At age 77, he still runs the company he founded in 1943 from tax-haven Switzerland.
Still, he says, he followed a fil rouge--a red thread--that led him unswervingly toward Switzerland's grand patrimoine de l'horlogerie.
He knew that to recapture Switzerland's dominant position he'd have to retain its manufacturing know-how, and that meant not losing skilled workers through layoffs, which would risk demoralizing the whole operation.
By the mid-term conference in 2015, he added, Switzerland should have developed recommendations based on the Framework.
Midfielder Benjamin Huggel, meanwhile, will travel to his first World Cup after missing out in Germany because of the six-match Fifa ban he received for his part in the brawl that erupted after Switzerland's 2005 qualifying play-off victory over Turkey in Istanbul.
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CAS, the Switzerland-based body, ruled last month that allegations he tried to bribe referees were unproven.
On December 2nd he was arrested in Switzerland and later charged with fraud and money-laundering.
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The EU in particular, he suggests, might have learned something from Switzerland's prudence - in particular its legal limits on public debt.
Kobi Alexander, the former boss of Comverse Technology, is still fighting extradition from Namibia, to which he fled in 2006 following accusations of improper options-backdating. (There has been speculation that he is actually now in Switzerland.) It would not come as a complete surprise if Mr Fuld, a fan of big-game hunting, decided that now is the perfect time for an extended Namibian safari.
Although he missed out on selection for the 2010 World Cup last summer, Bent did grab his first international goal in September when he scored after coming on as a substitute in a 3-1 win over Switzerland.
He is proposing a further clamp-down on asylum-seekers: per person, Switzerland gets far more refugee applications than any other sizeable European country.
Adam Johnson once again settled quickly to his task and gave Switzerland an anxious moment when he cut inside and struck a rising 25-yard drive just over the top.
Terry's expected period on the sidelines would mean he would only just be returning to action a week before the encounter with Switzerland - England's first match under Capello.
He was previously a Director of Research at the Higher Pedagogical Institute HEP-BEJUNE in Bienne (Switzerland).
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"There was a 16-year-old boy who didn't fit into the working world of Switzerland, " he says.
Last month, he won both of his singles matches in helping Australia to a first-round Davis Cup victory over Switzerland.
Among English managers he is uniquely well-traveled, having coached in Scandinavia, Italy (where he had two stints at Inter Milan) and Switzerland.
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He is also a regular in the England national team and scored as England beat Switzerland 3-1 in a Euro 2012 qualifying match on Tuesday - his first international goal in more than a year.
Then-President Andres Pastrana ceded an area the size of Switzerland to the guerrilla group, but he ended negotiations after rebels launched a series of attacks across the country in an apparent bid to strengthen their position.
But after some so-so deals, including one for Ponderosa, he left Wall Street, became an art dealer and spent years in Switzerland before returning to New York.
Schumacher was backing up his win in the Tour's first time trial as he beat Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland into second place by 21 seconds on the largely flat stage to Saint-Amand-Montrond from Cerilly.
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