Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the privately owned Spanish nut manufacturer La Morella Nuts S.A. La Morella Nuts is known as a leading nut specialist producing a variety of high quality nut-based ingredients for the food industry in Europe. Link: Click Here

GF AgieCharmilles wins major order in China. GF AgieCharmilles, a corporate group of Georg Fischer, announced today the signing of the largest single order in its history, placed by a well-known Chinese manufacturer of components for electronic devices. Link: Click Here

EFG: On 30 November 2011, EFG International (Guernsey) Ltd announced its offer to exchange EFG Fiduciary Certificates for Basel III compliant Tier 2 Bonds. The Exchange Offer was made subject to receipt of approvals by both an extraordinary meeting of shareholders of EFG International AG and a meeting of holders of the EFG Fiduciary Certificates. Link: Click Here

Bossard: Sales and net income above expectations. Overall, sales in the fourth quarter of 2011 were higher than anticipated despite a difficult market environment with decreasing growth forecasts and a strong Swiss franc. America again reported double-digit growth in local currencies whereas sales growth in Europe and Asia stagnated. Group sales in Q4 totaled CHF 111.7 million. Link: Click Here

Change in leadership at Baloise Life. Peter Zutter will become the interim CEO of Baloise Life (Liechtenstein) AG, replacing Annemie D’Hulster. He is Swiss and has been working for Baloise Group as Regional Manager for Belgium, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein since 2009. Prior to that, he has held various management positions at Swiss Re for twelve years. His appointment as CEO ad interim has yet to be approved by the regulatory authorities of Liechtenstein. Link: Click Here

Affichage Holding: sale of interests in Italy. Affichage Holding SA has sold to the existing minority shareholder its 85% stake in First Avenue GmbH, a company based in Bozen/Bolzano in Italy, that it held through APG Allgemeine Plakatgesellschaft AG. Link: Click Here

Aryzta is offering up to 4,252,239 new shares with a nominal value of CHF0.02 each in a placing to a limited number of institutional investors at market terms. The number of new shares and their issue price will be determined in a book-building process arranged by UBS AG acting as Sole Bookrunner. Link: Click Here

Oridion Achieved Revenue Growth of above 18% in 2011. Oridion Systems Ltd. (SIX Swiss Exchange: ORIDN), the creator of the Integrated Pulmonary Index™, one of the Smart Capnography™ family of decision-support solutions, today announced that it achieved (un-audited) revenues of USD 64.2 million in fiscal year 2011, representing an annual growth rate of 18.5%. Link: Click Here

u-blox: Foryou General Electronics, a major Chinese supplier of in-car navigation and infotainment systems for domestic and global automotive markets, has designed in u-blox 6 GPS receiver modules for two lines of advanced in-car infotainment systems, the Android-based AN6B01 and CE6620. Link: Click Here

Bank am Bellevue: FINMA lifts injunction on Bank am Bellevue. Bank am Bellevue welcomed FINMA's decision to lift its injunction barring the bank from offering new clients portfolio management and investment advisory services. Link: Click Here