequentially across all business segmentsCompany has repurchased 15.8 million shares for $575 million under exis

ZUG, Switzerland, July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) today announced that it has closed its acquisition of FDR Holdings Limited ("Frontier").  The acquisition of Frontier, formerly an independent drilling company, and previously announced agreements with Shell increa

Adobe Systems (ADBE -1.6%) keeps filling out in enterprise software with a $240M purchase of Switzerland-based enterprise content management company Day Software. Adobe has been reshuffling leadership in its enterprise unit after last year's $1.8B purchase of Omniture. Post your comment!