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Zurich Financial Profit Drops 46% on Thai Floods, Tax Rate

Zurich Financial Services AG, Switzerland’s largest insurer, said fourth-quarter profit declined 46 percent after losses from Thai floods and other natural catastrophes.

Zurich Q4 Profit Drops 45% on Thai Floods

Zurich Financial Services AG (ZURN) , Switzerland ’s largest insurer, said fourth-quarter profit declined 46 percent after losses from Thai floods and other natural catastrophes.

Zurich Financial Fourth-Quarter Profit Drops 45% on Thai Floods

Zurich Financial Services AG, Switzerland’s largest insurer, said fourth-quarter profit declined 45 percent after losses from Thai floods and other natural catastrophes.

ZURICH, Switzerland -- Zambia soared in the FIFA rankings after winning the African Cup of Nations, and Germany ...

Zambia rises 28 places to No. 43, becoming the continent's fourth-ranked nation after starting the African Cup in 16th place. Canada moved up three places to No. 71 in a tie with Austria and Haiti.

Zurich Commemorates FDR Presidential Legacy with Archive Donation

Before he sat behind his desk in the Oval Office, President Franklin D. Roosevelt worked behind a desk quite similar to other Americans in the 1920s. Zurich, a leading provider of property and casualty insurance in North America and globally, is commemorating 100 years in the U.S.

World's permafrost zones mapped in detail

ZURICH, Switzerland, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- A Swiss scientist has created a map of the word's permafrost zones he says will help determine the effects of thawing permafrost on populated areas.

Stocks in Switzerland Decline After Deal on Greek Aid; ABB Shares Retreat

ABB Ltd., the world’s biggest power-grid supplier, slipped 1.2 percent. Zurich Financial Services and Swiss Life Holding AG (SLHN) slid more than 1.5 percent.

Chastened UBS uses 150th events to polish image

ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS is using its 150th anniversary to try to rebuild an image tarnished by a $2 billion trading scandal that struck just as Switzerland's biggest bank was starting to win back client trust after its near collapse in 2008. The bank has been back in the headlines for the wrong reasons this month after it posted poor results for the last three months of 2011 and over its ...

Banksters' paradise? Swiss unveil clean money plan

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is to announce plans to clean up its reputation as a haven for untaxed money by demanding that banks force clients to declare their money is taxed, part of an attempt to put an end to a damaging U.S. investigation. Under a 'clean money' strategy, which Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is expected to present to the cabinet on Wednesday, banks will be obliged ...

Zurich most expensive city: survey

The strong Swiss franc has seen Zurich top Tokyo as the world's most expensive city in a survey out on Wednesday.