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Investec Switzerland. Swiss stocks are set to outperform global markets this week after another volatile session of trading that saw some stock indices suffering losses not seen since the depths of the global financial crisis. © Christy Thompson | Dreamstime.com Investor sentiment was hit early this week after China recorded its weakest annual pace of growth in a quarter century and the IMF downgraded global economic forecasts for 2016. However, the prospect of further...

The top 250 global retailers generated aggregated revenues of US$ 4.5 trillion in 2014, up 4.3% on 2013, according to Deloitte. US retailer Wal-mart with sales of US$ 486 billion was the global leader by a wide margin. Tesco PLC from the UK and France’s Carrefour each generated a bit under US$ 100 billion ranking 5th and 6th respectively. Migros slides from number 38 to 40 in world ranking – © Arseniy Rogov | Dreamstime.com Switzerland’s Migros, with retail sales of US$ 25.6 billion dropped...