4、The Swiss franc has appreciated by almost 8% against the euro this year.
8、The dollar also fell against the Swiss franc, a traditional safe haven, until the Swiss National Bank intervened in the market to bolster the American currency.
12、The currency crisis manifests itself, however, in the exchange rate to the Swiss franc or the price of gold.
16、The central bank declared that: "The current massive overvaluation of the Swiss franc poses an acute threat to the Swiss economy and carries the risk of a deflationary development."
20、But the 9.8 billion Swiss franc (7.0 billion euro) tunnel is also the fruit of a popular wave of concern about pollution in the Alps with booming road traffic transiting from neighboring countries.
24、Sonova Holding AG dropped 3 percent to 121 Swiss francs, ending two days of gains.
28、In front of a church door, three men dressed in jazz, with red heads and full of gentlemanly manners played, and passers-by left them some Swiss francs.
2、The Swiss franc remains one of the world's dearest currencies.
7、Until recently the chief beneficiaries of a flight to safety were the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc.
13、The findings, exhibited in the Economist's Big Mac index, imply that the Swiss franc is overvalued by a meaty 25.5 percent.
18、Convertible currencies include US dollar, HK dollar, Japanese yen, Euro, English pound, Swiss franc, Australian dollar, singapore dollar, Norwegian krone, Danish krone, Macao pataca, New Zealand dollar, and etc.
23、Actelion rallied 11 percent to 49.48 Swiss francs, the biggest gain in more than three years.
29、Novartis rallied 6.4 percent to 57.05 Swiss francs after the company agreed to pay $12.9 billion for Alcon stock it doesn’t already own.
5、The Swiss franc, the only European franc not to have been replaced by the Euro, is used in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
11、It has fallen about 5 percent against the yen and the pound and 16 percent against the Swiss franc.
19、The slide in global shares came as oil approached $100 a barrel – though it fell back sharply – and the dollar set a record low of $1.4856 against the euro and $1.1025 against the Swiss franc.
26、Roche stock closed up 1.4 percent at 149 Swiss francs, outperforming a 0.7 percent firmer DJ Stoxx European drugs index.
3、Instead it has appreciated against most major currencies (though not the Swiss franc).
14、It also fell heavily against the yen, at one point touching a 10-month trough of Y87.40, and neared parity with the Swiss franc.
22、Vladimir Nabokov lived for 16 years, offers belle époque luxury, from 419Swiss francs, about $466 at $1.11 to the franc, for a double.
1、The Swiss franc has remained surprisingly strong.
15、High-yielding currencies should be compensating investors for the risk of depreciation, and low yields have been a characteristic of strong currencies like the Swiss franc.
27、Foreign-currency borrowing, 95% of it in Swiss francs, accounts for over two-thirds of total lending.
10、Meanwhile, the Swiss franc - another popular haven currency - weakened against the euro. The Swiss authorities intervened last week to curtail the strength of their currency.
30、ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will create a foundation with total funding of20 million Swiss francs($16.6 million) to sponsor talented and needy students in engineering and natural sciences.
21、Net revenue edged down 2% to 8.42 billion Swiss francs.
17、The dollar fell to an all-time low against Swiss franc while gold touched a record high. Long-dated US Treasury bonds weakened while global stocks remained under pressure.
25、Dufry Group, a Swiss operator of duty-free shops, sank 6.8 percent to 93.05 Swiss francs as its biggest shareholder, Advent International Corp., sold a third of its stake.
9、US stock futures built on earlier gains and the US dollar rose modestly against the yen and the Swiss franc.
6、But the impact of the global financial crisis on Swiss investors themselves could also explain why the Swiss franc has proven so strong.
