China Daily
Swatch projects strong sales growth
Swatch Group, the world's biggest watchmaker, is expecting high single or double-digit sales growth this year as demand from China.
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Irish Times
Watchmaker chimes in with 'positive trading year'
SWISS watchmaker Swatch clocked up a “positive trading year in 2011”, according to its annual report, published this week.
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Handelsblatt
Uhren-Industrie: Swatch muss Konkurrenten beliefern
Wegen marktbeherrschender Stellung muss der Schweizer Uhren-Primus Swatch die Konkurrenz mit Uhrwerks-Komponenten beliefern. Und das wird noch länger so bleiben, wenn es nach der örtlichen Wettbewerbsbehörde geht.
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WirtschaftsWoche
Uhren-Industrie: Swatch produziert weiter für Konkurrenz
Wegen marktbeherrschender Stellung musste der Schweizer Uhren-Primus Swatch die Konkurrenz mit Uhrwerks-Komponenten beliefern. Die örtliche Wettbewerbsbehörde verlängert die Frist um ein Jahr.
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NZZ
Swatch muss Konkurrenz weiterhin mit Uhrwerken beliefern
Wettbewerbskommission verlängert vorsorgliche Massnahmen
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Les Echos
Swatch Group achète un fabricant de boîtiers de montres de luxe
Swatch Group a annoncé jeudi l'acquisition du fabricant de boîtiers de montres haut de gamme Simon Et Membrez, renforçant ainsi son outil de production. Le montant de la transaction n'a pas été divulgué. Le numéro un de l'horlogerie en Suisse, qui rachète 100% du capital-actions de cette entreprise...
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Huffington Post
7 Places For Top-Notch Stargazing: Planet That Never Sleeps
When many of us turn our eyes toward the night sky, we see a yellowish-grey swatch sweeping across the horizon with an occasional brightly lit planet blinking as if on low-batteries. The sweeping landscape of the Milky Way, so familiar to our ancestors, has become the stuff of mountain vacations and desert sojourns.Read More...More on Astronomy
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Times LIVE
Swatch future car to run on hydrogen and oxygen
The world's biggest watch company, Swatch, is looking at building a car that runs on hydrogen and oxygen, its CE and chairman Nick Hayek said.
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Mail & Guardian
Swatch dabbles in the green economy
Swatch chairperson Nick Hayek says his company is looking at building a car that runs on hydrogen and oxygen -- a prototype is already in operation.
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physorg
Swatch mulling car that runs on hydrogen, oxygen
The world's biggest watch company Swatch is looking at building a car that runs on hydrogen and oxygen, its chief executive and chairman Nick Hayek said in an interview published Sunday.
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USA Today
Mystery Car 129: 3-wheeler was Kia's 1st truck
Even with only a swatch of Mystery Car 129 being shown, it didn't take long for its be identified as a 1962 Kia K-360 -- its first truck.
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Le Point
Carnet de Bâle V
Ce 11 mars fut largement consacré à Swatch Group, le mastodonte de...
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FTD
Rechtsstreit: Tiffany und Swatch verklagen sich gegenseitig
Die gescheiterte Kooperation der beiden Unternehmen hat ein böses Nachspiel: Erst verklagte der Uhrenhersteller den US-Juwelier auf Schadenersatz - jetzt kontert Tiffany mit einer Gegenklage.
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sueddeutsche
Rechtsstreit zwischen Swatch und Juwelier-Kette: "Katerfrühstück bei Tiffany"
Was als unternehmerisches Liebesspiel begann, entwickelt sich zu einem milliardenschweren Rechtsstreit. Nach der Schadensersatzklage von Swatch gegen Tiffany holt der Nobeljuwelier zum Gegenschlag aus - und verlangt seinerseits eine Entschädigung von den Schweizern.
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AP
Tiffany hits back at Swatch over joint venture
GENEVA (AP) -- Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group says it is being sued for 541.9 million Swiss francs ($589 million) by its former business partner Tiffany & Co. over a contract dispute....
