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Swatch Group denies working with Apple on smartwatch

June 18, 2018 at 9:19 a.m.

Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group has denied a media report saying it was working with technology company Apple on a smartwatch, a wearable device with interactive functions. Technology website VentureBeat said...

Swatch Group sees orders rise at industry’s main yearly trade fair

August 24, 2021 at 10:35 p.m.

BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group SA has seen a rise in orders at the industry's main annual trade fair, the group's chairwoman told Reuters on Tuesday in...

Smartwatches? Not at this time, say wary Swiss

November 3, 2021 at 8:32 p.m.

BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - With their hundreds of years of watchmaking experience, Swiss watchmakers can afford to take a long view of technological fads and fashions. So-called smartwatches, packing computing...

Smartwatches? Not at this time, say wary Swiss

May 14, 2019 at 12:47 a.m.

BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - With their hundreds of years of watchmaking experience, Swiss watchmakers can afford to take a long view of technological fads and fashions. So-called smartwatches, packing computing...

Watchmakers look to bespoke design to court the super-rich

November 3, 2021 at 8:32 p.m.

CHIASSO, Switzerland (Reuters) - As luxury watchmakers seek to keep increasing sales while preserving exclusivity, they are taking a leaf out of the haute couture book, making watches to order...

Watchmakers look to bespoke design to court the super-rich

May 14, 2019 at 12:47 a.m.

CHIASSO, Switzerland (Reuters) - As luxury watchmakers seek to keep increasing sales while preserving exclusivity, they are taking a leaf out of the haute couture book, making watches to order...

Credit Suisse to pay $885 million in FHFA mortgage fraud case

November 3, 2021 at 8:30 p.m.

NEW YORK/ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse Group AG has agreed to pay $885 million to resolve claims by a U.S. regulator that the Swiss bank misled Fannie Mae and Freddie...

Credit Suisse to pay $885 million in FHFA mortgage fraud case

September 9, 2018 at 1:03 a.m.

NEW YORK/ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse Group AG has agreed to pay $885 million to resolve claims by a U.S. regulator that the Swiss bank misled Fannie Mae and Freddie...

ABB bets on solar power with $1 billion takeover

August 24, 2021 at 8:15 a.m.

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss industrial group ABB is to buy U.S. solar energy company Power-One Inc for about $1 billion, betting that growth in emerging markets will revive a sector...

German watchmaker rebuilds luxury brand from post-war rubble

August 23, 2021 at 9:26 p.m.

GLASHUETTE, Germany (Reuters) - At the age of 66, when many are already enjoying retirement, Walter Lange was setting out to prove great luxury watches do not have to be...

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