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		<title><![CDATA[UBS May Move HQ From Switzerland]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Swiss bank UBS UBSN is threatening to move its headquarters out of Switzerland if the authorities impose too many new regulations in the wake of the global financial crisis, Swiss weekly paper Sonntag CH said.Oswald Gruebel, chief executive of Switzerland's biggest bank by assets, made the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Swiss stun markets with deflation steps]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business News In Brief    CENTRAL BANKS The Swiss National Bank announced drastic steps to fight deflation yesterday as it forecast a deep recession and surprised markets with intervention to weaken the Swiss franc, as well as an interest rate cut. The SNBs measures go far beyond what...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UBS suffers worst loss in Swiss history]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Bank cuts 2,200 more jobs in attempt to return to profit    UBS revealed the devastating effect of the credit crunch yesterday as full-year losses hit Sfr19.7bn (11bn) in 2008, the largest in Swiss corporate history.   The bank, whose services include managing wealthy clients' assets...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Storm threatens Swiss safe haven; Switzerland's reputation as a safe haven during financial and economic storms is facing a challenge due to the global financial crisis. More than a year after the meltdown in subprime lending triggered a crunch in worldwi]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  At the top of Zurich's posh Bahnhofstrasse shopping district, close to the main train station, is a UBS bank branch. Its windows display the current stock prices of Switzerland's blue chip companies, plus prices of stock market indices from around the world. For many years, those walking...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SNB cuts key interest rate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to jumpstart economic activity, the Swiss National Bank joined forces with leading central banks from around the world and dropped its key interest rate.  On October 8, the SNB cut its target rate to 2.5 per cent, from 2.75 per cent, by reducing its target range...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ECB launches first euro-Swiss franc swap operation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT AFP &#8212; The European Central Bank launched on Monday its first ever one-week swap of Swiss francs for euros in a bid to increase flows of the Swiss currency among eurozone commercial banks.  Banks requested less than the 20 billion euros (27 billion dollars) worth of francs on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Swiss National Bank: 1907-2007]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Swiss National Bank: 1907-2007  Werner Abegg, Ernst Baltensperger, et al., contributors  Zurich: Neue Zurcher Zeitung Publishing, 2007, 823 pp. (Also in shorter French, German, and Italian editions.)  The Swiss franc is the world's best-performing currency over the last century: it has lost only about 87 percent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Euro 2008 fails to boost sales]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  Swiss retail sales growth slowed in June despite the Euro 2008 football championship, according to August data.  The Swiss National Bank is now expected to lower interest rates in order to spark growth. Retail sales grew 0.7 per cent year-on-year when adjusted for price swings--down from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The sub-prime quagmire: what in the world is happening to the big Swiss banks? At UBS and Credit Suisse, the past few months have been marked by red faces, huge writedowns and job losses. Swiss News takes a closer look]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  Switzerland's two largest banks, UBS and Credit Suisse, have both suffered heavily from the fallout of the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the United States. UBS came away with more than burnt fingers; it wrote off more than SFr 38 billion, announced thousands of job cuts worldwide and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Swiss central bank hikes inflation forecasts, leaves rates on hold]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA AFP &#8212; Switzerland's central bank on Thursday kept its key interest rates unchanged but raised its 2008 inflation forecast sharply to 2.7 percent from 2.0 percent due to soaring energy prices.  The Swiss National Bank SNB also warned there were "considerable risks" attached to the forecast and higher...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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