The weak global economy has affected third-quarter profits at the world's largest recruitment firm, Adecco, sending them sharply down by 23 per cent compared to the same quarter of 2007, to 168 millio

Switzerland's reinsurance giant Swiss Re reported a surprise third-quarter loss Tuesday, slipping 304 million Swiss francs (259 million dollars) into the red after registering a profit of 1.47 billion francs in the same quarter of 2007.

The inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in 2012 will take place in
Innsbruck or Kuopio, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on
Monday.

The IOC said in a press release that the Austrian town of Innsbruck and
Finland's Kuopio were picked by the IOC executive board after an
evaluation committee report. Lillehammer (Norway) and Harbin (China)
were dropped.

Personable James Blake just can't say enough nice things about Roger
Federer, with the American first to insist that the Swiss has been
getting a raw deal off court during a season where his elite level has
dropped a fraction.

"Most guys would kill to have what is considered for Roger a poor
season," said Blake, a career-best quarter-finalist at the Swiss
Indoors.

Credit Suisse became the first major European bank to unveil its third-quarter earnings Thursday warning that the banking business faced continuing tough conditions after the big Swiss bank confirmed a 1.26 billion Swiss-franc (1.08 billion dollars) quarterly loss.

Stan Wawrinka lost his chance for a long-shot bid for the Masters Cup as the fifth seed became the second local victim on a grim opening day Monday at the Swiss Indoors.

SV Hamburg will face Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam and English Premier League club Aston Villa in the group stages of the UEFA Cup following the draw made Tuesday at UEFA headquarters in Nyon

Ah, Venice! La Serenissima (the Divine Republic). Queen of the Adriatic. A city between the sky and the sea. Hardly a city has fascinated writers and artists more than Venice, the favourite of painters as early as the 18th century.