Many batteries are made in a kind of "Swiss roll" geometry, in which the layers are rolled up into a cylindrical or round-edged rectangular shape.
Schwyz gave its name to the rest of the country, in a roundabout way, and even the famed Swiss Army knife is made here, in the Victorinox factory just downhill from the town centre.
That made the Swiss the first big economy in the crisis to opt for explicit depreciation.
These Swiss minimalists made their mark in America last year with the Dominus winery in Yountville, California.
The fine relates to trades Mr Esteves made in 2007 when he was working for UBS, a Swiss bank, which owned BTG at the time.
Zurich moved to the top of the list for the first time in at least two decades in part because of the surge in the Swiss franc over the past year, which made goods there more expensive relative to elsewhere, the Economist Intelligence Unit said.
With all the above boxes ticked, it is essential to have a plan once you have run the gauntlet of airport-style security -- there are 4, 000 Swiss troops in Davos this week -- and made it inside the newly-extended Congress Center with the correct color of identity pass.
These are the funny-looking Swiss-made shoes that mimic the experience of walking barefoot in sand or on soft grass.
However, an appeal by the London side to CAS has resulted in the ban being lifted until a final decision is made by the Swiss-based court of appeal.
Swiss food company Nestle made the offer for a 60% stake in the Singapore-listed Hsu Fu Chi in July.
Chagaev also made headlines when he paid a visit to the team dressing room at halftime in the Swiss Cup final.
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The secrecy of Swiss bank accounts dated back to the Middle Ages but was made law in the early 20th century with the passage of the Banking Law of 1934.
Volkan made another superb save from Yakin, and Turkey held off the Swiss onslaught before Arda cut in from the right and fired a shot from just outside the penalty area which clipped the heels of Patrick Mueller and looped over the helpless Benaglio.
Born in Barnet, London in 1919, Oxenford made her stage debut aged 13, and went on to train at the Embassy School of Acting in Swiss Cottage.
But the Swiss company said in a news release it is "confident" none of its milk products made in China contains the chemical.
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In the second he made it to 5-5, showing occasional glimpses of his old form before the Swiss number two seed broke him.
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