Switzerland
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Switzerland agrees to cap vacation days
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
In a national vote, the Swiss just decided against making employers give all workers an extra two weeks of paid vacation every year.
Italian police seize $6 trillion in fake bonds
Friday, February 17, 2012
Yep, that’s trillion with a “T”.
The focus and goals of Davos
Thursday, January 26, 2012
The World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, is underway. What is the atmosphere like there, and what about global economy are attendees most worried about?
MID-DAY UPDATE: How Japan will change the global economy
Monday, March 14, 2011
Tokyo's Nikkei was down 6 percent. The biggest drop since the financial crisis. Toyota says its plants will be shut down this week. Sony and Nissan...
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Swiss freeze potential Mubarak assets
Friday, February 11, 2011
A spokesman from the Swiss foreign ministry confirmed the ministry has frozen assets that may belong to now-former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...
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