Dame Jenny Shipley wants NZ firms to take advantage of her appointment to the the board of the Boao forum, which has grown to become a major event for world leaders.

The number of foreign firms setting up operations in Switzerland has dropped 8 per cent to 274.

Justine Tyerman suspects there is a secret ingredient in Swiss chocolate which anaesthetises the conscience ...

The decision by Stuart Gulliver, CEO of HSBC Holdings, to park money in Switzerland puzzled lawyers who didn't see a clear tax benefit from the move.

New Zealanders who savoured the privacy of their Swiss HSBC bank accounts will continue to enjoy it from Inland Revenue, which won't reveal whether information from leaked files lifted any locals' tax bills.

One HSBC client with links to New Zealand had up to $67.83 million with its Swiss private banking arm, according to leaked files.

Those at Davos, seemingly representing the interests of the very wealthy, like to think they are working to make the world a better place - as long as they are not inconvenienced in doing so.

The PM's halfway up a mountain in the Swiss Alps when he takes a break from his deliciously cliched fondue dinner to explain the Davos experience over a dodgy phone connection.

Keeping up with the progress of the global economy is becoming a fiendishly complex sport, writes Liam Dann.

Global fallout from the shock decision by Switzerland's move to remove the cap on the franc has widened with more traders and hedge funds closing or facing escalating losses.

Fallout from the Swiss central bank's surprise move to ditch the franc's cap against the euro spread to Queen St yesterday, with an Auckland-based currency brokerage announcing it was shutting down....

Switzerland's central bank has dropped a bombshell on foreign exchange markets by withdrawing its currency peg against the euro, driving the Swiss franc sharply higher and pushing other currencies,....

More than 60 billion ($116 billion) was wiped off the value of Switzerland's leading companies after the central bank scrapped the cap on the Swiss franc against the euro.

The NZ dollar rose to its highest level in more than six weeks against the greenback, and touched a record 67.45 euro cents after a Swiss move overnight.

One year on from the skiing accident that left him in a coma, former F1 world champion Michael Schumacher has started to recognise his family, according to reports.

Justine Tyerman ends up with a squashed nose after travelling on Swiss trains ...

It's not easy being a member of the Swiss Guard. There's the silly uniform to wear, and occasionally you might have to step in and risk your life to save the boss.

Former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has left a Swiss hospital and will continue his treatment at home.

A man was arrested in Grey Lynn this morning and will appear in court today charged with murdering his partner in Switzerland in 2000.

Jamie Morton gets to grips with picturesque Switzerland's double act of charming culture and flashy style.

A Swiss zoo which caused a public outcry by euthanising a healthy baby brown bear because it was being bullied by its father has said the cub will now be preserved and displayed to educate schoolchildren.

Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that would have introduced the world's highest minimum wage, early results from a referendum indicate.

No smoking, no perfume and no mobile phone use - the list of rules at one newly built block of flats in Zurich is so long, it is a wonder anyone chooses to live there.

An 89-year-old woman killed herself at an assisted suicide clinic because she had become fed up with the modern world of emails, TVs, and supermarket-ready meals.

A Kiwi wingsuit pilot has died after crashing into a field following a jump from a helicopter over Switzerland's Luetschental Valley.

The impact of tragedy is made real to Rosemarie North at Geneva's Red Cross museum.

Jamie Morton stops by the Swiss lakeside and its romantic grand hotel.

The world's richest 85 people own as much as the poorest 3.5 billion, according to Oxfam - and it's issued a warning that gap could trigger mass social unrest.

Jamie Morton travels aboard the world's slowest - and arguably most beautiful - express train.