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manager magazin
Gescheiterte Zusammenarbeit: Tiffany verklagt Swatch postwendend
Erst hat Swatch Schadensersatzklage gegen Tiffany eingereicht. Nun ziehen die New Yorker nach und fordern 542 Millionen Franken vom Schweizer Uhrenhersteller. Experten zufolge dürfte nur einer von beiden Erfolg haben.
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Reuters
Swatch says Tiffany files $590-million counter-claim
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group said on Monday Tiffany & Co had served it with a 541.9 million-Swiss franc ($590 million)counterclaim in a legal dispute with the U.S. jeweler over a severed cooperation agreement.
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DerSpiegel
Streit in der Luxusklasse: Juwelier Tiffany verklagt Uhrenhersteller Swatch
Es ist eine Geschichte von großen Erwartungen und schweren Enttäuschungen: Vor fünf Jahren taten sich der US-Juwelier Tiffany und der Schweizer Uhrenkonzern Swatch zusammen. Das Bündnis scheiterte krachend. Nun überziehen sich beide Unternehmen gegenseitig mit Klagen.
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Le Figaro
Swatch : un millier d'emploi pour 2012
Suite aux bonnes performances de l'année précedente, l'horlogier suisse entend soutenir ses objectifs de 2012 en s'appuyant notamment sur le recrutement.
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La Voix du Nord
Swatch veut créer plus de 1.000 emplois au niveau mondial
Le groupe horloger suisse Swatch veut créer plus de 1.000 emplois au niveau mondial afin de réaliser son objectif d'un chiffre d'affaires de 10 milliards de francs suisses (8,3 milliards d'euros), a annoncé dimanche le directeur général Nick Hayek.histoires liéesEn plein essor, le tourisme urbain fait les affaires des résidencesDette : le secrétaire au Trésor des Etats-Unis conseille à l´Europe...
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FT
Swatch profits a record as Asia demand grows
Swiss watchmaker increases dividend by 15% after record profits of SFr1.28bn last year, as sales continue to grow, particularly in Asia
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: How to mix and match paint colours
A fresh coat of paint is the easiest way to add colour to a dull, drab room -- but finding the perfect paint isn't as simple as picking a swatch
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BoingBoing
Mary Robinette Kowal challenges you to write a letter a day in February
Mary Robinette Kowal sez, "I have a challenge for you. When was the last time you got a letter in the mail? December sees a lot of mail and you remember that sense of delight when the first card arrives. You can have that more often. That's what sparked The Month of Letters Challenge The [...]
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Los Angeles Times
Year of the Dragon: Nailing the crackled lacquer look
If you're trying to nail the spirit of the upcoming Lunar New Year celebration (which starts on Jan. 23), Bari Cosmetics' Pure Ice crackle polish duo can help you approximate the red-and-gold lacquered look.
The two-tone crackle effect is achieved in a three-step process that involves applying the base nail color (in this case the gold), followed by a coating of the crackle polish (that'd be t...
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el universal
Relojes al tacto
La firma Swatch presenta una colección de guardatiempos con esferas LCD y una zona táctil en lugar de pulsadores
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BBC
Swatch eyes further sales growth
The world's largest watchmaker, Swatch Group, eyes sales growth of between 5% and 10% in 2012 after reporting record sales in 2011.
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lesoir
09:21 Pakistan : au moins 23 morts dans un attentat
Vingt-trois personnes ont été tuées et plus de 50 blessées dans un attentat perpétré sur un marché du nord-ouest du Pakistan, bastion de la rébellion des t...lire la suitehistoires liées07:09 Olympus : les administrateurs poursuivis vont devoir démissionner08:50 Swatch Group affiche un nouveau record de ventes en 201108:13 Les résultats de lundi08:23 Enquête judiciaire ouverte sur le Holding Co...
