Zurich Financial Services, the giant insurance company, publishes more information about itself than nearly any Swiss rival.

UBS's Swiss rival, Credit Suisse Group, will announce its results on Monday.

Those developments have squeezed Hoffmann-La Roche's profit margins to 5.7 percent, pushing them below its two big Swiss rivals, Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz.

Up to this time, the Omega brand outsold Rolex, its main Swiss rival in the luxury watch segment, although Rolex watches sold at a higher price point.

Belgian beer sales are doubling in New York, and Belgian chocolates are outselling their Swiss, German and French rivals.

In 2003, Smith & Nephew tried and failed to expand by acquiring a Swiss rival, Centerpulse.

Nadal criticized his Swiss rival for keeping quiet and letting other players "burn themselves" by openly advocating for change.

While his Swiss rival is young and keen, Weir - who won two golds at the Beijing Paralympics - is proving himself as a master of control.

Analysts said the bank's move was a sign of confidence, putting Credit Suisse in the company of Deutsche Bank and its more profitable Swiss rival, UBS.

He accuses his Swiss rivals of placing a spy in the company, and says the spy secretly formed his own company to try to steal his business.