ZURICH, Feb 24 - Switzerland froze the assets of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday. "The Federal Council strongly condemns the use of violence of the Libyan leader against the people," the Swiss foreign ministry...

March 3 - Libya said on Wednesday it was imposing an overall trade and economic embargo on Switzerland after its leader Muammar Gaddafi called for jihad, or armed struggle, against the European country. Following is...

PARIS, March 18 - Switzerland does not belong on a tax haven "blacklist" and is working to convince partners of its determination to open up its bank secrecy laws, Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said...

GENEVA, March 6 - Switzerland is considering expanding its cooperation with the United States on tax matters, Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said on Friday. "We are ready to examine to widen the scope of...

Dec. 1, 2008 (China Knowledge) - Bank of China (BOC)<601988><3988> said that it would open two subsidiaries in Switzerland after it has received the approval from the Swiss Federal Banking Commission.BOC is the first Chinese...

INVISTA, the largest elastane and nylon producer in the world and owner of many leading brands including the LYCRA fibre brand, has supported a denim design initiative with top fashion brand, BOGNER JEANS and University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hanover.

Color play such an important part in our daily lives. It is inspiring, tantalizing, motivating, energizing and contributes to a fuller and happier existence.

Mammut Sports Group and HeiQ Materials announced today that HeiQ's composite silver antimicrobial has been select for Mammuts new range of Alpine Underwear to provide quality odor-free underwear products.

The calculation comes from the Swiss non-governmental organisation, the Berne Declaration, which has done a survey of ethical standards among Swiss clothing firms.

Superhydrophobic textile fabrics are prepared by a simple, one-step gas phase coating procedure by which a layer of polymethylsilsesquioxane nanofilaments is grown onto the individual textile fibers.