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lesoir
Swatch Group affiche un nouveau record de ventes en 2011
En dépit de la force du franc, le groupe horloger biennois a dégagé un chiffre d’affaires brut de 7,143 milliards de francs (près de 5,9 milliards d’euros), e...lire la suite
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Huffington Post
Helene Bienvenu: Detroit 'Ruin Porn' Goes Commercial -- In a Swatch
There it is... mounted in the watch, the famous old Cass Tech melted clock! So, is "ruin porn" hitting the market now? Will we soon see mugs, key chains and the likes, with the Packard or the Fisher body plants on them?
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New York Times
Swatch Group to Trim Sales of Watch Parts to Rivals
In January, Swatch, the Swiss timepiece maker, will cut back its sales of watch components to competitors, a move that is fanning resentment of Swatch’s clout and size in the industry.
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TechCrunch
Inside Nivarox, The Most Important Company You’ve Never Heard Of
In the strange, small world of watchmaking, there's lots of money to be made on items that we would call, at best, totemic. To make those items, you still need small mechanical parts. That's where Nivarox comes in.
Nivarox makes balance springs. The name stands for "ni variable, ni oxydable," which translates to "neither variable nor oxidable." These tiny springs swing the balance wheel in alm...
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MarketWatch
Therese Poletti's Tech Tales: Tech IPOs squeeze in before window shuts
The IPO market saw a huge swatch of deals last week in an effort to squeeze through the deal window before it shuts ahead of the holidays in December
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Barrons
Supercommittee on the Verge of Failure: Time to Worry?
Less than a week before its Nov. 23 deadline, the congressional “supercommittee” charged with shrinking the deficit by $1.2 trillion is still far from a deal, according to reports out this afternoon. Are investors worried? They don’t appear to care much, at least for the moment. A failure to come to a deal would trigger [...]
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FOCUS
Uhrenindustrie - Swatch peilt Rekordumsatz an
Nick Hayek, Chef des Schweizer Uhrenkonzerns Swatch, rechnet 2011 trotz des Gegenwinds durch die Frankenstärke mit glänzenden Zahlen. Der Umsatz soll auf einen neuen Rekordwert steigen.
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Countries |
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| 1 | Switzerland | 1.390 |
| 2 | United States | 0.360 |
| 3 | Canada | 0.160 |
| 4 | Argentina | 0.160 |
| 5 | Austria | 0.085 |
| 6 | China | 0.050 |
| 7 | Germany | 0.030 |
| 8 | Portugal | 0.020 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 0.001 |
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Media |
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| 1 | NZZ | 1.000 |
| 2 | New York Times | 0.220 |
| 3 | Le matin | 0.200 |
| 4 | La Nación | 0.160 |
| 5 | Ottawa Citizen | 0.160 |
| 6 | Tribune de Genève | 0.080 |
| 7 | L'Agefi | 0.070 |
| 8 | The Dallas Morning News | 0.060 |
| 9 | die presse | 0.060 |
| 10 | ifeng | 0.050 |
| 11 | Blick | 0.040 |
| 12 | Good Housekeeping | 0.040 |
| 13 | Financial Times Deutschland | 0.030 |
| 14 | der Standard | 0.025 |
| 15 | Yanko Design | 0.020 |
| 16 | Interview | 0.020 |
| 17 | Sapo | 0.020 |
| 18 | Macworld UK | 0.001 |
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Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | German | 1.505 |
| 2 | English | 0.521 |
| 3 | Spanish | 0.160 |
| 4 | Chinese | 0.050 |
| 5 | Portuguese | 0.020 |
| 6 | Finnish | 0.000 |
| 7 | Italian | 0.000 |
| 8 | Dutch | 0.000 |
| 9 | French | 0.000 |
| 10 | Indonesian | 0.000 |
| 11 | Turkish | 0.000 |
| 12 | Swedish | 0.000 |
| 13 | Polish | 0.000 |
| 14 | Russian | 0.000 |
| 15 | Japanese | 0.000 |
| 16 | Romanian | 0.000 |
| 17 | Greek | 0.000 |
| 18 | Hungarian | 0.000 |
| 19 | Norwegian | 0.000 |
| 20 | Czech | 0.000 |
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