Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Nov 14

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14/11/2014 07:39

ZURICH, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Swiss stocks were seen opening 
flat on Friday, in line with European shares, following fresh 
signs of slowing Chinese growth. 
    The Swiss blue-chip SMI  .SSMI  was seen opening unchanged 
at 8,954 points, according to premarket indications from bank 
Julius Baer  JBPRE01 . 
    The following are some of the main factors expected to 
affect Swiss stocks on Friday: 
     
    JULIUS BAER  BAER.VX  
    Julius Baer said it is within its target for winning fresh 
funds from wealthy clients and close to wrapping up its 
acquisition of Bank of America Merrill Lynch's India-based 
private bank. 
    For more, click on  BAER.VX  
     
    BANKING 
    A former vice president at Swiss private bank Rahn & Bodmer 
was indicted in the United States on charges of conspiring to 
help Americans evade taxes by using secret accounts. 
    For more, click on  ID:nL2N0T335H  
     
    SWISS LIFE  SLHN.VX  
    Talanx  TLXGn.DE , Germany's No.3 insurer, said it made a 
net capital gain of 214 million euros ($267 mln) on the sale of 
its remaining 5 percent stake in peer Swiss Life  SLHN.VX . 
    For more, click on  SLHN.VX  
       
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * Swiss insurer Baloise  BALN.VX  said it expected an 
"exceptionally good" profit for 2014, as it posted a 7 percent 
rise in total premium volume for the first nine months of the 
year.  BALN.VX  
    * Logitech  LOGN.S  said it has appointed auditing firm KPMG 
as independent registered public accounting firm after its 
current accountant, PricewaterhouseCoopers, said earlier this 
month that it is not independent with respect to the second 
quarter of financial year 2015.  LOGN.S  
    * Flughafen Zurich  FHZN.S  said the number of passengers 
traveling in October rose 5.5 percent on the year to 2,394,184 
and cargo rose 2.9 percent to 36,610 tons.  FHZN.S  
    * Datacolor  DCN.S  posted a fall in net income for the 
fiscal year 2013/14 to $4.1 million from $4.5 million a year 
earlier.  DCN.S  
 
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
     
 
     
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