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• CEO Resignation Only Adds to Shockwaves at UBS Saturday, 24 Sep 2011 | 4:35 PM ET

  

  No time wasted. Only an hour after Sergio Ermotti was appointed interim CEO of UBS following Oswald Gruebel's decision to resign, the Swiss Italian banker, alongside Chairman Kaspar Villiger, addressed the media in a hastily arranged conference call.

• National Success Monday, 19 Sep 2011 | 10:12 AM ET

  

  Great new ideas are only the first link in a chain that includes government and corporate allies in an economy that supports risk.

• Is British Pound About to Get a Beating? Thursday, 8 Sep 2011 | 2:55 PM ET

  

  With all the action on the Continent, the British pound has been out of the spotlight. It's time for a look — and you might not like it.

• Is Norway the New Switzerland? Thursday, 8 Sep 2011 | 11:08 AM ET

  The Swiss National Bank is putting the kibosh on the franc's safe haven status, and investors are turning to Norway instead. But it could be too much too fast.

• Swiss Central Bank Move 'Huge Mistake': Jim Rogers Wednesday, 7 Sep 2011 | 2:40 AM ET

  

  The Swiss central bank's decision to set a limit on how much the Swiss franc can appreciate against the euro is "a huge mistake," investor Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, told CNBC.com on Wednesday.

• Soros: Crisis 'Worse Than Lehman' Wednesday, 7 Sep 2011 | 1:14 AM ET

  

  Remember the collapse of Lehman Brothers ? Europeans certainly do. As Europe struggles to contain its government debt crisis, the greatest fear is that one of the Continent’s major banks may fail.

• 'Aggressive' Swiss National Bank Move Shakes Up Markets Tuesday, 6 Sep 2011 | 7:50 AM ET

  The Swiss National Bank (SNB) came out fighting Tuesday, announcing its intention to set a minimum exchange rate for the Swiss franc against the euro, in a move which sent European shares and the price of gold up.

• SNB Exchange Rate Target   Tuesday, 6 Sep 2011 | 5:00 AM ET

  

  Speaking of the SNB's decision to peg the Swiss Franc to the Euro, Julia Coronado, North America chief economist at BNP Paribas, told CNBC, "There are a lot of tensions in the currency world right now, and as we have seen, it is not always easy to effectively have control over that."

• Swiss C. Bank Buys German, French Bonds: Report Saturday, 3 Sep 2011 | 6:17 AM ET

  

  The Swiss central bank has started to buy French and German government debt from the markets to try to bring the Swiss franc down, Dow Jones newswire wrote on Saturday, quoting a report by German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

• Long-Term Problem in Stocks: Citi CIO Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011 | 5:54 AM ET

  

  Slashing costs and trimming staff has not solved the problems of developed world companies, making earnings more likely to fall, Richard Cookson, chief investment officer at Citi, told CNBC Tuesday.

• Swiss Franc = Safe Haven?  Monday, 29 Aug 2011 | 5:16 PM ET

  

  If and when the S&P 500 rolls over, CHF/JPY will selloff, says Todd Gordon, Aspen Trading.

• Gold Rush in Swiss Alps   Monday, 29 Aug 2011 | 1:20 AM ET

  

  CNBC's Carolin Schober discusses recreational gold panning in the Swiss Alps.

• Swiss Franc the 'New Gold', More Action Needed: Analyst Thursday, 25 Aug 2011 | 6:26 AM ET

  

  The Swiss Franc has become the "new gold" as investors turn to money markets in an environment governed by fear, Jon Cox, Head of Swiss Research at Kepler Capital Markets told CNBC.1st paragraph of story should go here

• Swiss Franc Requires Direct Intervention from SNB  Monday, 22 Aug 2011 | 4:20 PM ET

  

  "For the Swiss franc to look like an attractive funding currency again when it is in competition with so many other currencies at the moment we would need to see....direct intervention on the part of the Swiss National Bank," Adam Cole, head of currency strategy, RBC. He added that he did not expect much in the way of dovish comments from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke when he speaks on Friday.

• UBS Study Names World's 3 Most Expensive Cities Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011 | 2:04 AM ET

  

  If you think London or New York are among the world's most expensive cities, keep guessing and get your checkbooks out (that is if you are travelling to one of the cities that take the top spot).

• Currency Interventions Are an 'Unwinnable War': Analysts Monday, 8 Aug 2011 | 8:31 AM ET

  

  International intervention in foreign exchange markets may only give brief respite to countries that are fighting an "unwinnable war" against currency appreciation, analysts told CNBC.com.

• Time to Say It: Double Dip Recession May Be Happening Friday, 5 Aug 2011 | 2:10 AM ET

  

  Double dip may be back. It has been three decades since the United States suffered a recession that followed on the heels of the previous one. But it could be happening again, the New York Times reports.

• Will the Swiss Central Bank Intervene Again? Tuesday, 2 Aug 2011 | 7:47 AM ET

  

  As jittery markets pushed the euro below the 1.10 level against the Swiss franc for the first time ever on Tuesday, the headache for the Swiss National Bank (SNB) over its limited options to fight the strong franc is turning into a chronic migraine.

• Europe’s Troubled Economies Join the Rescue Team Monday, 25 Jul 2011 | 10:29 AM ET

  

  Can a bailout fund whose backers include some of the countries it may be called upon to bail out really succeed? The NYT reports.

• Europe Approves Bailout Plan For Greece, Other Nations Thursday, 21 Jul 2011 | 4:03 PM ET

  

  European leaders on Thursday clinched a new rescue plan for Greece that could push the country into default on some debt but would also give Europe’s bailout fund new powers to aid struggling economies, the NY TImes reports